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OF THE
SHARON BOARD OF HEALTH


JULY  2007

                
SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE SHARON BOARD OF HEALTH                                                                                                              
INTRODUCTION TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH.                                   
ARTICLE  1.  GENERAL APPLICABILITY AND ADMINISTRATION.                 
ARTICLE  2.  MINIMUM STANDARDS OF FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION.           
 ARTICLE  3.  REGULATIONS FOR DUMPSTERS AND FOR THE REMOVAL AND          
              TRANSPORTATION OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH, OFFAL, AND             
              OTHER OFFENSIVE SUBSTANCES.                               
 ARTICLE  4.  COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE,   
                    INCLUDING GARBAGE.                          
 ARTICLE  5.  SANITATION STANDARDS FOR RECREATIONAL CAMPS FOR            
                    CHILDREN.                                           
 ARTICLE  6.  REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO SEPTIC SYSTEM OR CESSPOOL         
             CLEANOUT,HAULAGE, AND PROCESSING.                         
 ARTICLE  7.  MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUBSURFACE DISPOSAL  
             OF SANITARY SEWAGE.                                       
 ARTICLE  8.  MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SWIMMING POOLS.
 ARTICLE  9.  MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR BATHING BEACHES.
 ARTICLE 10.  MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPED FAMILY TYPE                   
              placePlaceTypeCAMP PlaceNameGROUNDS.                                           
 ARTICLE 11.  REGULATIONS FOR PESTICIDE, CHEMICAL AND FERTILIZER           
              APPLICATORS.                                            
 ARTICLE 12.  MINIMUM SANITATION STANDARDS FOR FOOD SERVICE             
              ESTABLISHMENTS AND RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.          
 ARTICLE 13.  REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF ANIMALS.                       
 ARTICLE 14.  BOARD OF HEALTH AND BUILDING PERMIT PLOT PLAN                    
              REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.             
 ARTICLE 15.  RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING UNDERGROUND STORAGE       
              OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND REGULATED SUBSTANCES.        
 ARTICLE 16.  PRIVATE OR SEMI_PUBLIC WELL WATER SUPPLY                  
              REGULATIONS.                                            
 ARTICLE 17.  MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF LOCKUP FACILITIES.        
 ARTICLE 18.  BOARD OF HEALTH EARTH RELOCATION REGULATION.
 ARTICLE 19.  STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF INFECTIOUS OR PHYSICALLY           
              DANGEROUS MEDICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WASTE.                  
 ARTICLE 20.  REGULATIONS FOR TANNING ESTABLISHMENTS.                   
 ARTICLE 21.  RULES AND REGULATIONS OF MASSAGE OR CONDUCT OF AN         
              ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE GIVING OF VAPOR,POOL, SHOWER
             OR OTHER BATHS                                          
 ARTICLE 22.  REGULATION AFFECTING SMOKING, YOUTH ACCESS TO                  
    TOBACCO, AND THE placeCitySALE, VENDING AND DISTRIBUTION
             OF TOBACCO.                                             
 ARTICLE 23.  REGULATION REGARDING FLOOR DRAINS.                                
   
 ARTICLE 24.  RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR BODY ART ESTABLISHMENTS             
              AND PRACTITIONERS.
ARTICLE 25.  REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE OPERATION OF                
              MANICURING SALONS PROVIDING ARTIFICIAL NAIL SERVICES.
ARTICLE 26.  POOPER-SCOOPER REGULATION.
ARTICLE 27.  REGULATION ON WATERFOWL.




INTRODUCTION TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH

      In May 1996, Sharon=s Annual Town Meeting voted to establish a separate, independent five member Board of Health, with members to be appointed to three year terms by the Board of Selectmen. Prior to that time, in 1966, pursuant to Chapter 41, Section 21, of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Town of Sharon voted to "have its Selectmen act as its Board of Health", following recommendation of this action by the Town Government Study Committee established by the 1962 Annual Town Meeting. Following the action of the 1996 Town Meeting, the powers and duties of the Board of Health were transferred from the Board of Selectmen to the separate, independent Board of Health.

      The Board of Health derives its authority, powers, and duties  primarily from Chapter 111 of the Massachusetts General Laws, and thereby has the legal responsibility for protecting the public health of the community of placeCitySharon

       All questions for the Board of Health, may be addressed through the Board of Health office, Town Office Building, South Main Street, Sharon, Massachusetts 02067(telephone:781-784_1510).

