§ 30-281. Exfiltration system.

An exfiltration system will be permitted for management of stormwater providing the designs have been completed by a qualified geotechnical engineer and that the following requirements are met:

(1)

The design shall be completed by a geotechnical engineer and the engineer shall submit the following certification at the time construction plans are submitted for review and approval. "This is to certify that the exfiltration system design for (project name) has been designed in conformance with Orange County Code section 30-277 and meets the requirements pertaining to pollution abatement, rate of discharge, and protection from flooding."

(2)

The design geotechnical engineer shall provide full-time inspection of the installation of the exfiltration system and prior to release of certifications of occupancy the following certification shall be submitted: "This is to certify that the exfiltration system installation for (project name) has been inspected and was installed in conformance with the approved design."

(3)

The site plan shall be further designed in such a manner that in the event the exfiltration system fails, the stormwater will be retained on-site for the full twenty-five-year, twenty-four-hour storm prior to any stormwater being permitted to leave the site.

(4)

The design of the exfiltration system shall provide for access for inspection purposes and further shall have provisions to insure that maintenance activity can be performed.

(Code 1965, § 32-66(f); Ord. No. 86-20, § 1(f), 8-25-86)