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Best Planning Practices for Remote <br />Systems <br />Locate and use the best soils for drain fields <br />Designate the appropriate type of remote fields for the <br />type of development proposed <br />Allow for dedicated all- weather access to the drain <br />fields instead of easements <br />Design for operation and maintenance <br />Zoning Regulations - septic system <br />(tanks and nitrification fields) <br />PROHIBITED FROM BEING LOCATED: <br />Within stream N iffPr-_ <br />Staff Comment: Section 4.2.2 (1) of UDO establishes a <br />waiver provision where lots created prior to January 1, <br />1994 or October 19, 1999 (lots in Cane Creek Overlay) can <br />get an exemption from this prohibition. <br />Within 300 feel ui Lie reservoir in the university LaKe <br />Critical Watershed Overlay (tank and field). <br />Within Cane Creek and Upper Eno Critical area new <br />septic tanks are prohibited within 150 feet of the <br />reservoir. Nitrification fields cannot be within 300 feet <br />of reservoir <br />Staff Comment: Health regulations only require a 100 ft. <br />setback from a reservoir and 50 ft. from a stream <br />