How might the septic system Improvements Permit effect potential design and floor plan lay-outs for the house?
A. If your house will not be served by a public sewer utility you will be using a septic system and will need an ‘Improvements Permit’ before you can get a Building Permit. The Improvements Permit is the document issued by an inspector from the county Department of Environmental Health that prescribes the design and location of the septic system (septic tank and drainfield) which will be required to go along with the particular house you are building. The required size of the drainfield is associated with the number of bedrooms in the home because that is used as a predictor for how many people will be putting ‘x’-number of gallons of water into the system per day. When you’re looking at designing perhaps a 3500sf -5000sf home on say, a half to three quarter acre waterfront lot, it usually quickly comes down to a competition for available groundspace. Allowing for the footprint of the house, garage, decks, porches, walks, driveway, septic system, well site and building setbacks often r
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