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Kitsap County Board of Health Ordinance 2008A-01, Amended June 7, 2011
Onsite Sewage System and General Sewage Sanitation Regulations
SECTION 11:
APPLICATION AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS – EXISTING
DEVELOPMENT
A. Purpose and Applicability.
1. The purpose of the following requirements is to:
a) Establish a standard review procedure for existing development that
must utilize an onsite sewage system for which there is a proposed
and/or implemented modification, expansion, or additional connection
to the existing development;
b) Determine whether or not a project proposal for an existing development
is compatible with the existing onsite sewage system and reserve area;
and
c) Ensure that the project proposal and onsite sewage system are in
compliance, or will be brought into compliance, with applicable Board of
Health regulations.
2. It is the intent of the following requirements to guide and enable the owner,
owner’s agent, and Health Officer to comply with these regulations and to
ensure that the building proposal is compatible with the permitted design
capacity of the onsite sewage system serving the property.
3. These regulations apply to the following types of situations for existing
development:
a) There is a proposed expansion or modification of an existing building or
structure;
b) There is a proposed addition of a building or structure;
c) There is proposed replacement of an existing building or structure;
d) There is, or has been, a reduction in treatment or dispersal capability of
the existing onsite sewage system or the reserve area;
e) There is a repair of a failing onsite sewage system when there is also a
proposed and/or implemented building or property modification,
expansion, or additional connection to the existing development; or
f) When directed by the Health Officer or jurisdictional building or
planning department to address and correct code violations.
4. For repair of a failing onsite sewage system, or voluntary improvement or
enhancement of a working onsite sewage system when there is no proposed
expansion, modification, additional connection, remodel, or replacement of
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