The Environmental Health section of the Chesterfield Health Department offers services for the following:
Restaurant Inspections and Permitting
- Permits are required
- Application Fees – effective July 1, 2011
Program | Plan Review Fee | Annual Permit Fee |
Hotels/Motels | $40 | $40 |
Restaurants | $40 | $40 |
Summer Camps | $40 | $40 |
Campgrounds | $40 | $40 |
Temporary Food Permit | $40 Annual Permit Fee |
- Includes schools, restaurants and seasonal restaurants, temporary and mobile restaurants, child care centers, summer camps, adult homes and nursing homes
- Food Safety for Youth Activities Course
Rabies Prevention
- Animal Bite Investigation / Management
- Specimen Testing
- Rabies Vaccination Clinics
Well and Septic Information
- Permitting (Well and Septic)
- Application Fees – effective July 1, 2019
APPLICATION TYPE | FEE |
Certificate letter, no OSE/PE documentation (no charge for well) | $400 |
Construction permit for onsite sewage system only, no OSE/PE documentation | $475 |
Certification letter with OSE/PE documentation, < = 1,000 gpd | $370 |
Certification letter with OSE/PE documentation, > = 1,000 gpd | $1,450 |
Construction permit for only onsite sewage system with OSE/PE documentation, < = 1,000 gpd | $275 |
Construction permit for only onsite sewage system with OSE/PE documentation, > = 1,000 gpd | $1,450 |
Private well only, with or without OSE/PE documentation | $300 |
Repair permit for a treatment works, < 1,000 gpd without OSE/PE documentation | $425 |
Repair permit for a treatment works, < 1,000 gpd with OSE/PE documentation | $225 |
Repair permit for a treatment works, > 1,000 gpd with OSE/PE documentation | $1,400 |
Voluntary Upgrade for a treatment works, < 1,000 gpd with OSE/PE documentation | $225 |
Voluntary Upgrade for a treatment works, > 1,000 gpd with OSE/PE documentation | $1,400 |
Safe, adequate, and proper evaluation without OSE/PE/Installer/Operator Documentation | $150 |
Safe, adequate, and proper evaluation with OSE/PE/Installer/Operator Documentation | $100 |
- Complaint Investigation
- Septic Tank Maintenance Program (5-Year Pump out Program)
Beginning July 11, 2019, applicants seeking evaluation and design services from VDH must submit a petition for VDH services and must meet means testing criteria or the VDH Hardship Guidelines.
For more information, please contact Environmental Health Services, Chesterfield Health District, (804) 748-1610.