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE SHARON BOARD OF HEALTH

         The Board of Health of the Town ofSharon, Massachusetts, acting
     under the authority of the General Laws and amendments and additions
     thereto, and by any power; thereto enabling, and acting thereunder and in
     accordance therewith, have, in the interest of and for the preservation
     of the public health, duly made and adopted the following rules and
     regulations:

     ARTICLE 1.   GENERAL APPLICABILITY AND ADMINISTRATION.

                  1.1 The provisions of the State Sanitary Code
     (1O5CMR400.000) and Title V of the Massachusetts Environmental Code
     (310CMR), as well as all other statutes and regulations of the
     Commonwealth shall apply within the Town of Sharon, and shall be enforced
     by the Board of Health as provided by law.  In addition, the
     following rules and regulations shall apply within the Town to the extent
     they impose additional or stricter requirements than those contained in
     the above-mentioned statutes or other statutes or regulations of the
     state, or regulate matters not covered by such Code, statutes or
     regulations.

     ARTICLE 2.   MINIMUM STANDARDS OF FITNESS FOR HUMAN HABITATION.

                  2.1 Article 2 of the State Sanitary Code shall apply
     (105CMR410.000).

     ARTICLE 3.  REGULATIONS FOR DUMPSTERS AND FOR THE REMOVAL AND

                 TRANSPORTATION OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH, OFFAL, AND OTHER
                 OFFENSIVE SUBSTANCES. (effective dateYear1985Day3Month55/3/85)

                  3.1 No person shall (i) remove garbage, rubbish, offal, or
     other offensive substances from dwellings, apartment buildings, or
     condominiums, or from commercial, industrial, public or other buildings,
     and (ii) transport the same through the streets of the town of Sharon
     without first obtaining a permit from the Board of Health.

                  3.2 No person shall provide a dumpster service in the town
     of Sharon for the purpose of storing, removing, and transporting garbage,
     rubbish, offal or other offensive substances without first obtaining a
     permit from the Board of Health.

                  3.3 All garbage, rubbish, offal or other offensive
     substances shall only be disposed of in sanitary landfills located outide
     the geographical limits of the town of placeCitySharon.

                  3.4   An application for each permit shall be in such
     form and contain such information, on oath, as the Board of Health may
     require.

                  3.5 All such permits, unless temporary in nature, shall
     expire at the end of the calendar year in which they are issued, but may
     be renewed annually on application as herein provided.  There shall be an
     annual fee of $50 for a permit issued under paragraph 3.1 hereof; and an
     annual fee of $50 for a permit issued under paragraph 3.2 hereof.  If any
     permit shall be issued subsequent to the first day of the year, the fee
     therefor shall be prorated on a monthly basis.  Temporary permits,
     expiring prior to the end of the calendar year, may be issued.  The fee
     therefor shall be prorated on a monthly basis.

                  3.6 No permit shall be transferred except with the approval
     of the Board of Health.

                  3.7 Each dumpster must have the name, address, and telephone
     number of the person providing the dumpster service conspicuously
     displayed on the dumpster.  Each dumpster shall have a cover capable of
     being secured.

                  3.8 Each dumpster must be located at such a distance
     from each lot line as not to interfere with the safety, convenience, or
     health of abutters or the public.  The Board of Health may specify the
     location of the dumpster.  The Board of Health may require, whenever
     public convenience warrants, that a dumpster be enclosed or suitably
     screened by the owner of the lot on which the dumpster is situated.

                  3.9 The owner of the lot shall maintain the immediate area

     in which the dumpster is situated free of offensive odors, debris, and
     rubbish.

                  3.10 Except in districts zoned for business, commercial, or
     industrial use, garbage, rubbish, offal or other offensive substances
     shall not be collected before timeMinute0Hour77:00 A.M. or after timeMinute0Hour197:00 P.M.

                  3.ll Any dumpster shall be deodorized, washed or sanitized
     by the person providing the dumpster service when and as required by the
     Board of Health.

                  3.12 Upon notice and an opportunity for a hearing, any
     permit may for cause be suspended or revoked by the Board of Health.

                  3.13 Whoever violates any provision of these regulations may
     be punished by a fine of not more than $50.  Each day that a violation
     continues shall constitute a separate violation.

