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_ �OE�K PAS€ P K 11981 IN A FIVE BEDROOM HOUSE. HE NOTED THAT A TWO BEDROOM HOUSE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A 750 GALLON SEPTIC TANK; 3 BEDROOM - A 900 GALLON TANK; 4 BEDROOM - A 1,040 GALLON -TANK, AND THE SIZE OF THE DRAINFIELD INCREASES WITH EACH. ATTORNEY-COLLINS INQUIRED IF IT WERE POSSIBLE TO HAVE MORE THAN FOUR UNITS PER ACRE BASED ON A FORMULA OF NOT EXCEEDING 1200 GALLONS. MR. WATTERS STATED THAT YOU COULD GET A TOTAL OF FIVE BEDROOMS, BUT THIS HAS TO BE UNDER ONE ROOF, I.E., YOU COULD HAVE THREE UNITS WITH TWO BEDROOMS I.N'TWO AND ONE BEDROOM IN THE OTHER, OR POSSIBLY FIVE UNITS WITH ONE BEDROOM EACH. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS FELT THAT SOME TYPE OF CHART BASED ON THE STATE FORMULA RE BEDROOMS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE SO THE APPLICANT CAN DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF UNITS HE WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHOUT HAVING TO GET AN ENGINEER TO FIGURE IT OUT, UTILITY DIRECTOR LINER POINTED OUT THAT WHILE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS MORE RESTRICTIVE IN ONE AREA, IN ANOTHER AREA THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT IS MORE RESTRICTIVE. HE ASKED MR. WATTERS THE MOST NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WOULD FIT ON AN ACRE PER THE HEALTH DEPART- MENT INTERPRETATION. MR. WATTERS STATED THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY PUT IN 4 UNITS WITH TWO BEDROOMS PER UNIT, OR S BEDROOMS PER ACRE. HE NOTED THAT HE CAN ACTUALLY GO ALL THE WAY UP TO 2,000 GALLONS - THAT IS HIS LIMITATION. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COULD LIMIT THEMSELVES TO THE COUNTY ORDINANCE RATHER THAN THE STATE R REQUIREMENT, AND MR. WATTERS STATED THAT IF THE COUNTY'S ORDINANCE IS MORE LIMITING, THEY WOULD HAVE TO.,FOLLOW IT. e COMMISSIONER BIRD ASKED HOW COMMISSIONER FLETCHER INTENDED TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION HE HAD RECEIVED FROM OTHER COUNTIES, AND COMMISSIONER FLETCHER STATED THAT HE WAS HOPING WE MIGHT CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO ANOTHER WEEK SO EACH BOARD MEMBER MIGHT HAVE TIME TO ABSORB THE NEW INFORMATION IN THE ORDINANCES FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES.