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Home My WebLink About10-082Resolution RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF BUTTE AMENDING THE IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISIONS, PARCEL MAPS, AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 20 OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE WHEREAS, the Butte County Board of Supervisors adopted the On-Site Wastewater Systems ordinance which replaces the existing Butte County Code Chapter 19 effective June 1, 2010; and WHEREAS, certain provisions in the Improvement Standards for Subdivisions, Parcel Maps, and Site Improvements, adopted pursuant to Butte County Code Chapter 20, Subdivisions, pertaining to individual on-site wastewater systems have been superseded by the new provisions in Butte County Code Chapter 19; and WHEREAS, in order to eliminate potentially contradictory requirements pertaining to individual on-site wastewater systems found in the Improvement Standards for Subdivisions, Parcel Maps, and Site Improvement Pursuant to Chapter 20 of the Butte County Code {Improvement Standards), the Improvement Standards should be amended to conform to the new on-site wastewater systems requirements. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Butte County Improvement Standards shall be amended effective June 1, 2010 as follows: 1. Section 11.0, Sewage Disposal, shall be renamed "On-Site Wastewater" and amended as shown in "Attachment A," and 2. The provisions in Appendix VII, "Minimum Useable Lot Areas for Subdivisions anal Land Divisions Where Individual Sewage Disposal Systems Are To Be Used," shall be replaced by the following statement: "The requirements specified in this Appendix have been superseded by Butte County Code Chapter 19." PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, this 25th day of May, 2010 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors -o1an, Kirk, Lambert, Yamaguchi, and Chair Connelly NOES: None ABSENT: None NOT VOTING: None Bill Connelly, Chalr, Board Supervisors County of Butte, State of California ATTEST: Scott Tandy, Interim Chief Administrative Officer -Attachment A- AMENDMENT TO SECTION 11 OF THE IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISIONS, PARCEL MAPS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 20 OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE 11.0 ON-SITE WASTEWATER 11.01 Subdivisions: 11.01-1 Public or Community Sewer Systems. When a subdivision is located within a rea- sonable distance of an existing, operating, and available public or community sewage system, and rt is practical and feasible to sewer the proposed subdivision by connecting to said system, the subdivider shall be required to sewer the pro- posed subdivision to said system. Sewer mains, lift stations and other related fa- cilities located within the subdivision and/or necessary to connect said subdivision to the public ar community system shall be designed and installed in accordance with the standards of the governing board of the public or community sewer sys- tem. All such facilities shall be operated and maintained by the public ar commu- nity sewer entity unless a separate public entity is established for that purpose. No final map shall be approved until the required facilities are installed and accepted by the public entity or until the public entity advises the Board of Supervisors in writing it holds a bond adequate to insure the installation of required facilities. 11.01-2 If it is not practicable and feasible to sewer a subdivision by connecting to an ex- fisting public or community sewer system, or if such system is unable to provide the subdivision with sewer service, the subdivider may provide for sewer service by the development of a community sewer system with treatment and disposal fa- cilities. When a subdivider proposes to develop such a community sewer system, he must: a. Provide for the establishment of a public entity empowered and ade- quate to maintain and operate the system. b. Obtain discharge requirements from the Regional Water Quality Con- trol Board. 1 c. Provide site evaluation data and construction plans and obtain acon- structionpermit. 11.01-3 Sewer mains within a subdivision to be sewered by connecting to a public or community sewer system shall be a minimum of six inches in diameter and shall be of either vitrified clay, cast Iran, or other material approved by the Director of Public Works. The joints maybe either bell and spigot or an approved rubber seal type packing. Placing of sewer pipe, including excavation and backfill shall be in accordance with Appendix IV. Manholes shall be spaced no farther apart than 350 feet. Manholes shall be a minimum of 4$" in diameter and shall be of precast con- crete and built in accordance with Appendix III of this resolution. All service lat- erals shall comply with the Uniform Plumbing Code, latest edition, and shall have a minimum slope afoae-eighth inch per foot to the trunk sewer. Sewer clean out 'Y" laterals and other appurtenances shall be as shown in Appendix III. 11.01-4 Complete plans and specifcations including design criteria prepared by a regis- tered civil engineer shall be submitted to the Department of Public Works and the Department of Public Health for approval prior to connection to. or construction or installation of sewers, sewage distribution, disposal and treatment facilities in a subdivision. All connections ta, construction or installation of such facilities shall be in accordance with such approved plans and specifications. 11.01-5 Individual ~°~T~°~°-ni°~~'On-Site Wastewater Systems This section has been su erseded b the rovisions s ecified in Butte Coun Code Chanter 19, On-Site Wastewater Systems. oxn. r u. ;.i., ..1,..11 1,., ..ln+: +°~+~_ ,,.1 ..;1 .a°.~.+1, ~a,.l; .,.1° _ „~]°Y ° ° ~I LGLbliViJ AAAK~+V ~++auva 7 sepex . ,-...1.° ,.F~ ,.1. +° + ,a ~,1,.,11.1~.~ ~cu x%u:sv.v .~..... ,~' + .7 1. Fl.e ;rl .3o.~.n,-f-r+~+.....+ 7,~, 1, ;i .,~iti~nc • Y1iVAV UVFA 4VaFUa~avaa~ • a~L, 2 11.01-6 Minimum lot areas shall be established based on , the provisions set forth in "-~-~°H~i- ~771LButte County Code Chapter 19 "On-Site Wastewater S stems ~~." 11.01.-7 Subdividers may be required to establish a public entity, or annex to an existing public entity, which has the authority to plan, finance, construct, and maintain a sewage system and sewage treatment facilities. Said public entity shall also have the authority to plan, finance, construct and operate any facilities necessary for the disposal of waste pumped from any individual ~sew~ge-on-site wastewater systems in the proposed subdivision and to conduct monitoring and surveillance programs required for water quality control purposes. Establishment of, or annexation to, such a public entity maybe required to protect the public health, safety and wel- fare. Reasons justifying such a requirement include, but are not limited to, the fal- lowing: to prevent water pollution or water quality degradation, to prevent the creation of health hazards or nuisance conditions or to prevent or mitigate other adverse environmental effects which could result from the use of individual sew- n-site wastewater systems. In evaluating such possible environ- mental effects which could result from the use of individual sewage-dispesalon- site wastewater systems, consideration may be given to the cumulative effect of the use of ~„~'~~~~'~~^' ~°YY~°~° `'""'°~"'such systems within the proposed subdivi- sion and in other subdivisions, land divisions, developments or projects within the same drainage basin. 11.01-8 Land Divisions: a. Public or Community Sewer Systems. When a land division is lo- Gated within a reasonable distance of an existing, operating, and available public or community sewage system, the land divider shall be required to request annexation to that system. In such cases an- nexation to an existing public entity may be required in the same manner as specified above in subparagraph 11.01 in subsection 11.01-4. b. Individual £~+~ On-Site Wastewater) Systems. When connection to an existing public or community sewerage system is 3 not practical and feasible or if the system is unable to provide the land division with sewer service, individual spe~salan-site wastewater systems may be permitted, provided the minimum re- quirements established ~o~-~-~r~g~I " n';- ~_~°~~+;~~" „ n, ~ „ n, ~ .,,,,~ ,_~_n, ~ ~ ,. ~„,~,a;,.;~;..~,~in Butte Count Code , s~~..~ Chapter 19, On-Site Wastewater Systems$~e-e= are met. 4