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Health Department staff inspected the site, it was difficult to determine the property lines based on Property Appraiser's and Clerk of the Court's records, and it appeared that a portion of the onsite sewage disposal system serving the property was located on the adjacent property to the east. The estimated flow rate for the proposed residential units on the second floor was at least 1200 gallons per day and did not include the existing grocery store with a takeout food service establishment and the United States Post Office. An Environmental Health staff review determined that the existing onsite sewage disposal system is not large enough to accommodate the proposed residential units on the second floor of the structure and that there was not enough unobstructed area to install an onsite sewage disposal system that meets code requirements. Environmental Health staff indicated that the proposed change of use would require connection to public sanitary sewer through the County which was later determined unavailable. When Environmental Health staff met with an engineer from Carter Associates on October 15, 2015, it was calculated that the estimated sewage flows from the entire establishment would exceed 4,000 gallons per day. The property was served by County water and was 0.88 acres, which allows for only 2,200 gallons per day of estimated sewage flow. Environmental Health staff have not been contacted by the owner or owner representatives since the October meeting. On January 14, 2016, Keith Grainger, the owner of parcel 31393300000100000011.0 east of the Subject Property came into the Environmental Health office to discuss the situation and to provide the department with a copy of a recent survey. Mr. Grainger is working with Environmental Health staff to clear debris from his property that had been illegally dumped over many years and is also preparing his property for future development. While clearing debris, Mr. Grainger hit the drainfield for the property with heavy equipment causing effluent to seep from the onsite sewage disposal system so he proceeded to backfill the area of the drainfield and has been in contact with the Subject Property owner. Mr. Grainger contacted Environmental Health staff, because he is anxious to complete his site work and has not been able to resolve the issue with property owner. Environmental Health staff conducted a site investigation on January 14, 2016, to locate the property's onsite sewage disposal system with the survey pins in place, and to confirm that there was no sewage effluent on the ground surface. Environmental Health staff found and verified that the Subject Property's grease trap is partially located on Mr. Grainger's property along with their entire septic tank and a majority of the drainfield according to the location of the recently placed survey pins. At some point, the onsite sewage disposal system serving the property appears to have been placed on the property now owned by Mr. Grainger. The department could not find any recorded utility easements on Mr. Grainger's property allowing for the property's onsite sewage disposal system. Over months and numerous meetings with the property owners, the property owner's legal counsel, engineers, Code Enforcement representatives, Utilities representatives and septic tank contractors, compliance was achieved. The property owner purchased additional property from Mr. Grainger for the installation of an onsite sewage disposal system sized to accommodate that entire structure rather than just the first floor. An onsite sewage disposal system was permitted, installed and inspected. A commercial operating permit for the onsite sewage disposal system was applied for and issued to L.P. Rina, Inc. and the Health Department is inspecting the system at least once a year since food service establishments are required to have operating permits. 13. David Ash and Ralph Santoro, 675 29' Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32968. The Hearing Board Office worked with David Ash the current owner of the property to abate the sanitary nuisance. From 1990 to February of 2016, Ralph Santoro owned 131Page 236