Town of Barnstable, MA
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2023-07-20
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The Code
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Part III: Board of Health Regulations
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Chapter 360 On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems
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Article XIV Additional Regulations
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: General Ordinances
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Affordable Housing
- Ch 13 Airport
- Ch 17 Alarm Systems
- Ch 20 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 24 Animals
- Ch 32 Beaches and Waterways
- Ch 37 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 40 Boats
- Ch 43 Body-Piercing Businesses
- Ch 47 Building Construction
- Ch 51 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 54 Building and Premises Maintenance
- Ch 57 Cigarette Vending Machines
- Ch 59 Comprehensive Occupancy
- Ch 68 Electrical Standards
- Ch 76 Fees
- Ch 78 Fertilizer Nitrogen and Phosphorous Control
- Ch 80 Fire Lanes
- Ch 86 Funds
- Ch 89 Gambling
- Ch 93 Garage and Barn Sales
- Ch 96 Gas Piping and Appliances
- Ch 100 Handbills
- Ch 104 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 108 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 112 Historic Properties
- Ch 115 Hours of Operation of Businesses
- Ch 121 Licensing
- Ch 125 Loitering
- Ch 128 Motorized Conveyances
- Ch 130 Newsracks
- Ch 133 Noise
- Ch 138 Officers and Employees
- Ch 141 Outdoor Businesses
- Ch 147 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 150 Peddling and Hawking
- Ch 160 Problem Properties, Chronic
- Ch 162 Public Hearings
- Ch 166 Raffles and Bazaars
- Ch 168 Regulatory Agreements
- Ch 170 Rental Properties
- Ch 173 Roller-Skating and Skateboarding
- Ch 177 Sandy Neck
- Ch 180 Scenic Roads
- Ch 183 Senior Citizen Property Tax Work-Off Abatement Program
- Ch 184 Sewers and Water
- Ch 188 Shellfisheries
- Ch 192 Signs
- Ch 195 Single-Use Plastic Carry-Out Bags
- Ch 198 Soil, Sand and Gravel Pits
- Ch 202 Solid Waste
- Ch 206 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 208 Substance Controls
- Ch 210 Swimming Pools
- Ch 217 Tourist Camps
- Ch 220 Town Council
- Ch 221 Trees
- Ch 224 Vacant and Foreclosing Properties
- Ch 228 Vehicles and Boats, Storage of
- Ch 232 Wastewater Discharge
- Ch 237 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Part II: Appendix to the General Ordinances
- Ch 241 Administrative Code
- Ch 242 Personnel
- Part III: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 307 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 318 Fee Schedule
- Ch 322 Food Establishments
- Ch 326 Fuel and Chemical Storage Tanks
- Ch 332 Herbicides
- Ch 335 Housing
- Ch 346 Massage Establishments
- Ch 353 Nuisances
- Ch 360 On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 360 Art XIV Additional Regulations
- § 360-43 Septic System Risers.
- § 360-44 Deadlines to repair failed septic systems.
- Ch 365 Sale of Tobacco Products, Restricting the
- Ch 371 Smoking
- Ch 373 Solid Waste
- Ch 376 Stables
- Ch 378 Swimming Pools
- Ch 381 Toxic and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 385 Variance Requests
- Ch 392 Waterfowl
- Ch 397 Wells
- Part IV: Town Manager Regulations
- Ch 401 Administrative Procedures
- Ch 401A Bathing Beaches
- Ch 402 Cemeteries
- Ch 403 Dog Control
- Ch 404 Excavations
- Ch 404A Fees
- Ch 405 Marinas
- Ch 406 Mooring
- Ch 406A Open Air Private Parking Lots
- Ch 406B Pedicabs and Pedicab Operators
- Ch 407 Shellfish
- Ch 408 Roller Skates and Skateboards
- Ch 430 Vessels on Town Property
- Part V: Licensing Authority Rules and Regulations
- Ch 501 General Rules for All Licensed Businesses
- Ch 502 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 503 Entertainment
- Ch 504 Common Victuallers
- Ch 505 Innholders/Hotels
- Ch 506 Lodging, Bed-And-Breakfast, and Guesthouse Licenses
- Ch 507 Nonintoxicating Beverages
- Ch 508 Secondhand/Junk Dealers
- Ch 509 Automobile Sales
- Ch 510 Fortune Tellers
- Part VI: Marine and Environmental Affairs Division Regulations
- Ch 601 Sandy Neck Beach Park
- Part VII: Conservation Commission Regulations
- Ch 701 Property Use Violations
- Ch 702 Shooting Range
- Ch 703 Private Docks and Piers
- Ch 704 Wetlands Buffer Zone Activity
- Ch 705 Coastal Banks
- Ch 706 Abutter Notification
- Ch 707 Submission Requirements for Notice of Intent Applications
- Ch 708 Outside Consultants
- Ch 709 Noncriminal Disposition of Wetlands Violations
- Ch 710 Requests for Determination of Applicability
- Ch 711 Shore Outhauls
- Part VIII: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 801 Subdivision Regulations
- Part IX: Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch 901 Sewers Connections
- Ch 902 Hyannis Water System
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-10-2005]
Risers shall be installed to within six inches
of grade in order to provide easier access to inlet and outlet covers
to septic tanks, distribution boxes, and chambered soil absorption
systems. Four-inch observation ports shall be installed on all plastic
chambered style soil absorption systems.
[Added 7-17-2007]
A.
Authority. Under the authority of M.G.L. c. 111, § 31,
and 310 CMR 15.305, the Board of Health, for the purpose of the protection
of public health, promulgates these regulations providing deadlines
for upgrades of septic systems with a design flow of less than 10,000
gpd determined to be failing to protect public health.
B.
General requirements. If the following criteria are
met, the system is deemed to be creating an imminent health hazard
and shall be upgraded within the stated time periods:
(1)
Within 60 days of the determination that one or more
of the following conditions is occurring:
(2)
Within one year of the determination that one or more
of the following conditions is occurring:
(a)
Static liquid level in the distribution box
above outlet invert due to an overloaded or clogged SAS or cesspool;
or
(b)
Any portion of the SAS, cesspool, or privy below
high groundwater elevation; or
(c)
Any portion of the cesspool within a Zone 1
to a public well; or
(d)
Any portion of a cesspool within 50 feet of
a private water supply well with no acceptable water quality analysis.
(This system passes if the water analysis indicates the well is free
from pollution.)
C.
Variance requests.
(1)
All requests for variances from this regulation shall
be submitted at least 15 calendar days prior to the scheduled Board
meeting. The variance hearing may be held at a later date if the Board
has scheduled eight hearings prior to submission of the request.
(2)
The variance request shall be made on a form prescribed
by the Board of Health.
D.
Penalties.
(1)
The Barnstable Board of Health reserves the right
to make any decision of situations or problems that arise in regard
to environmental and/or public health conditions that are not covered
by this set of regulations.
(2)
The fine for any violation of this section shall be
$100 per violation. Each day shall constitute a separate violation
with the same fines assessed as per this section.
