ARTICLE III. SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS

Sec. 7.1-15. Provisions for water and sewage.

(a) No permit shall be issued for the erection or construction of any new building or structure requiring wastewater disposal unless the owner of such property provides evidence to the satisfaction of the building code official that the premises has a permit for connection to the facilities of the county or that other facilities for sewage disposal, meeting all applicable requirements of this Code and the Virginia Department of Health, can and will be provided.

(b) No permit shall be issued for the erection or construction of an addition to an existing building that is connected to a septic system when the proposed structure would be within five (5) feet of the septic tank and eight (8) feet of the drain field, measured horizontally.

(c) Where health department approval of a septic system is made subject to conditions, the building code official shall require evidence of the recordation of such conditions in the office of the clerk of the circuit court prior to the issuance of a building permit. No building permit shall be issued for any construction, which would infringe on any septic system drainfield area designated pursuant to the terms of this Code and/or by requirement of the health department.

(d) No permit shall be issued for the erection or construction of a building or structure that is to be serviced by a private ground water well as its primary source of potable water until the owner of such property provides evidence to the building code official from the Virginia Department of Health or from certified laboratories that the water has been tested and approved in accordance with existing federal and state water quality standards.
(Ord. No. 04-18(R), 7/13/04)

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