When does the Scott County Zoning Ordinance cause a septic system to be reviewed?
Any time a building permit is applied for and the home is in a shoreland district, the sewage system may have to be reviewed for compliance. Building permits that deal with maintenance of a home such as siding, roofing, new windows or furnace, etc., will not trigger the sewage system to be reviewed. However, the system must be reviewed for the addition of a new deck, enlargement of a deck, a garage, or a second story addition to the house. In some situations the system may be required to be replaced, and a septic permit may then have to be applied for at the same time the building permit is applied for.
