§ 22-52. Same—Disposal of effluent by tile or other pipe.

Disposal of septic tank effluent may be by means of tile or other accepted distributing pipe laid in screened gravel or broken stone, at a distance of at least fifteen (15) feet from any dwelling or building on the same property. No part of any leaching system shall be within the same property. No part of any leaching system shall be within twenty-five (25) feet of a storm drain, cellar drain or subsoil drain which discharges into a stream or culvert, or onto the surface of the ground, unless such drains are constructed of cast-iron pipe with leaded joints. No part of such leaching system shall be within fifteen (15) feet of the top of an embankment where seepage may escape from the embankment. Seepage systems shall not cross water service lines. Dry wells may be preferable where the amount of area is limited or where porous soil is at a greater depth than can be secured by the tiled fields. They are not recommended where groundwater may interfere with their operation, or where soil of better seepage quality is found at shallow depth. They may be constructed only after approved by the director of health.

(Code 1960, § 7-10; Ord. of 10-4-66)