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ORDINANCE HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. <br />IT SEEMS THE PROVISION IN QUESTION <br />WAS INSERTED IN A UTILITIES ORDINANCE IN A SECTION REGARDING RATES, <br />AND IT IS ACTUALLY TWICE AS RESTRICTIVE AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />REQUIREMENTS. ATTORNEY CAIRN STATED THAT IF THERE IS A VALID REASON <br />FOR THIS PROVISION TO BE TWICE AS RESTRICTIVE, IT IS NOT EVIDENT FROM <br />READING THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. HE FELT THAT THIS PROVISION, WHICH <br />EFFECTIVELY RESTRICTS DENSITY, SHOULD MORE PROPERLY BE IN A ZONING <br />ORDINANCE AND NOTED THAT IT ALMOST FORCES THE DEVELOPER TO GO TO THE <br />PACKAGE TREATMENT PLANT FACILITY. HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE WORDING <br />NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED, IN THAT IT ONLY REFERS TO SEPTIC TANKS, AND <br />IN ADDITION, HE WAS NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE STATEMENT THAT MULTI— <br />FAMILY BUILDINGS AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO <br />HAVE SEPTIC TANKS WHICH HAVE A HIGHER EQUIVALENT THAN THAT ALLOWED FOR <br />RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS MEANT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT HE HAD MET WITH ATTORNEY <br />HENDERSON AND TOLD HIM HE THOUGHT THE PROVISION WAS THERE AS A MATTER <br />OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF THE COMMISSION, WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS PROMPTED <br />BY DEVELOPMENT ON 6TH AVENUE, AND HE FURTHER NOTED THERE HAD BEEN <br />CHANGES IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS WHICH MADE THIS MORE <br />RESTRICTIVE THAN IT MAY HAVE BEEN AT THE TIME. IT WAS AGREED THE <br />PROPER COURSE OF EVENTS WOULD BE FOR ATTORNEY HENDERSON TO COME BACK <br />TO THE BOARD TO OUTLINE THE IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE AND DETERMINE WHAT <br />THE INTENT OF THE COMMISSION WAS IN THIS REGARD. <br />UTILITY DIRECTOR LINER STATED THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBILE FOR <br />THAT SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE, AND THE QUESTION BOILS DOWN TO HOW <br />CLOSE CAN A WELL BE LOCATED TO A SEPTIC TANK WITHOUT THE DANGER OF <br />BECOMING POLLUTED AND UNSAFE. HE FELT THE INFORMATION IN THE ORDINANCE <br />IS SPECIFIC IN THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE WELLS THAT ARE CLOSER TO <br />A SEPTIC TANK THAN WOULD BE REQUIRED BY A SINGLE FAMILY UNIT. MR. <br />LINER NOTED THAT THE FURTHEREST DISTANCE THAT YOU CAN GET APART FOR <br />A WELL AND SEPTIC TANK WITH FOUR UNITS PER ACRE IS ABOUT 120'. HE <br />CONSIDERED THAT POOR PRACTICE AND STATED HE PERSONALLY WOULD NOT <br />WANT TO DRINK FROM A WELL LOCATED THAT CLOSE TO A SEPTIC TANK. <br />DEC 311980L_. <br />BOOKe <br />35 FA&ErG, <br />