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IS NOT SPECIFIC AS TO THE EXACT NUMBER, AND THEREFORE, THE RECOM- MENDATIONS FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FIT WITHIN THE ADVERTISEMENT. IF, HOWEVER, THE ORDINANCE WERE EXPANDED AS PER THE MATERIAL FOUND BY MR. FLETCHER, HE THEN FELT WE SHOULD HAVE TO READVERTISE. CHAIRMAN LYONS ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. WALTER BURKETT, INTERESTED CITIZEN, COMMENTED THAT WHILE THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A SPECIFIC NUMBER IN THE PUBLISHED NOTICE, HE BELIEVED THE FIGURE OF FOUR UNITS HAD BEEN MENTIONED ON RADIO BROADCASTS. ALLEN WATTERS, OF THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF, WISHED TO CLARIFY ABOUT TWO UNITS VS. FOUR UNITS. HE NOTED THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES - INDIVIDUAL WELLS AND INDIVIDUAL SEPTIC TANKS ON DRAINFIELDS. MR. WATTERS EXPLAINED THAT PER STATE STATUTE ON ANY LOT PLATTED AFTER 1971, YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 1/2 ACRE TO HAVE A WELL AND SEPTIC TANK. SINCE THE STATE LIMITATION WAS MORE STRINGENT THAN THE COUNTY LIMITATION, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COULD NOT ALLOW 4 UNITS PER ACRE NO MATTER WHAT THE COUNTY ORDINANCE CALLED FOR. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT THE NEW DRAFT PRESENTED MENTIONS 4 UNITS PER ACRE ON THE FRONT PAGE WHILE ON THE BACK, IT SETS OUT A LIMITATION OF 2 UNITS. ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE FIRST PART RECITES THE FORMER WORDING, AND THEN SETS OUT HOW IT IS TO BE AMENDED. THE QUESTION OF MULTI -FAMILY ON SEPTIC TANKS AND -WELLS AROSE, AND MR. WATTERS NOTED THAT STEP 2 SETS OUT THAT FOR MULTI- FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, THE FLOW SHALL:,BE NO MORE THAN 1200 GALLONS PER DAY PER ACRE. THE COUNTY ENGINEER WOULD DETERMINE THIS BY CONSULTING FLOW CHARTS. DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS A STANDARD FLOW CHART OR WHETHER YOU COULD END UP GETTING DIFFERENT NUMBERS FROM DIFFERENT ENGINEERS. MR. WATTERS REPORTED THAT THE�STATE BREAKS IT DOWN PER BEDROOM, AND IT DOESNIT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IF YOU HAVE ONE TOILET 1 1981 9 Boa 4 6 F-AUFx85