     ARTICLE 4.  COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE, INCLUDING GARBAGE
 
      SECTION 1. Purpose. Having voted to close the town's landfill effective
     May 1, 1985, and having authorized the Selectmen (Board of Health) to
     enter into a long-term contract with SEMASS for the delivery to and
     disposal of solid waste, including garbage, at a solid waste disposal
     facility to be contructed, operated and owned by SEMASS in Rochester,
   Massachusetts, and recognizing that solid waste, particularly garbage
     "is widely regarded as an actual and potential source of disease or
     detriment to the public good" and that, therefore, a "municipality,
     acting for the common good of all, (may)...either take over itself or
     confine to a single person (firm) or corporation the collection,
     transportation...and final disposition of a commodity which so easily
     may become a nuisance (with the result that) private interests must
     yield to that which is established for the general benefit of all;" it
     is the purpose of this By-Law to:
         1. Define the public's responsibility
         2. Authorize the Selectmen to publicly let a
            contract to a single contractor for the collection and delivery
            of solid waste to an approved sanitary landfill outside the
            geographical limits of placeCitySharon until SEMASS's solid waste disposal
            facility is constructed and in operation (presently estimated
            sometime between March 1, 1986 and 9September 1, 1989) and
            thereafter to a solid waste disposal facility or transfer station
            for retransfer to such a facility, operated and owned by SEMASS.
         3. Insure the service provided the public is safe,
            economical and comprehensive.
         4. Insure that the charges to the public are just,
            fair, reasonable and adequate to provide
            necessary public service.

     SECTION 2.Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the term "solid waste"
     shall mean:

         a. Mixed household and municipal solid waste, including garbage,
            which is normally produced by residences, schools, and offices
            within municipal buildings and which is picked up from the solid
            waste stream by standard packer_type refuse trucks from
            within the community (but which need not be obtained from the
            community), including leaves, twigs, grass, plant cuttings,
            branches and tree trunks of less than two feet in diameter.

         b. Solid waste shall not include mining or agricultural waste,
            hazardous wastes (except any insignificant quantities of such
            waste as are customarily found in household and municipal office
            waste and which, separately or when aggregated with all of the
            waste delivered by the community, do not satisfy the definition of
            "hazardous waste" contained in the Resource Conservation and
            Recovery act of 1976 and the regulations thereunder) as defined by
            any federal, state or local law, as each may from time to time be
            amended, sewage sludge, other sludge (including septage) or
            slurry, liquid chemical wastes, non_putrescible construction or
            demolition debris, or explosive, corrosive or radioactive
            materials.
          Excluded from the definition of solid waste are
     items of a size, durability or composition that are not acceptable at
     the sanitary landfill, at which the contractor engaged by the town
     shall, until SEMASS' solid waste disposal facility shall become
     operational, deliver solid waste collected in the town or which cannot
     be processed by SEMASS' solid waste disposal facility when operational
     or which may materially impair SEMASS' structures or equipment.
     Examples of such items which cannot be processed by SEMASS' facility are
     solid blocks of rubber or plastic greater than two cubic feet in volume,
     rolls or carpet or furnishing over twelve inches in diameter, steel or
     nylon rope, chains, cables or slings more than four feet long,
     thick_walled or solid metal objects such as castings, forgings, gas
     cylinders or large motors, tied or unbroken bales of paper, cardboard or
     cloth, and tree stumps.
     SECTION 3. Exclusive Contract or License; Public Bids.

         A.  The Selectmen are authorized to engage a single contractor to
     collect, transport and dispose of solid waste.

         B.  No contract or license for the collection, transportation or
     disposal of solid waste, except in cases of special emergency involving
     the health or safety of the people or their property, shall be awarded
     unless such proposals for the same have been invited by advertisement in
     at least one newspaper published in the town, such publication to be at
     least one week before the time specified for the opening of said
     proposals.  Said advertisement shall state the time and place for
     opening the proposals in answer to said advertisement, and shall reserve
     to the town the right to reject any or all such proposals.  All such
     proposals shall be opened idn public.  Such a contract shall be for a
     period not exceeding five years unless the disposal is in a sanitary
     landfill or in any other sanitary manner approved by the Department of
     Environmental Quality Engineering, in which case the contract may be for

     a period not exceeding twenty years, provided that such contract has
     been authorized by a majority vote of a town meeting and the terms
     thereof have been approved as reasonable by the Emergency Finance
     Board.

