§ 26-506. Protection criteria.

The following regulations shall apply to all lands within the district.

(1)

No construction shall proceed on any development to be served by a septic tank unless the Fulton County Board of Health first approves the proposed septic tank installations as meeting the requirements of the Fulton County Code of Laws for Sewage Disposal, the Fulton County Board of Health Rules and Regulations for Sewage Disposal, and the Georgia Department of Human Resources Manual for On-Site Sewage Management Systems (hereinafter DHR manual), and the requirements of this article.

(2)

New residences served by an individual septic tank/drain field system shall be on lots having minimum size limitations that are 110 percent of the subdivision minimum lot size calculated based on application of Table MT-1 of the DHR Manual (hereinafter DHR Table MT-1). The minimums set forth in Table MT-1 may be increased further by department of human resources (DHR) based on consideration of other factors (set forth in sections A—F) of the DHR Manual.

(3)

New agricultural waste impoundment sites shall be lined. As a minimum, the liner shall be constructed of compacted clay having a thickness of one-foot and a vertical hydraulic conductivity of less than five × ten cm/sec or other criteria established by the natural resources conservation service.

(4)

New above ground chemical or petroleum storage tanks having a minimum volume of 660 gallons shall have secondary containment for 110 percent of the volume of such tanks or 110 percent of the volume of the largest tank in a cluster of tanks. Tanks used for agricultural purposes are exempt, provided they comply with all federal requirements.

(5)

New facilities which handle hazardous materials of the types listed in Section 312 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (excluding underground storage tanks) and in amounts of 10,000 pounds or more on any one day shall perform their operations on impervious surfaces and in conformance with any applicable local, state, and federal spill prevention requirements and fire code requirements.

(6)

Permanent stormwater infiltration basins shall be prohibited.

(Ord. No. 02-0928, § 6, 8-21-02; Ord. No. 18-0340, Att. A, 5-16-18)