Lanai over or near cesspool?

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I believe the "setback" is 5 feet from a structure from what information I was given by the Health Dept. I was told long ago that the reasoning is for maintenence in that the truck that comes to suck out the solids has proper room and ventilation to access cesspool or septic tank. I know this is somewhat irrelevant to the porosity of the soils in the islands, but the "rule" was created long ago on the mainland somewhere where the soils are not as forgiving, and now that this section is governed by the EPA and passed down to the State, change or modification to the rule would more than likely be very difficult at least. The EPA definition of a cesspool is a "holding tank", and not a "leach field" as what cesspools on the islands are in reality.

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