Sec. 24-33. - Operational permit required.

(a)

No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall use, or cause or allow the use of, any OTWS utilizing supplemental treatment unless a valid operational permit is in effect for such use. Use of an OTWS utilizing supplemental treatment without a valid operational permit or with a revoked operational permit is a public nuisance per se.

(b)

The board of supervisors shall establish a fee or schedule of fees for operational permits, to be collected by the director of permit and resource management department.

(c)

Upon payment of all fees and submission of an application which demonstrates to the director of permit and resource management department's satisfaction that the system meets the standards adopted pursuant to this chapter and will not significantly risk an adverse effect on ground or surface waters, or upon the public health, and will not risk a significant effect upon the environment, an operational permit shall be issued. Based on the compliance history for the OWTS and the operational permit, the permit resources management department director may require inspections every one (1), two (2), or three (3) years.

(d)

The director of permit and resource management department or his duly authorized representatives shall be granted a right to come on to the property of grantor and to bring associates and employees of the regional water quality control board to inspect and to monitor the OTWS utilizing supplemental treatment when needed. The right of access to the property to inspect and to monitor the OTWS utilizing supplemental treatment shall be conveyed to the county of Sonoma in the form of a recorded easement. The director of permit and resource management department or his duly authorized representative may release the easement upon determination that connection to public sewer is made or when determined the easement is no longer required

(Ord. No. 6438, § III(Exh. A), 6-12-2023)