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DEC 311900 BOOK 45 p4GE 553 DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALLOWS A 75` SEPARATION. PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER NOTED THAT THE PROPOSAL MR. HATALA HAD MADE WAS THAT THERE BE ONE WELL' AND ONE SEPTIC TANK PER HALFACRE. HE WISHED TO KNOW IF WE ARE'_ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WOULD BE SUPPLIED BY THE WELL AND SEPTIC TANK OR THE NUMBER OF WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS ALLOWED FOR THE ACREAGE. COMMISSIONER BIRD COMMENTED THAT REGARDLESS OF THE DISTANCE APART THESE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF COMMON SENSE THAT IF YOU HAVE EIGHT FAMILIES, YOU ARE PUTTING EIGHT TIMES AS MUCH WASTE IN THE GROUND. CHAIRMAN LYONS WAS CONVINCED THAT THE NEWLY RELAXED STANDARD OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALLOWING FOUR UNITS PER HALF ACRE ON WELL AND SEPTIC TANK WAS PASSED DUE TO THE PRESSURE OF LOBBYISTS FOR THE SEPTIC TANK INDUSTRY. HE FELT THE COUNTY MUST BE REASONABLE, BUT NOTED THAT WE DON T WANT TO BE A PARTY TO A HEALTH PROBLEM. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT HE HAD A PROBLEM IN THAT HE FELT MULTI -FAMILY UNITS SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING MORE THAN SEPTIC TANKS AND WELLS. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER WAS OF THE OPINION THAT ONE WELL AND ONE SEPTIC TANK PER ACRE IS PLENTY, BUT BELIEVED WE NEED TO ADDRESS OURSELVES TO SOME VARIABLES FROM THE 9 STANDPOINT OF SAND RIDGES, TESTING OF SEEPAGE, ETC. HE AGREED WITH ATTORNEY CAIRNS THAT THE WORDING OF THE ORDINANCE SEEMED AMBIGUOUS AND NEEDED CLARIFICATION AND FELT WE SHOULD ADDRESS THIS AT A PUBLIC HEARING. ATTORNEY CAIRNS STATED THAT HE WAS ASKING THAT THE ORDINANCE BE RECONSIDERED TO CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT IT IS INTENDED TO DO. HE POINTED OUT THAT IT SPEAKS OF SEPTIC TANKS AND THEN SPEAKS OF UNITS; MR. HATALA IS ONLY USING TWO SEPTIC TANKS AND TWO WELLS, BUT HIS UNITS DISQUALIFIED HIM. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ONLY ONE SEPTIC TANK AND WELL BUT MANY UNITS, AND COMMISSIONER BIRD BELIEVED