Kitsap County Board of Health Ordinance 2008A-01 - Kitsap Public ...

Kitsap County Board of Health Ordinance 2008A-01, Amended June 7, 2011
Onsite Sewage System and General Sewage Sanitation Regulations
(b) Encroachment by buildings or other structures;
(c) Utilities;
(d) Vehicular traffic;
(e) Cover by impervious material;
(f) Landslides or other geologic hazards;
(g) Inclusion within livestock confinement areas; or
(h) Other activities that may adversely affect the soil or performance
of the onsite sewage system.
b) Excavate a minimum of two (2) soil logs in the proposed primary area,
and one (when primary and reserve areas are immediately adjacent) or
two (2) (when primary and reserve areas are not immediately adjacent)
soil logs in the proposed reserve area. Soil logs shall be:
(1) Located in areas of native and undisturbed soil;
(2) Located and spaced sufficiently to adequately characterize the
primary and reserve areas;
(3) Excavated with a backhoe or other sufficient device;
(4) Excavated to a minimum horizontal dimension of 2-feet by 2-feet;
(5) Excavated to a minimum depth of three (3) feet below the designated
soil/soil dispersal component interface, or to the maximum annual
water table elevation or restrictive layer;
(6) Sufficient to determine soil type, depth, and structural changes;
(7) Sufficient to demonstrate conformance with the proposed sewage
treatment and effluent distribution;
(8) Marked and labeled sufficiently to allow for Health Officer inspection
and relation to the site plan;
(9) Include a physical warning barrier around the soil log when deeper
than 3-feet or when located in an area where it may present a public
safety hazard;
(10) Sufficient to allow Health Officer inspection and examination of the
soil profile;
(11) Measured on the down-slope side of the soil log; and
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