Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 610 - SEWAGE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL REGULATIONS › Part II - Procedural Regulations › Article 1 - Procedures › Section 12VAC5-610-360 - Review of subdivision plats for individual sewage disposal systems when required by local ordinance

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The
					 intent of this section is to assure that adequate information is supplied to
					 the district or local health department to determine if any or all proposed
					 lots contain a suitable area and reserve area for onsite sewage disposal
					 systems prior to recordation of the subdivision plat. This section shall not be
					 construed to restrict the department in rendering preliminary opinions in
					 accordance with local ordinances prior to recordation. The information
					 requested herein is supplemental to the information which may be required by
					 local subdivision ordinances.
B. A
					 subdivision plat or a subsection of a subdivision plat submitted to the
					 district or local health department for review of onsite sewage disposal
					 systems shall show at a minimum the location of the proposed onsite sewage
					 disposal systems and the reserve absorption areas if required by Part V
					 (12VAC5-610-660 et seq.) of this
					 chapter, 12VAC5-610-710 for the onsite
					 sewage disposal systems and the location of the water supply system on each
					 lot, if applicable. Each plat or subsection of a subdivision plat shall be
					 accompanied by specific soil information for each lot (absorption area and
					 reserve area) in accordance with Article 1 (12VAC5-610-450 et seq.) of Part
					 III of this chapter. If not provided by the local subdivision ordinance, the
					 district or local health department may require the plat to show streets,
					 utilities, storm drainage, water supplies, easements, lot lines and original
					 topographic contour lines by detail survey or other information as required.
					 For suggested contour interval and scale see APPENDIX L.
C. No department employee shall sign or
					 indicate approval for onsite sewage disposal systems on a subdivision plat or
					 subsection of a subdivision plat for recordation until a sewage disposal
					 site(s), including reserve area when required in accordance with
					 12VAC5-610-710, has been
					 identified, approved or disapproved and recorded on each lot of the subdivision
					 plat on file with the district or local health department. The plat on file
					 with the district or local health department shall be reconciled with the plat
					 to be recorded. The recorded plat shall reference the plat on file with the
					 department. The signature of a department employee on a recorded subdivision
					 plat or subsection of a subdivision plat does not imply or connote that any
					 lot(s) identified as approved shall be issued a sewage disposal construction
					 permit unless all conditions and circumstances, such as but not limited to
					 landscaping, contained in the original approval exist at the time of
					 application for a sewage disposal construction permit.
D. Before building construction begins on a
					 lot within the subdivision, a valid individual sewage disposal construction
					 permit shall be issued for that lot in accordance with
					 12VAC5-610-280.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-164 of the Code of
						  Virginia.