It shall be the duty of the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health, upon receiving an application for a permit as herein provided, to investigate the applicant’s knowledge of sanitary principles; the kind and type of apparatus and equipment the applicant intends to use in cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, seepage pits, pit privies, and vaults; the place or places to which the contents of any cesspool, septic tank, seepage pit, pit privy, or vault may be removed; and, if the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health, is satisfied from said investigation, to issue a permit to the applicant upon the payment of a fee for each permit issued in the amount set by resolution or ordinance of the Board of Supervisors and the giving of a personal or surety bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) conditioned for the faithful performance of all duties enjoined by this division or by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health. (Ord. 1192, § 1, 2/7/1978; Ord. 2351, § 22, 12/6/2005; Ord. 2584, § 11, 11/7/2017)