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Town of Foster
Town of Foster Zoning Ordinance
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§ 38-277

Sewerage disposal

  • (a) No on-site wastewater treatment system (OWTS) shall be located, designed, constructed, maintained, altered, or repaired except in accordance with G.L. § 23-19.5, as amended (Percolation Tests and Water Table Elevation Determinations), and 250-RICR-150-10-6, as amended, promulgated by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (Rules Establishing Minimum Standards Relating to Location, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems). All OWTSs shall be evidenced by certificates and approvals as may be required by such laws and regulations.

  • (b) No facility designed to leach fluid wastes into the soil and no structure shall be located near any water body, stream, brook or river except in compliance with the ISPS Law and Regulations and the Wetlands Law and Regulations (referenced below), as evidenced by such certificates and approvals as may be required by such laws and regulations.

  • (c) An OWTS shall be located at least 100 feet away from a well and at least 50 feet from the property line except where the property borders a public or private road in which case the distance from the road line may be reduced to 35 feet.

(Ord. of 6-23-1994, art. VI, § 6; Ord. of 3-5-1998; Ord. of 1-14-2016(1); Ord. of 10-26-2023(5); Ord. of 4-24-2025(9))