§ 24-31.5. Standards for on-site waste water disposal systems.

The director of permit and resource management department may from time to time adopt and promulgate standards for on-site septic disposal systems. Every proposed standard, proposed revised standard, or standard proposed to be rescinded shall be posted in the office of the Sonoma county clerk and in a public area of the permit and resource management department's offices for at least fifteen (15) days, together with a notice that the public may submit written comments for the director's consideration not later than the thirtieth day following posting of notice. The director of permit and resource management department shall consider comments submitted and may withdraw, adopt or rescind the standard or revised standard as proposed or as revised following the comment period. Adoption or rescission shall take place not less than fifteen (15) nor more than one hundred eighty (180) days following the close of the comment period, and each standard or revised standard adopted or rescinded shall be effective upon such posting. Such standards shall be periodically compiled and a copy thereof made available to the public at cost. Copies of such standards shall be available for review free of charge at the permit and resource management department. This section shall not be construed to impose any new or additional notice requirements for standards adopted by the director of permit and resource management department by any other procedure prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section.

(Ord. No. 4906 § 5 (B), 1995: Ord. No. 3670, 1987.)