24.17.170 Inspection and record drawing.

(1)    For all activities requiring a permit, the health officer shall:

(a)    Visit the OSS site during the site evaluation, construction, or final construction inspection.

(b)    Either inspect the OSS before cover or allow the licensed designer or licensed engineer of the OSS to perform the inspection before cover if the designer is not also named as installer of the system.

(c)    Keep the record drawings on file with the approved design documents.

(2)    The person responsible for the final construction inspection shall assure the OSS meets the approved design. Effective January 1, 2022, final construction inspection will be performed as follows:

(a)    CCPH for tank-only installations where the tank replacement is not an alternative treatment component, such as sand filters, or proprietary treatment components.

(b)    Licensed designers and engineers for conventional gravity, pump-to-gravity, pressure distribution, alternative system and components, and Table IX repairs.

(3)    Prior to covering the newly installed OSS, the installer shall notify the health officer and the designer that the system is ready to be inspected. If any portion of the work is covered before it is inspected and approved, the same shall, when ordered, be uncovered by the installer prior to inspection.

(4)    Upon completion of new construction, alteration, or repair of the OSS installation documentation, which includes record drawings, checklists and other supporting information, shall be submitted to the health officer. Installation documents and record drawings shall be prepared by licensed designers or licensed engineers for OSS listed in subsection (2)(b) of this section or by certified installers for tank-only installations. Installation and record drawings must be received prior to CCPH final approval and release for building occupancy requirements. All installation documents and record drawings must conform to CCPH standards and shall include:

(a)    Measurements and directions accurate to plus or minus one-half (1/2) foot, unless otherwise determined by the health officer, to assure the following parts of the OSS can be easily located:

(i)    All sewage tank openings requiring access;

(ii)    The ends, and all changes in direction, of installed and found buried pipes and electrical cables that are part of the OSS; and

(iii)    Any other OSS component which, in the judgment of the health officer or the designer, must be accessed for observation, maintenance, or operation;

(b)    Location and dimensions of reserve area;

(c)    Any and all known water lines and wells (including those that have been decommissioned) within one hundred (100) feet of any OSS component, whether on the same or adjacent parcels;

(d)    Record that materials and equipment meet the specifications contained in the design;

(e)    Initial settings of electrical or mechanical devices that must be known to operate the system in the manner intended by the designer or installer;

(f)    For proprietary products, manufacturer’s standard product literature, including performance specifications and maintenance recommendations needed for operation, monitoring, maintenance or repair of the OSS; and

(g)    Other information as needed per CCPH. (Sec. 18 of Ord. 2007-10-01; amended by Sec. 13 of Ord. 2021-11-05)