Oh so many sewer years rolled by with Assembly Bill 885 languishing in the background. You can read all about it here:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885
The history can be accessed here:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885
Now, this supposedly was approved in 2012 according to this news article—with some contentious bits, and that stalling I do recall:
https://www.independent.com/2012/06/22/septic-system-regulations-california-adopted/
But something must have happened before its voyage to San Luis Obispo County. Maybe our Local Agency Management Program (LAMP) just got created? I found a fact sheet for 2017 off the website, but where has this been hiding? There are some holes in this story for a sewer follower like me to have just heard about this on Wednesday. The County website on the topic is this:
https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Permitting/Construction-Permits/Local-Agency-Management-Program.aspx
I found this on that website, but why did LOCAC not hear about this? Outreached to whom?
LAMP Outreach Meetings
The County hosted two public outreach meetings in December 2017 to present the Proposed Final version of the LAMP.
Monday, December 18th 5:00PM- 6:30PM
San Luis Obispo County New Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo (Room 161)"
You can check out the cool PowerPoint that the County presented at the Basin Management Committee meeting on Wednesday, by Michael Byrd of County Planning & Building. Bayview Heights and the Martin Tract are NOT affected by this, they still belong to the RWQCB - our Central Coast Water Board.
The State has transferred the responsibility of new septic tank approval, and replacement tank approval to the County apparently in 2012. But even LOCAC, the Los Osos Community Advisory Council, has not run into this one, and we have seen Accessory Dwelling Units, mentioned in the regulations - although apparently the one or two we have seen (I forget the number now) and approved, and passed through the Planning Department, have wound up stalled at the Coastal Commission, but they were hooked up to the sewer. Could it be our adjudicated basin's water issue perhaps? State law seems to think an impaired water basin should not be an issue for an ADU. Oh well. Happy PowerPointing, there is a LOT of stuff packed in here:
https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Public-Works/Forms-Documents/Committees-Programs/Los-Osos-Basin-Management-Committee-(BMC)/Agendas/2020-Agendas/2020-12-16-LOBMC-Presentation-on-the-Local-Agency.pdf