    SECTION 4. Provisions of Contract.

         A.  Every contractor, engaged by the town to pick up solid waste
     within the town and deliver the same directly to a sanitary landfill
     outside the geographical limits of the town until SEMASS's solid waste
     disposal facility is constructed and operational, and thereafter to
     SEMASS's solid waste disposal facility, or, at the town's option, to
     SEMASS's transfer station for retransfer to SEMASS's solid waste
     disposal facility shall agree to charge fees approved in advance by the
     Selectmen.

         B.  The contract, which the contractor shall sign, shall provide
     that such fees shall, in the aggregate, be sufficient (but no more than
     enough) to cover:

             1.  All fees paid by the contractor either to the operator of
     the sanitary landfill or to SEMASS for the solid waste accepted for
     disposal in the said landfill or in the solid waste disposal facility,
     as the case may be;
             2.  The contractor's direct costs for collecting, transferring
     and disposal of the solid waste;
             3.  A reasonable amount for the contractor's indirect costs and
     overhead;
             4.  A reasonable profit.
             5.  The cost of a town_sponsored, semi_annual household
     hazardous waste collection program.

         C.  The contract shall also provide that once SEMASS's solid waste
     facility becomes operational, the contractor shall provide the town with
     a surety company performance bond, in a form and in an amount
     satisfactory to town counsel, securing the performance of all of the
     contractor's obligations to the town.

    SECTION 5.  The Public's Responsibility

         A. No solid waste can or container, other than a stationary
            dumpster, shall exceed either sixty pounds gross loaded weight
            or thirty_two gallons in size.
         B. Each can, container or stationary dumpster shall
            be made of a rigid material and shall have a
            cover capable of being securely attached.
         C. Each cover shall always be securely attached,
            except when solid waste is being deposited in
            the can, container, or dumpster.
         D. Plastic bags shall be securely tied and contain
            no garbage unless the bags containing garbage are placed in an appropriate can, container or
            dumpster.
         E. Each can, container or bag shall be left at the
            front of the lot, adjacent to, but not on the
            sidewalk, if any, or if there is no sidewalk in
            front of the building, adjacent to, but not on,
            the pavement of the street, not before timeHour12Minute012 noon on the day
            before the scheduled collection and by no later than timeHour7Minute07:00 A.M.
            of the day on which collections for the building on the lot are
            scheduled.
         F. No stationary dumpster shall exceed the safe
            loading design limit or operational limit of the
            vehicle provided by the contractor for serving
            the building.  Each stationary dumpster shall be
            situated on the lot in a place easily accessible
            to the contractor's vehicles.
         G. The Selectmen may waive any fee whenever in
            their opinion it is, in a particular instance, in
            the public interest so to do.

     SECTION 6. The Owners' Responsibility and Rights; Liens

            The owner of each building from which solid waste
     is collected shall be responsible for the prompt payment of all fees
     charged by the contractor for the collection of solid waste from that
     building.

    SECTION 7.  Penalties

             The penalty for violation of this article shall be as follows:
     for the first offense, $5O.OO; for the second offense, $100.00; and for
     each subsequent offense, $200.00.

    SECTION 8.  Severability

             The invalidity, unconstitutionality or unenforceability of any
     section, subsection or provision of this article shall not affect or
     impair any other section, subsection or provision.

    SECTION 9.  Tipping Fee Escrow Fund.

             The Selectmen are authorized to establish a fund to be known as
     the Tipping Fee escrow Fund.  The contractor shall be directed to
     regularly deposit into this fund, on at least a monthly basis or as
     otherwise specified by the Town, the amounts due under the contract for
     defraying the cost of SEMASS tipping fees and household hazardous waste
     collection.  The Town, through the Department of Public Works, shall use
     the monies in this fund to pay tipping fees due to SEMASS and to pay for
     the cost of household hazardous waste collections.  In the event that
     Town_sponsored recycling programs reduce the amounts of solid waste
     disposed of at SEMASS,the Selectmen may authorize the expenditure of
     amounts not needed for tipping fees or household hazardous waste
     collection to defray the costs of Town sponsored recyclidng efforts or
     Town beautification projects.  In no case shall the amount expended for
     these purposes exceed the tipping fee times the number of tons of solid
     waste that has been certified as recycled according to the SEMASS master
     agreement.

