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Approved 6/13/2011 OC Board of Adjustment – 3/14/11 Page 8 of 59 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Chad Abbott: The animals cannot see each other or come in contact with each other. There will be CMU walls between each run and will be provided with a chain link gate on the front of the outside door. The floor plan provides for this same run to go into the building where there will be a door that is mainly shut at times when it is not in operation. There will be a metal sided roof, CMU walls that will be painted to Mr. West’s appeal. Nick Herman: You submitted this as well as other views of elevation to Mr. Noral Stewart. Chad Abbott: Yes sir. Nick Herman: Mr. Chairman, I think that is all the questions I have. Larry Wright: Can you reconcile the Health Department’s action on the septic system with your solution? Chad Abbott: I don’t understand your question. Larry Wright: Can you explain the ruling of the Health Department first? Chad Abbott: The ruling of the Health Department was there was not sufficient soil for the site to allow Mr. West to use a conventional septic system being it just a septic tank and drain field so when a property is deemed not having the capacity to do such, the state allows several different options. If it is less than an acre, they allow service discharge which is that you can dump it into a creek or ditch after it has been treated and disinfected. With properties more than three acres, they require you to use a drip system or spray field. Drip systems are less intrusive to your neighbors and you don’t have worry about any mist going anywhere but either way, the dog’s waste will be treated in a septic tank like you have at your house and solids will be held in there and liquids will go to a pump tank which is filtered through a sand filter several times and then it goes through a UV light and into the ground and you are required to have a five day holding tank for any wet weather season where the ground stays too wet and you cannot operate it. You are required to have an operator’s license and to take samples twice a year and have a licensed operator which most times is the installer. Most of the time they are licensed to operate these systems and provide reports to the state each year. Larry Wright: So it is reported to the state? Chad Abbott: Yes sir. The state will issue the permit and we will have to go to the state. It will be a three to six month process, they will review and comment as needed and then hopefully issue a permit for the state general discharge permit. Nick Herman: I guess the bottom line is that a conventional system for various technical reasons won’t work and that is what the state is saying in its report. So what will happen is there will be an alternative system like a drip system but as a condition of the Special Use Permit, we are going to propose, I think staff has proposed, and the applicant agrees to this that the Special Use Permit contain a condition that you get approval from the state for this alternative system. Michael Harvey: Dr. Wright, the only thing I would add to Mr. Abbott’s explanation is that does the state have to inspect a system on an annual basis but they also provide Orange County with the documentation proving it is in working order and if it is not then obviously from a practical standpoint Orange County Planning will revoke the permit. Chad Abbott: Once it is installed, I will or whoever Mr. West deems appropriate will inspect the system. Most times it is the person who designs it and I will have to certify it with my license and send my certification to the state and they will in turn send a letter to Orange County saying we have approved and issued a permit for Mr. Thomas West.