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.