[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Town of Yarmouth 10-7-1985. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No permit for the construction of a subsurface
sewage disposal system or systems shall be granted if the total sewage
flow for the lot exceeds 10,000 gallons per day. Sewage flows exceeding
this limit will require a Department of Environmental Quality Engineering
(DEQE) and Board of Health approved on-site sewage treatment plant.
Nothing within this regulation shall prohibit
approval by the Board of Health for any applications involving the
maintenance and/or repair of an existing subsurface sewage disposal
system, provided that said application does not involve a change of
use as defined by existing Board of Health, Planning Board or Board
of Appeals regulations. Where a change of use is involved, the applicant
must demonstrate compliance with this regulation.
A.
Variance from this regulation may be granted by the
Board of Health only if the applicant can demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the Board that enforcement thereof would do manifest injustice,
and the applicant must also prove to the Board of Health that the
installation of an on-site subsurface sewage disposal system or systems
will not have a significant adverse effect on surface and/or subsurface
public and/or private water resources, rivers, streams or any bodies
of water.
B.
In applying for variances, the applicant is required
to submit, but not be limited to, the following items/data: direction
of the groundwater flow; depth to groundwater; population density;
soil conditions; size, shape and slope of the lot; existing and known
future water supplies; nitrate loading calculations; and other information
deemed pertinent.
