§ 50.04. Department of safety and inspections; environmental health responsibility.

(a)

The department of safety and inspections shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of the maintenance provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, notifying the owners of individual sewage treatment systems of inspection dates, monitoring the results of maintenance reviews, ensuring that pumping is performed as necessary, keeping on file inspection reports for each individual sewage treatment system, investigating complaints and ordering corrective action necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the community.

(b)

The department of safety and inspections shall have the power to:

(1)

Require property owners to cease and desist from the use of an individual sewage treatment system operating in a manner creating a hazard to the public health, safety or welfare; and

(2)

Condemn a dwelling as unfit for human habitation where the improper functioning or failure of an individual sewage treatment system constitutes a hazard to the public health, safety or welfare of the occupants of the dwelling. Such action shall be in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 34.

(c)

The building official or environmental health official shall have the authority to inspect all individual sewage treatment systems. The owner or occupier of property with an individual sewage treatment system shall provide access at reasonable times for the purpose of performing any inspection or review required under this chapter whenever there is probable cause to believe that a hazard to the public health, safety or welfare exists or when inspections and reviews are required or necessary to insure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 17888, § 1, 11-21-91; C.F. No. 95-1089, § 2, 10-4-95; C.F. No. 98-601, § 1, 8-5-98; C.F. No. 07-149, § 19, 3-28-07)