a. Approval has been received from the utility (see BCC 24.04.120);

b. All applicable requirements of this code and utility procedures have been met;

c. All applicable engineering standards have been met or alternative standards have been approved by the utility as substantially equal;

d. The property owner has paid all applicable fees and charges;

e. Any existing on-site sewage disposal facilities are disconnected in accordance with health department requirements; and

f. The property is within the utility service area or within an area served by the utility through agreement with an adjacent jurisdiction.

a. The property is more than 200 feet or such other distance as may be required by King County board of health on-site sewage regulations, via dedicated easements and/or right-of-way from the existing public sewer system or, in the case of subdivisions, the exterior boundary of the subdivision is more than 660 feet, measured in the same manner, from the existing public sewer system;

b. The proposed septic system will not have an adverse environmental effect on potable water wells, ground water, streams or other surface bodies of water;

c. The proposed septic system is in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local health and environmental regulations;

d. The cost of providing sewer service to the structure will result in an economic hardship. Economic hardship is defined as an unrecoverable cost equal to or exceeding 20 percent of the fair market value of a building site with utilities in place on which the structure is to be located.

a. The applicant must obtain King County health department approval of the septic tank system and must obtain any other permits which may be required by law for such system; and

b. The applicant shall record an agreement, in a form approved by the city and referred to herein as “agreement to connect,” with the King County department of records and elections. Such agreement shall require payment of all connection charges at the time of actual connection to the system. The agreement shall be a covenant which runs with the land and is binding on the owners and successors in interest of the property. The agreement shall provide that the structure shall be connected to the public sewer system at such time as the system is available and that the property owner will not protest the formation of any future LID or ULID for extension of a sewer system that would serve the property. The sewer system shall be deemed available for purposes of this requirement whenever the structure can be connected to the system by an extension of 200 feet or less or, in the case of a subdivision, the boundary of the subdivision can be reached by an extension of 660 feet or less from the system.