| (a) Galveston County (County) has submitted to the
General Land Office a dune protection and beach access plan, which
was adopted on August 16, 1993, and amended on October 25, 2004, January
18, 2006 and August 7, 2012. The County's plan is certified as consistent
with state law.
(b) The General Land Office certifies as consistent
with state law the following variances from §15.4(c)(10) of the
this title (relating to Dune Protection Standards) in the County's
plan. The plan prohibits the construction of cisterns, septic tanks,
and septic fields seaward of any structure serviced by the cisterns,
septic tanks, and septic fields, except that:
(1) cisterns, septic tanks, and septic fields that
are in existence prior to the effective date of the County's plan
may be repaired or replaced;
(2) cisterns, septic tanks, and septic fields that
are located in subdivisions platted before the effective date of the
County's plan and permitted before the effective date of the County's
plan may be constructed, repaired, or replaced; and
(3) cisterns, septic tanks, and septic fields that
are located in subdivisions platted before the effective date of the
County's plan may be constructed, repaired, or replaced in a location
seaward of the structure they are to serve provided that the applicant
shows that it is not practicable to locate the cisterns, septic tanks,
and septic fields landward of the structure they are to serve.
(c) The General Land Office certifies as consistent
with state law Galveston County's ERP as an amendment to Galveston
County's Plan. Galveston County's ERP was adopted by the Galveston
County Commissioner's Court on August 7, 2012 by adding the ERP as
Appendix 9 to Galveston County's Plan.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §15.35 adopted to be effective October 21, 2003, 28 TexReg 9075; amended to be effective September 13, 2006, 31 TexReg 7356; amended to be effective March 3, 2013, 38 TexReg 1208 |