     ARTICLE 5.   SANITATION STANDARDS FOR RECREATIONAL CAMPS FOR CHILDREN

                   5.1 Article IV of the State Sanitary Code shall apply.
     (105CMR430.000).

     ARTICLE 6.  REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO SEPTIC SYSTEM OR CESSPOOL  CLEANOUT,HAULAGE, AND PROCESSING.

      6.1 Provisions of Article XI of the State Sanitary Code,  and Title V of the State Environmental code (310CMR15.00) shall  apply.

                  6.2 All septage from the Town of Sharon is to be delivered to the Charles River Pollution Control District in  Medway,  Massachusetts.

                  6.3 All septage haulers must be licensed to transport  septage by both the Town of placeCitySharon and the Town of placeCityMedway.

                  6.4 Haulers must complete a "sewage disposal permit and trip manifest form" at each location, which is used for control and verification purposes.

                  6.5 A fee of $25 per 1,000 gallons of placeCitySharon septage or wastewater is to be paid by the hauler to the Charles River Pollution Control District (excess fees to be returned to the Town of Sharon to cover administrative costs of the septage disposal program).

                  6.6  MAINTENANCE OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS:
                       a. It is recommended that all on-site sewage disposal systems within the Town of placeCitySharon
be pumped annually to extend the life of the leaching facility and help lessen ground water pollution.
                       b. The Board of Health may require more frequent pumping of any disposal system where it finds
such additional pumping necessary to the proper
operation of the system, to protect water resources and to prevent danger to the public health.


  


   


ARTICLE 7: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUBSURFACE DISPOSAL OF SANITARY SEWAGE.                         
                                           Amended date    September 25, 2006          

INDEX
7.01    DEFINITIONS
7.02    GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
7.03    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
7.04    PLAN REQUIREMENTS
7.05    CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR ON-SITE SUBSURFACE SEWAGE
        DISPOSAL SYSTEMS AND TREATMENT WORKS
7.06    INTERCEPTOR DRAINS              
7.07    DEPTH TO GROUNDWATER
7.08    SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FLOODPLAINS
7.09    AUTOMATIC FAILURES
7.10    REPAIRS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS
7.11    UPGRADES TO EXISTING SYSTEMS
7.12    INSPECTION OF BACKFILL
7.13    REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING SUBDIVISION PLANS
7.14    ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPACT REPORT
7.15    APPLICATION REVIEW FEES
7.16    APPROVAL
7.17    MAINTENANCE
7.18    LOCATION
7.19    TOWN OF SHARON LICENSES
7.20    BUILDING IN UNSEWERED AREAS
7.21    GARBAGE GRINDERS
7.22    PRIVIES AND CHEMICAL TOILETS
7.23    VARIANCES
7.24    SEVERABILITY
7.25    EFFECTIVE DATE
7.26    PUMPING REQUIREMENTS and I/A SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
The Purposes of Article 7 of the Regulations of the Sharon Board of Health are to provide for the protection of public health, safety welfare and the environment by requiring the proper siting, construction, upgrade and maintenance of on-site sewage disposal systems  and treatment works and appropriate means for the transport and disposal of septage as necessitated by local conditions.  This Article must be read together with 310 CMR 15.000 (Title 5) , which contains many other provisions and requirements relevant to onsite sewage disposal systems.  The provisions of Title 5 shall govern, except where more stringent standards are set by this Article 7. Article 7 is promulgated pursuant to the authorities of G.L. c. 111  secs. 17,27,27A,30, 31, 31A, 31B, 31C,31D,31E,122,124,127A,127B,127C and G.L. c. 21A, sec13.

7.01    DEFINITIONS
(1)  INCORPORATION: The provisions of Regulation 15.002  DEFINITIONS of    the State Sanitary Code, Title 5(310 CMR 15.00 et al) shall apply, except where    higher standards are established by these Regulations.

(2) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS: The words, terms, phrases, abbreviations and acronyms listed below for the purpose of these regulations shall be defined and interpreted as follows:

(a)   Bedroom: Any area in a dwelling unit which is or could be used for the provision of private sleeping accommodations for residents of the premises, whether such area is designated as a bedroom, guestroom, maid's room, dressing room, den, study, library, or by another name.  Any room intended for regular use by all occupants of the dwelling unit such as a living room,dining area or kitchen shall not be considered a bedroom, nor shall bathrooms, halls or closets having no horizontal dimension over six(6) feet.

