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Article II — Private Sewage Disposal.

Sec. 24-38. - Prohibited activities directly above a septic tank site.

Sonoma County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Sonoma County

No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall use or cause or allow the use of property above any septic tank (or container amenable for use as a septic tank but used as a sump, water tank or other water-tight underground receptacle) to support the weight of any object, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles, trailers, boats, improvements upon the property, construction materials, construction equipment, or any combination thereof, with a gross weight exceeding one thousand (1,000) pounds. Temporary weight loads in excess of what is permitted herein may be authorized by the Sonoma County permit and resource management department to the extent that adequate mitigating measures distributing the weight load upon the septic tank may be feasible and given prior approval by said agency.

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

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