Exemptions from wastewater rules

A. Section 20.16.050 of this chapter shall not apply to: 1. Developments for which building permits have been lawfully issued and are in effect on the effective date of this ordinance; 2. Long-term single-family residential developments; 3. County housing projects and other county facilities; 4. Improvements to the public infrastructure; 5. The repair, maintenance, or renovation of an existing structure, if such repair, maintenance, or renovation does not increase the wastewater flow from such existing structure; 6. New structures which are accessory to existing uses in existing structures on the underlying parcel, if the new structure does not increase the wastewater flow from such underlying parcel; and 7. Developments necessary for the health, welfare, and safety of the public. B. The above exemptions shall be effective until waste- water treatment capacity totaling two hundred thousand gallons per day has been allocated to qualified developments at which time the provisions of section 20.16.050 shall apply. In the event the director determines, based on actual operating information and engineering and technical data that wastewater flows in excess of two hundred thousand gallons per day can be accommodated, the director may make a recommendation to the council to extend the granting of the above exemptions, which recommendation may be approved by the council by ordinance. The two- hundred-thousand-gallon capacity referred to in this subsection shall be calculated based upon capacity for building permits filed after January 31, 1988. (Ord. 1787 § 3 (part), 1989)