(b)  Board of Health: A Board appointed by the Board of Selectmen for the purposes of implementing the health laws of the Commonwealth and the town. The Board includes persons duly authorized to act on its behalf

( c)     DEP: the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

 (d)     Health Advisory Board  A committee appointed by the Board of Health to provide advice and expertise in matters of public health.

  (e)      placeLot: an area of land in one ownership, with definite boundaries.

  (f)    Naturally Occurring Soil:  Soil which was deposited on a site by natural causes and not by human action
  (g)   Soil Absorption System: A system of trenches, galleries, chambers, pits, field(s) or bed(s) together with effluent distribution lines and aggregate which is installed in appropriate soils to receive effluent from a septic tank or treatment works

  (h)    Title 5: The State Sanitary Code, Title 5 (310 CMR 15.000 et al.) including all subsequent revisions thereto. 

  (i)     Treatment Works: Any onsite system for the treatment of sanitary sewage with a design flow above 2000 gallons per day(gpd) or with an Innovative Alternative (IA) system.    
                                                

  (j)  Treatment Works Permit: A non-transferable Permit issued by the Board of Health for construction, alteration or repair or any other work on a Treatment Works.

  (k)   Treatment Works Operations Permit: A non-transferable Permit issued by the Board of Health for the operation of a Treatment Works.

 (l)   Treatment Works Building: That part of a Treatment Works which houses the devices or facilities that are used to store, treat, neutralize, stabilize or disinfect sewage.

(m)    Water Resource Protection District: The Surface Water Resource Protection District and the Ground Water Resource Protection District are zoning overlay districts established by the Sharon Zoning Bylaw.

(n)    Waterbodies: As defined in Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40 and its regulations, codified at 310 CMR 10.00 and the Town of placeCitySharon Wetlands Protection Bylaw, Article 23 of the Town Bylaws.  

 (o)    Wetlands: As defined in Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act, M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40 and its regulations, codified at 310 CMR 10.00 and the Town of placeCitySharon Wetlands Protection Bylaw, Article 23 of the Town Bylaws.

7.02    GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

         (1) INCORPORATION: The provisions of Regulation of the State Sanitary Code, Title 5(310 CMR 15.00 et al) shall apply, except where higher standards are established by these Regulations.

                 (2) REQUIRED APPROVALS:

                (a)  No building permit shall be issued nor shall any dwelling place or other building be constructed until the Board of Health has approved the proposed lot as suitable for the proposed onsite subsurface sewage disposal system or treatment works and a permit for the installation has been obtained.

(b) Deep hole observation logs or percolation tests must be witnessed by the Board of Health or its designee.

( c) No On-site Subsurface Sewage Disposal System or Treatment Works shall hereafter be constructed, altered, repaired or installed in the Town of placeCitySharon until a permit for said work has first been obtained from the Board of Health.

(i) Permits shall become void twelve (12) months after the date of issue unless construction is completed within that period, and they are non-transferable. The Board may, in its discretion, allow a twelve (12)month extension.

             (ii)  A fee, as established in the Board’s Schedule of fees, shall    accompany each permit application for construction, alteration,    repair, or addition to an on-site subsurface sewage disposa;      system or Treatment Works to serve a  new or existing  structure.                 Permit application fees are non-refundable.

            (iii) The permit application for construction of an onsite      bsurface sewage disposal system or treatment works must be      accompanied by the following:

        (a)  A Plan prepared in accordance with Title V and Section 7.02.5  of this Regulation;
        (b)  Percolation test results, and on site suitability reports by an approved Soil Evaluator witnessed by a representative of the Town of placeCitySharon;
                    ( c) If a wetlands line is located on the plan which   accompanies the application, or if the Board or its agent questions      the possibility of wetlands within 200 feet of the property,   confirmation in writing by the Conservation Commission that   the    Conservation Commission or its agent has approved the      wetland   delineation.
                                             (d)The permit application must be signed by the owner of     record for the property.  If the permit application is made by    someone other than the owner, the application shall be signed by    both the owner of record and the applicant.
                                   
                
(d)  ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT