§ 20-85. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Continuous compliance means that the on-site sewage disposal system has not, at any time during the preceding 12 months before the notification by mail or by publication, as referenced in section 20-86, been out of compliance with or in violation of any rule, order, statute, ordinance or regulation relating to the operation and maintenance of the on-site sewage disposal system promulgated by any regulatory agency or governmental authority having jurisdiction over that system. Any on-site sewage disposal system that the state department of environmental protection has publicly reported poses a water quality threat to the Indian River Lagoon System shall be deemed not to be in continuous compliance. If an equipment malfunction occurs due to no fault of the system operator that causes a transitory or temporary violation which is forthwith repaired by the operator of any such system, such malfunction shall not be deemed or construed to cause the system to be out of continuous compliance for the purposes of section 20-86.

On-site sewage disposal system means any sewage treatment and/or disposal facility not equipped for and not treating and disposing of all of its effluent for re-use on its own premises, whether serving individual buildings or units, or several buildings or units, which treats or disposes of human body or household type wastes. Such systems include, but are not limited to, standard septic tank systems, laundry wastewater systems, and individual on-site sewage treatment plants which are installed or proposed to be installed on land of the owner or on other land to which the owner or owners have the legal right to install a system and which primarily serves or proposes to serve the owner's property or development.

(Code 1982, § 1-7.6-40; Ord. No. 93-01, pt. A, 3-25-1993)