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County of Jefferson
In the matter of amending Jefferson }
County Board of Health Ordinance } BOARD OF HEALTH
Number 06-0517-12, Chapter 8.15 } ORDINANCE NO. 08-0517-18
JCC, On -Site Sewage Code }
1. Purpose.
The purpose of this ordinance is to revise Jefferson County Board of Health Ordinance Number 06-
0517-12, which adopted Chapter 8.15 JCC, the On -Site Sewage Code, on May 17, 2012, through
adoption by reference of the Washington State Department of Health Recommended Standards and
Guidance for Performance, Application, Design, and Operation & Maintenance, Water Conserving
On -Site Wastewater Treatment Systems, except Subsection A4 Pit Toilets, which can be located at
https://www.doh.wa.v,ov/Portals/l/Docurnents/Pubs/337-016.pdf.
2. Authority.
RC W 70.05.060 authorizes the Jefferson County Board of Health, among other things, to:
(1) Enforce through the local health officer or the administrative officer appointed under RCW
70.05.040, if any, the public health statutes of the state and rules promulgated by the state board of
health and the secretary of health;
(2) Supervise the maintenance of all health and sanitary measures for the protection of the public
health within its jurisdiction;
(3) Enact such local rules and regulations as are necessary in order to preserve, promote and improve
the public health and provide for the enforcement thereof;
(4) Provide for the control and prevention of any dangerous, contagious or infectious disease within
the jurisdiction of the local health department; and,
(5) Provide for the prevention, control and abatement of nuisances detrimental to the public health.
This ordinance is adopted base on the above authority.
3. JCC 8.15.030 Adoption by Reference.
JCC 8.15.030 is hereby amended to read:
The following are hereby adopted by reference as rules and regulations of the Jefferson County
Board of Health:
(1) Chapter 246-272A WAC, On -Site Sewage Systems Rules and Regulations of the State Board of
Health, as it now or hereafter may amended; and,
(2) The July 2012 Washington State Department of Health Recommended Standards and Guidance
for Performance, Application, Design, and Operation & Maintenance, Water Conserving On -Site
Wastewater Treatment Systems, as it now exists or hereafter may amended, except Subsection
A4 Pit Toilets.
4. Severability.
Provisions of this ordinance is hereby declared to be separable, and if any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
5. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall be effective 10 days after approval is obtained from the department of health as
per WAC 246-272A-0015(10).
Approved and signed this day of 52018.
JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
John Au in, Chair
(Concern d Citizen)
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Ariel Speser, Vice -Chair
(City of Port Townsend)
Kees Kolff. Member
(Hospital Commissi6he
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JenIdy Matter,
Clerk of the Board
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Kate Dean, McMber
(County Commissioner, District 1)
David Sullivan, Mem6er
(County Commissioner, District 2)
Kathleen Kler, Member
(County Commissioner, District 3)
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Sheila Westerman, Member
(Concerned Citizen)
Approved as to Form Only:
Philip C. Hunsucker,
Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
STATE OF WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
243 Israel Road SE - PO Box 47824.Olympia, Washington 98504-7825
TDD Relay Service: 1-800-525-0127 (TDDI7TY 711)
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December 3, 2018
Dr. Tom Locke
Health Officer JEI
Jefferson County Public Health O M M IS 1®
615 Sheridan Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Re: Approval of Amendments to On-site Sewage Code
Dear Dr. Locke:
In accordance with the procedure established in WAC 246-272A-0015, the Department of Health
has reviewed the amendments to the Jefferson County On-site Sewage Code 8.15 adopted by the
Jefferson County Board of Health on May 17, 2018. The amendment to the On-site Sewage
Code 8.15 is consistent with the intent of WAC 246-272A and is approved.
Since ely,
Laxson
Director
cc: Stuart Whitford, Director, Jefferson County Environmental Health
Jeremy Simmons, Wastewater Management Section Manager, DOH