13-7-10. Sewer systems .

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the subdivider shall provide a piped sanitary sewer system to the property line of every lot in the subdivision. The sewer system shall meet the minimum standards and requirements of the county health department.

(2) On-site wastewater disposal systems will be approved only when an existing sewer system is more than one-half mile away from the boundary line of the subdivision, or the service provider will not provide the service to the subdivision. All on-site wastewater disposal systems shall be approved in writing by the county health department. Subdivisions proposing to use on-site wastewater disposal systems shall submit a feasibility report to the county health department, per Tooele County Health Department Regulation #12. Percolation tests and soil exploration pits shall be required to determine the adequacy of the soil involved for on-site wastewater disposal systems to absorb sewage effluent. At the time an application is made for a building permit, every individual lot which will be serviced by a septic system will require a soil evaluation test where the proposed drain field will be located. The following requirements shall also be met:

(a) Lands filled within the last ten years shall not be divided into building sites which are to be served by septic systems.

(b) Each septic system shall be installed at a depth and location approved by the county health department.

(c) Land with unacceptable soil evaluations as determined by the county health department shall not be divided into building sites to be served by septic systems.

(d) Land rated as having severe limitations for septic tank absorption fields as defined by the County soil survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, or Natural Resource Conservation Service, shall not be divided into building sites to be serviced by septic systems unless each such building site contains not less than 20,000 square feet of other soils rated suitable for installation of a septic system.

(e) An applicant desiring to install septic systems in soils having severe limitations shall have additional on-site investigations made, including soil evaluation tests. The applicant shall obtain the certification of a soils scientist that specific areas lying within these soils are suitable for the proposed septic system. The facilities shall meet county health department standards and regulations. To be approved, the county health department must find that proposed corrective measures have overcome the severe soil limitations. (Ord. 2006-40, 12/19/06; Ord. 2006-08, 2/21/06; Ord. 2005-21, 9/6/05)