15A NCAC 02T .0506      SETBACKS

(a)  The setbacks for irrigation sites shall be as follows:

Spray     Drip

(feet)      (feet)

Each habitable residence or place of assembly under separate ownership

or not to be maintained as part of the project site                                                          400         100

Each habitable residence or place of assembly owned by the

permittee to be maintained as part of the project site                                                    200         15

Each private or public water supply source                                                                                    100         100

Surface waters such as intermittent and perennial streams, perennial waterbodies,

and wetlands                                                                                                                         100         100

Groundwater lowering ditches where the bottom of the ditch intersects

the SHWT                                                                                                                             100         100

Surface water diversions such as ephemeral streams, waterways, and ditches                        25           25

Each well with exception of monitoring wells                                                                               100         100

Each property line                                                                                                                               150         50

Top of slope of embankments or cuts of two feet or more in vertical height                           15           15

Each water line from a disposal system                                                                                          10           10

Subsurface groundwater lowering drainage systems                                                                    100         100

Public right of way                                                                                                                             50           50

Nitrification field                                                                                                                                 20           20

Each building foundation or basement                                                                                           15           15

(b)  The setbacks for treatment and storage units shall be as follows:                                                       (feet)

Each habitable residence or place of assembly under separate ownership

or not to be maintained as part of the project site                                                          100

Each private or public water supply source                                                                                    100

Surface waters such as intermittent and perennial streams, perennial waterbodies,

and wetlands                                                                                                                         50

Each well with exception of monitoring wells                                                                               100

Each property line                                                                                                                               50

(c)  Achieving the reclaimed water effluent standards established in 15A NCAC 02U .0301 shall permit the system to use the setbacks set forth in 15A NCAC 02U .0701(d) for property lines, and the compliance boundary shall be at the irrigation area boundary.

(d)  Setback waivers shall be written, notarized, signed by all parties involved, and recorded with the county Register of Deeds. Waivers involving the compliance boundary shall be in accordance with 15A NCAC 02L .0107.

(e)  Setbacks to property lines established in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule shall not be applicable if the permittee, or the entity from which the permittee is leasing, owns both parcels separated by the property line.

(f)  Habitable residences or places of assembly under separate ownership constructed after the non-discharge facilities were originally permitted or subsequently modified are exempt from the setback requirements in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Rule.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-215.1; 143-215.3(a);

Eff. September 1, 2006;

Amended Eff. June 18, 2011;

Readopted Eff. September 1, 2018.