13.28.340 - Unlawful wastewater disposal facilities.

Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any septic tank or other sewage holding facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater within the boundaries of the North Bay - Case Inlet service area where sewers are available except as permitted by this chapter. This does not include portable privies or other temporary wastewater disposal systems, such as those used at construction sites.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.01, 1999).

13.28.350 - Unlawful deposit of waste.

(a)

It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unapproved and unacceptable manner into the county sanitary sewer system any human excrement, garbage, hazardous wastes, and/or other unlawful wastes except in accordance with this code.

(b)

Unlawful waste, under no conditions, shall be discharged into or be placed where it might find its way into, or be allowed to run, leak, leach or escape into any part of the sanitary sewer system. Unlawful waste includes gasoline, fuel oil, toxins, flammable or explosive liquids.

(c)

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any of the wastewater facilities any substances, materials, or wastes in quantities or concentration that will cause corrosive damage or hazard to structures, equipment, or personnel of the wastewater facilities, and in no case will discharges be allowed with a pH lower than 5.0 or greater than 10.0.

(d)

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any of the wastewater facilities any substances, materials, waters, or wastes that will contain more than one hundred milligrams per liter of nonbiodegradable oils of mineral or petroleum origin or contain floatable oils, fats or grease.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.02, 1999).

13.28.360 - Unlawful discharge of storm and other waters into sewers.

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm drainage water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, or subsurface drainage into the sanitary sewer system. Roof, foundation, areaway, parking lot, roadway, or other surface runoff or groundwater drains shall discharge to natural outlets or storm sewers.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.03, 1999).

13.28.370 - Limitations on discharge locations.

No person or entity shall discharge any unlawful substance directly into a manhole or other opening in the public sewer system other than through an approved building sewer without the written authorization of the director in compliance with this administrative code, nor until such person or entity has paid all applicable charges and fees and has met any other conditions required by this administrative code and the director.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.04, 1999).

13.28.380 - Liability for damage.

The customer shall be responsible for and pay for any damage to public sewer facilities belonging to the department caused by any unauthorized use, carelessness or neglect by the customer.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.05, 1999).

13.28.390 - Unlawful damage to sewer facilities.

It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to maliciously or willfully break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or piece of equipment which is part of the county sewer facilities by throwing, dumping, discharging or otherwise introducing any dirt, rocks, sticks, debris, other foreign matter or any other matter prohibited by this code into the county sewer system.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.06, 1999).

13.28.400 - Discharge of septic tank contents.

(a)

It is unlawful for anyone to discharge the contents of any septic tank, chemical toilet, or sewage holding tank into the sewer system of Mason County except in accordance with the provisions of this code.

(b)

The director shall designate in writing the particular locations where the contents of chemical toilets, or sewage holding tanks may be discharged into public sewer systems, and the manner in which such contents shall be discharged into the county sewer system.

(c)

No matter prohibited from sewers by this code shall be permitted to be discharged under this section.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.07, 1999).

13.28.410 - Failure to connect or repair building sewer.

(a)

If any connection to or repair of a public sewer is not made within the time and in the manner provided in this code, the director may forthwith cause to be placed a recorded notice against the property that no new buildings, remodeling or change in ownership will be allowed until the connection or repairs of all sanitary sewer facilities are made. Such notice may be recorded by the director with the Mason County assessor.

(b)

If at this time or after a reasonable period so determined by the director, connection of or repairs to the building sewer or sewer line extension remain to be completed and the director has exhausted the means or methods available to the director to make such connections or repairs as prescribed in this code, the county may upon authorization of the director make such connections or repairs for and at the total expense of the owner provided the director takes the following steps:

(1)

Notifies the owner that the connections or repairs are delinquent pursuant to the provisions of this code and informs such owner that the county intends to make such connections or repairs itself; and

(2)

Notifies the owner that the county shall charge such owner for all costs associated with such connections or repairs including, but not limited to, all construction or repair costs and any other applicable costs which would normally be incurred by such owner pursuant to the provisions of this code; and

(3)

Notifies the owner that any failure to reimburse the county for such costs shall result in the county filing a lien upon the property as provided for in Title 36, Chapter 94, Revised Code of Washington in the amount of such unpaid cost plus interest and plus any applicable penalties.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.08, 1999).

13.28.420 - Unlawful connections to or disturbances of public sewers.

Any person who makes or causes to be made any connection to, opening into, use, alteration and/or disturbance of the public sewers of the county without receiving a permit authorizing such a connection and/or use, alteration, etc., shall be subject to the provisions set forth in this code.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.09, 1999).

13.28.430 - Disconnection of building sewer.

No structure may be disconnected from a building sewer and no building sewer may be disconnected from a public sewer for any reason without prior written notification to, and approval by the director. No approval shall be given unless the disconnection is lawful under this code and other applicable laws, and satisfactory protection is given by the owner or his contractor to the public sewers of the county including, but not limited to, the satisfactory capping of the building sewer. Sewer service charges for any structure disconnected or to be disconnected shall continue until such disconnection is approved by the county and the building sewer capped and otherwise protected to the satisfaction of the director.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.10, 1999).

13.28.440 - Building sewer for each building—Exceptions.

A single building sewer shall be provided for each building unless the connection of more than one building to a single building sewer is approved in writing by the director prior to the construction of such building sewer.

(Res. 144-99 Art. VIII, § 8.11, 1999).