Uses
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Facility must be decommissioned and connected to public sewer when available
In the event a public sewer system operated by the City of Virginia Beach or the Hampton Roads Sanitation District becomes reasonably available to a site served by a private sewage treatment facility, the facility shall, within such time as may be prescribed in the conditional use permit, be decommissioned and its sewage conveyance system connected to the public system.
- Facilities subject to inspection by the city at all reasonable times
Such facilities shall be subject to inspection by the city at all reasonable times and upon reasonable notice;
- Permitted only as conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. uses in AG-1, AG-2, and residential districts
Private sewage treatment facilities shall be permitted only as conditional uses in the AG-1 and AG-2 Agricultural Districts and in residential districts. No such facility shall be permitted in any district as an accessory use or in a resource protection area.
- No facility on sites where public sewer is reasonably available
No such facility shall be permitted on any site for which public sewer systems are reasonably available.
- Daily sampling of influent and effluent, monthly analysis submission
The operator of the facility shall take samples of influent and effluent from the facility on a daily basis and shall analyze, or contract with a laboratory to analyze, such parameters as may be deemed necessary by the director of planning.
From the ordinance
Private sewage treatment facilities shall be permitted only as conditional uses in the AG-1 and AG-2 Agricultural Districts and in residential districts. No such facility shall be permitted in any district as an accessory use or in a resource protection area.