106-4-2.020 Sewage Disposal

1. Where any part of a building situated within the the City is within 300 feet of any street, alley, court, passageway or area in which a public sewer or sewer owned or operated by any special improvement sanitary sewer district is in existence and use, or where the building is close enough in the determination of the City health officer to require a connection, the applicant may connect sanitary sewer and provide adequate lateral lines to the property line of each lot. Sewer systems shall be approved by the City health official, and connections shall comply with the public work standards of the City. Where the construction of a sewer trunk line is required to serve the subdivision, the applicant shall be required to construct the trunk line in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the City and sewer improvement district. The new trunk line shall be designed with sufficient capacity for the service area as determined by the city engineer. The applicant may be entitled to reimbursement for the oversized costs through impact fee or development agreement within the service area for a period of ten years from the date of acceptance by the City. 2. Where a public sanitary sewer is not accessible, the applicant shall obtain approval from the City health officer for individual sewage disposal for each of the lots. Written approval from the City health officer shall be submitted to the planning division at the time the subdivision application is submitted. Septic tanks shall be installed according to the specifications and under the inspection of the City health officer. Where a sewer treatment facility is being approved by the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Quality, a letter of feasibility is required for preliminary approval and a construct permit from the state is required before final approval can be granted by the planning commission.