02-12; 12-12-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-14; 4-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-10; 2-25-2025] **A.** Pit privies are not allowed anywhere within the County. Other private installations must meet all requirements of the State Department of Environmental Quality,
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pit privies
How this ordinance defines it
The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Shenandoah County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.
are prohibited from any Floodplain District: A. Septic systems (other than subsurface drainfields), pit privies or other on-site waste disposal systems [except as provided in § 165-129.1B(1)]. B. Dwelling units except as permitted in § 165-129.1B(1).
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