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Comprehensive Plan <br />Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element <br />state permit demonstrating compliance with state and federal regulations. Those <br />regulations include but are not limited to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 <br />(PL 92-500) and its amendments through the Clean Water Acts of 1977 (PL 95-217) and <br />1981 (PL 97-117), Chapters 381 and 403 of the Florida Statutes, and Rules 17-3 and 17-6 <br />of the Florida Administrative Code. Both state and county permits are required for the <br />construction of a plant, and for any future expansion or modification of a plant. <br />POLICY 6.6: At the time the county approves any new package treatment plants, the <br />county will require, that at the time deemed appropriate by the county, the package <br />treatment plant and associated sewer collection system shall be dedicated to the county <br />for operation and maintenance without compensation. <br />POLICY 6.7: The county shall continue to enforce ordinances requiring pre-treatment of <br />commercial and industrial waste before discharge into the county system. <br />POLICY 6.8: The county shall require all future connections to the regional sanitary <br />sewer system to be consistent with the attached water and wastewater connection matrix. <br />OBJECTIVE 7 Septic Tank Systems <br />By 2020, the number of new septic tank systems permitted annually will not exceed 450. <br />POLICY 7.1: The county shall limit the use of septic tank systems to areas that meet the <br />following criteria governing connection to the county sanitary sewer system: <br />• With the exception of those identified in Table 3.A.3, residential subdivisions <br />served by existing septic tank systems may continue to treat their sewage in that <br />manner. <br />• Commercial/industrial uses and residential subdivisions identified in Table 3.A.3 <br />may continue to treat their sewage with existing septic tank systems until <br />centralized sewer service lines are extended to within 1/4 mile of the site. At that <br />time, all residential units in those subdivisions and all commercial/industrial uses <br />shall be connected to the county system. Developments whose sewage treatment <br />systems cause a public health problem must connect to the regional system <br />regardless of the distance to sewer lines. <br />• Use of septic tank systems for new development shall be prohibited unless: <br />o such development meets the criteria set on the water and wastewater <br />connection matrix; or <br />o such development consists of clustered residential development within <br />privately owned upland conservation (C-3) areas. Even under those <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 43 <br />