Re: Parking on Private Land in North Carolina
Nor can you use any other septic system EXCEPT the ones (I think they have two types) that only Raleigh approves. We went thru the septic labyrinth after our house burned in Western NC. I had an outfit in NJ I located via Mother Earth News mag that was willing to send not only all their engineering reports on their septic system to Raleigh but would send a company engineer to our county to meet with local officials to explain and supervise the installation. That was turned down flat. Have they told you yet that you need to have an engineer from Raleigh to be on site while the septic is installed? That added another $10K (in 1980's dollars) to the total cost. We had problems because "at one time, millions of years ago, this valley was covered in water". Perhaps I should not have told them that at one time the whole planet was under water. Basically, you either bit the bullet and pay the high $$ to install a septic system they approve (there are others that work better in the high clay content soil we had) or you find on already in place and not condemned.
If you think getting a residential septic system is bad, try a commercial system! EEK! We had looked at buying a nearby campground (15 sites with room to add at least another 60 on the other side of the creek) at one point.
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