On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 19:18:59 -0700, Don Y
wrote:

On 9/12/2015 6:36 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 15:00:52 -0700, Don Y
wrote:

On 9/12/2015 2:52 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 23:16:51 -0700, Don Y

We don't want to *see* that there is something buried in the yard.
Otherwise, we might as well save ourselves the excavation work and
just put it *atop* the ground -- as an ugly eyesore! I can hide
the access port (think of it as a manhole cover) relatively easily
(a planting, some sort of lawn furnishing, etc.). But, hiding
something with an ~80 sq ft "footprint" is a bit more challenging!
A 5 bedroom house would require a 2000 gallon septic tank.

With 5 *occupied* bedrooms (a room in and of itself doesn't require
any sewage treatment).

Tell that to the inspector. When applying for your building permit and
septic permit, if the house has 5 bedrooms and is going to be occupied
by a bachelor hermit, it still needs the 1900 or 2000 gallon septic
tank, or you don't get your permit / occupancy permit.

The point is, the requirement is based on the assumption that the home will
see that sort of occupancy. When 6 of us would visit my in-laws, the
3BR home -- and its septic system -- didn't magically resize itself to
deal with our extra waste water creation. It would have been silly for
a home of that size to have been required to support 6-8 occupants.
(why stop at 8? why not size the system for 12??)
That's just the way things are. Standards are set and enforced.