§ 17-2. Permit for individual sewage disposal systems from the health department required.

(a)

No person or entity shall install or cause to be installed a septic system or individual sewage disposal system in the unincorporated areas of the County, regardless of the size of the tract of land, without assuring a permit for construction has been obtained from the Washington County Health Department.

(b)

Before a septic system or individual sewage disposal system is placed into use, the permit for operation must be signed by a representative of the Washington County Health Department.

(c)

Septic systems or individual sewage disposal systems shall be located no closer than one hundred (100) feet from any potable water source; surface waters, natural or artificial, including but not limited to, lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, bayous, marshes, ponds and reservoirs; drainage systems or areas, including streams or creeks with intermittent flows; springs or irrigation systems.

(d)

The exemption of requirements of Act 402 for tracts of land ten (10) acres or larger, in which the field line or sewage disposal line is no closer than two hundred (200) feet to the property line (Ark. Code Ann. § 14-236-104(c)) is hereby removed for tracts of land in the County as allowed under the provisions of Ark. Code Ann. § 14-236-105.

(e)

A violation of this section shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor and each day the said violation remains in existence will be deemed a separate and additional offense. The County Judge or his designee will enforce the provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 99-26, Arts. 1—5, 6-10-99)