§ 24-15. Plan approval required.  


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  • (1)

    Intent. It is the intent and purpose of this section to require that all new facilities, equipment and processes constructed or operated after the dates delineated in Section 24-4 shall comply with the requirements herein contained, and that any enlargement, expansion or addition to existing facilities also shall comply with the requirements herein contained. Any building permit issued by the County or a municipality in violation of the provisions of this chapter is hereby determined to be void.

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    Waste water facilities. It shall be unlawful for any person to commence the installation, extension, or operation of any sewerage system including collection, conveyance, transmission or treatment or waste treatment facility or any industrial waste disposal facility without first obtaining the prior written approval of the Director or the Director's designee. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any enlargement, alteration or addition to any sewerage system including collection, conveyance, transmission or treatment or waste treatment facility or any industrial waste disposal facility, or commence the construction of any such systems or facilities, that will reasonably be expected to be a source of water pollution without first obtaining the prior written approval of the Director or the Director's designee. No building permit involving the generation or discharge of effluents shall be issued by the County or any municipality unless the application for a building permit has been approved by the Director or the Director's designee.

    The provisions of this section shall not apply to facilities discharging only domestic wastes to a utility or non-utility through a single lateral approved by the Director or the Director's designee, provided that a FOG control device is not required pursuant to Section 24-42.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this section shall apply to facilities discharging only domestic wastes to a utility or non-utility through a single lateral approved by the Director or the Director's designee if the facilities have or require a FOG control device in accordance with Section 24-42.6.

    Provided that after January 25, 1974, the Director shall not approve an application for an interim package sewage treatment plant unless directed to do so by the Environmental Quality Control Board after a public hearing pursuant to notice.

    For the purpose of this subsection, an interim package sewage treatment plant shall include all domestic waste water treatment facilities that are not included in the regional treatment system as described in the approved 1973 Water Quality Management Plan.

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    Air facilities. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any major or substantial alteration, enlargement or addition to any existing facility, equipment or operation, or to commence the construction or operation of any new facility, that may be a source of air pollution as herein defined, without first obtaining the prior written approval of the plans, equipment or processes thereof by the Director or the Director's designee. No building permit shall be issued by the County or any municipality unless the application therefor or the plans for construction of the proposed facility have been approved by the Director or the Director's designee. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to individual family dwellings or multiple-family dwellings of not more than four (4) units in respect to heating equipment or comfort space heating.

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    Potable water facilities. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter into or let a contract for or to commence the installation, extension, alteration or operation of any public water supply facility without first obtaining the prior written approval of the Director. No building permit involving a demand on a public water supply shall be issued by the County or any municipality unless the application for a building permit or plans for construction thereof have been approved by the Director or the Director's designee.

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    Aboveground storage facilities. It shall be unlawful for any person to install, repair, modify, expand, replace or permit, cause, allow, let or suffer the installation, repair, modification, expansion or replacement of any aboveground storage facility, without first obtaining the prior written approval of the Director or the Director's designee. No building permit shall be issued by the County or any municipality unless the application therefor or the plans for construction of the proposed aboveground storage facility show the approval of the Director or the Director's designee.

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    Underground storage facilities. It shall be unlawful for any person to install, repair, modify, expand, replace or permit, cause, allow, let or suffer the installation, repair, modification, expansion or replacement of any underground storage facility, without first obtaining the prior written approval of the Director or the Director's designee. No building permit shall be issued by the County or any municipality unless the application or the plans for construction of the proposed underground storage facility have been approved in writing by the Director or the Director's designee. The Director, or the Director's designee, shall issue such written approval only upon receipt of formal engineering plans, which are signed and sealed by a professional engineer registered in the State of Florida and which plans detail that the underground storage facilities specified in said plans shall be constructed in compliance with the requirements of this Chapter, Chapter 62-761 of the Florida Administrative Code and the referenced standards contained therein. After receipt of written approval from the Director, or the Director's designee, the owner or operator of the underground storage facility shall notify the Department a minimum of two (2) working days prior to the commencement of installation, repair, modification, expansion or replacement of any underground storage facility. The installation, repair, modification, expansion or replacement shall be subject to inspection by the Department to determine compliance with the approved plans and applicable laws and ordinances.

(Ord. No. 04-214, §§ 1, 5, 12-2-04; Ord. No. 05-196, § 2, 11-3-05; Ord. No. 08-55, § 2, 5-6-08; Ord. No. 18-22, § 4, 2-21-18)