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Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B11-65. Private sewage disposal systems; when used.

(a) Every residence, place of business, or other building, or place where persons congregate, reside, or are employed, and which cannot be connected to a sanitary sewer, must be provided with a water flush toilet sewage disposal system. Where the volume of waste produced is in excess of 2,500 gallons per day or where more than five units are proposed, the sewage disposal system must be constructed, altered, reconstructed, and maintained as approved by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board having jurisdiction consistent with Section B11-66 of this chapter.

(b) Every residence, place of business, or other building, or place where persons congregate, reside, or are employed, and which cannot be connected to a sanitary sewer, must be provided with a water flush toilet sewage disposal system. Each detached living unit, except as otherwise provided below, must have its own sewage disposal system. Where the volume of waste produced is less than 2,500 gallons per day, the system must be constructed, altered, reconstructed, and maintained in a manner as to meet the requirements of Section B11-67 of this chapter.

Exceptions to the above may be granted by the Director as follows:

(1) Up to two agricultural employee living units, as defined in the Zoning Ordinance, may be connected to a single individual sewage disposal system.

(c) Every building, structure, or appurtenance that contains one or more waste producing fixtures such as toilets, sinks, showers or bathtubs, clothes washing machines, dish washing machines, animal wash pads, floor drains or other fixture or fittings intended to drain organic or inorganic waste material must be connected to an individual sewage disposal system that meets the requirements of this chapter.

(Ord. No. NS-517.72, § 2, 4-15-03)

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