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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 2021 01 28 Draft Sewer Dev RegsJefferson County Code Page 1/2 DRAFT JAN 26, 2021 V1 The Jefferson County Code is current through Ordinance 08 -20, passed November 16, 2020. 18.30.040 Sewage disposal. (1) All development shall be provided with an individual, on-site septic system and drainfield approved by Jefferson County public health in compliance with Chapter 8.15 JCC, unless Jefferson County public health determines that public sewer is available which would then require connection to the approved public sewer. (2) Design and construction standards for on-site sewage disposal shall conform to the requirements of Jefferson County public health or the agency having regulatory responsibility for the system. [Ord. 14 -18 § 4 (Exh. B); Ord. 8- 06 § 1] (3) Large on-site sewage systems (LOSS) and community drainfields are not considered a sanitary sewer system as applied under the Growth Management Act. Jefferson County considers these systems a rural governmental service. (4) New construction of a sanitary sewer system, extension, or connection to a sanitary sewer system located outside of an urban growth area may only occur if: (a) The new sanitary sewer system, extension, or connection is a necessary response to protect basic public health, safety, and the environment; the sewer is financially supportable at rural densities; and, the sewer, extension, or connection does not permit urban development; (b) The new sanitary sewer system, extension, or connection is necessary to support a Limited Area of More Intensive Rural Development (LAMIRD); the sewer is needed to mitigate a threat to the public health, welfare, or to protect an area of environmental sensitivity caused by existing development; and the sewer is limited to those properties or facilities needed to mitigate the threat to the public health, welfare, or to protect an area of environmental sensitivity; (c) The new sanitary sewer system, extension, or connection is necessary to provide service to an essential public facility if no practicable alternative exists to site the essential public facility in an Urban Growth Area; or, (d) The new sanitary sewer system, extension, or connection supports schools sited in a rural area that serve students from a rural area and an urban area, when consistent with the Jefferson Cou nty Comprehensive Plan, RCW 36.70A.213, and the following requirements: (i) The applicable school district has adopted a policy addressing the school service area, facility needs, and educational program requirements; (ii) The applicable school district has made a finding, with the concurrence of the county legislative authority and the legislative authorities of any affected cities, that the proposed site is suitable to site the school and any associated recreational facilities that the applicable district has determined cannot reasonably be collocated on an existing school site, taking into consideration the extent to which vacant or developable land within an urban growth area meets those requirements; (iii) The county and affected cities agree to the extension of sewer to serve the school sited in a rural area that serves urban and rural students at the time of concurrence of subsection (4)(d)(ii); (iv) Any impacts associated with the siting of the school are mitigated as required by the State Environmental Policy Act, Chapter 43.21C RCW; and, (v) Any extension of the sewer beyond the urban growth area is subject to the following: Jefferson County Code Page 2/2 DRAFT JAN 26, 2021 V1 The Jefferson County Code is current through Ordinance 08 -20, passed November 16, 2020. (1) Must only serve the applicable school and the costs of the extension must be borne by the applicable school district based on a reasonable nexus to the impacts of the school . (2) Any exception from subsection (4)(d)(v), when consistent with RCW 36.70A.110(4), shall allow the sewer to serve a property or properties in addition to the school if the property owner so requests, provided that the county and affected cities agree with the request and provided that the property is located no further from the sewer than the distance that, if the property were within the urban growth area, the property would be required to connect to the sewer. (3) If a property owner connects to the sewer under subsection (4)(d)(v)(2), the school district may, for a period of time not to exceed 20 years, require reimbursement from a requesting property owner for a proportional share of the construction costs incurred by the school district for the extension of the sewer.