Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Article XIII, Sec. 1302.02(9)
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Maximum loading rate for mass drainfield definition1,200 gpd/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The loading rate exceeds one thousand two hundred (1,200) gallons per day for any acre
- Maximum percolation piping length for mass drainfield definition2,000 ft
more than two thousand (2,000) linear feet of percolation piping
- Minimum easement width for sewage conveyance lines15 ft
Access for sewage conveyance lines to reach the mass drainfield system from the subject properties shall be by way of an easement at least fifteen (15) feet in width
- Minimum manhole access diameter30 in
The manhole access shall terminate at the ground surface, and shall not be less than thirty (30) inches in diameter
- No planting within distance of mass drainfield easement20 ft
No shrubbery or trees may be planted on, or within twenty (20) feet of the mass drainfield or reserve drainfield easement
- Septic tank pumping frequency5 years
Pumping all septic tanks a minimum of once every five (5) years
From the ordinance
The loading rate exceeds one thousand two hundred (1,200) gallons per day for any acre, or ... more than two thousand (2,000) linear feet of percolation piping