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okay because there is adequate backup for that in the common <br />law. <br />Chairman Lyons stressed that all we are trying to do is <br />manage the stormwater runoff. <br />Commissioner Bowman suggested citing the common law in <br />the first sentence of Section 25.S. <br />Attorney Vitunac felt that what Director Keating is <br />trying to do is to have some sort of County regulation to <br />save neighbors from going to court and filing suit against <br />each other. <br />Commissioner Wodtke pointed out that if civil action <br />was filed in one of these situations, a judge might ask why <br />the County issued a permit without some kind of restriction <br />or requirement to prevent the problem and then the County <br />may become part of the suit. <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked if there is any flexibility <br />at all when the Health Department looks at these situations, <br />and Mr. Galanis explained that his staff goes out to a site <br />with instructions to use judgment. He noted another option <br />would be to require every single-family dwelling to install <br />a pump and a lift station to pump up to the drain fields. <br />That system, however, creates possible safety hazards where <br />small children could fall into lift stations with plywood <br />covers, etc. The Health Department has chosen the other <br />route; in fact, we are the only county in the state that <br />requires the septic tank to be installed before anything <br />else is built on a site to prevent the builder from messing <br />up, a <br />Chairman Lyons felt the problem is pretty much set up <br />for us and the question us is what requirement are we going _ <br />to have for drainage. The suggestion on the floor is either <br />to have swales, or if there isn't any room for swales, then <br />require people to install gutters and downspouts on their <br />homes. <br />9 <br />OCT f1 <br />31 1 1� BOOK 62 PAGE 595 <br />