Clear Creek County, Colorado
Clear Creek County septic permits and inspection rules
What Clear Creek County, Colorado requires for onsite wastewater systems, and how we handle the paperwork for you.
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Who regulates septic systems in Clear Creek County
Clear Creek County Environmental Health
- 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, CO 80444
- 303-679-2428
- EH@clearcreekcounty.us
- https://www.clearcreekcounty.us/565/Environmental-Health
Clear Creek County septic rules, section by section
Permit requirements
Clear Creek County requires an OWTS permit for new installations, repairs, and expansions, administered by Environmental Health in Georgetown. Steep canyon lots and shallow mountain soils mean most designs get close county review.
What triggers an inspection
A property closing triggers the Use Permit inspection when the system has been in use more than five years, or when the dwelling is classed as limited occupancy or limited bedroom use. Permit work and complaints also trigger inspection.
Transfer of title rules
Clear Creek County requires a Use Permit before closing when the septic system is more than five years old or the dwelling is limited occupancy or limited bedroom use. The transfer-of-title inspection is submitted with the pumping receipt and the listing, the fee is 100 dollars, processing runs 5 to 10 business days, and the permit is valid for 12 months or until closing and is not renewable.
Required pumping frequency
There is no fixed county pumping calendar; the Use Permit process requires a pump-out with receipt at sale, and between sales the three-to-five-year household norm applies. Mountain homes on smaller tanks and vacation properties with burst occupancy should measure rather than assume.
Setback rules
Clear Creek County enforces at least the Colorado Regulation 43 minimums: 100 feet from a well to the soil treatment area, 50 feet from a well to the tank, 50 feet from Clear Creek and other surface water, 10 feet from property lines, and 5 feet from a dwelling to the tank. Canyon terrain makes compliant placement the central design problem, confirm with the county early.
Soil and percolation testing
Soil profile evaluation is required, and percolation testing where used. Decomposed granite, rock outcrops, and steep slopes above the creek corridors frequently require engineered systems, so get the soil evaluation before committing to a purchase or a repair approach.
How we handle the paperwork
Most homeowners call us because a sale, a repair, or an inspection put a county form in front of them. We pump the tank, perform the inspection, complete the service and inspection records Clear Creek County asks for, and send copies to you, your agent, and the county. You are not left chasing forms. Call 720-427-7557 and tell us where you are in the process.
Which Clear Creek County communities do we serve?
These are the unincorporated communities and named areas inside Clear Creek County where onsite systems actually sit, on parcels that never got tied into a municipal sewer. The county is the permitting authority for all of them, so the guidance on this page is the guidance that governs the ground under each one.
- Floyd HillPumping, inspection, and repair for the ridge and bench lots above the I-70 corridor east of Idaho Springs.
- DumontValley floor and side gulch septic work along Clear Creek, on parcels laid out for a different century.
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