Santa Clara County Onsite Wastewater Ordinance Update

Santa Clara County Onsite Wastewater Ordinance Update

The County proposes to adopt a new ordinance that would update and replace existing County regulations governing individual onsite wastewater treatment and dispersal systems (Onsite Systems or OWTS). Onsite system regulations the County are currently codified in Division B11 of the Santa Clara County Code ("Ordinance"), most recently revised April 15, 2003. The proposed project is anticipated to remove some existing constraints to the development of existing parcels that depend on the use of OWTS for sewage disposal mainly through: (a) reduction in leachfield land area requirements; (b) the ability to utilize more advanced technologies (as compared with conventional septic systems) to overcome certain types of site constraints; and (c) the removal of minimum lot size limitations for use of OWTS in the Lexington Basin.

San Jose

Santa Clara

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Other (County-wide Ordinance (Code) Update)

Code Update

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Septic System, Transportation