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BOOK 107 PAGE 716 L.B. "Buck" Vocelle, attorney and resident of Colonial Terrace, who had just arrived, reviewed points of his yesterday's letter. (CLERK'S NOTE: The Clerk's Office was not provided with a copy of that letter.) He hoped that the Commissioners had an opportunity to ride through the two neighborhoods to view Colonial Terrace's residents' concerns. He emphasized that Mr. Zorc no longer owns the property and that the new owners purchased the property with full knowledge of the deed restriction. Many Colonial Terrace residents had relied upon the deed restrictions and would not have purchased had they not been in place. His believed that the residents of Colonial Terrace may have standing based on the theory of detrimental reliance by third party beneficiaries. Margaret Stewart, President of Colonial Terrace Homeowners, had driven through Colonial Heights and specified several unsightly details she had observed. She expressed concern that similar offensive conditions would occur in the future development. She also was concerned about additional septic tanks. She again voiced strong opposition to lifting the restrictions. Mike Hotchkiss, P.E., Utilities Department Environmental Engineer, advised that he had been sworn and proceeded to address the concerns about septic tanks. He stated that there is an existing 4" PVC force main located on 8' Street. When staff looked at this initially, they viewed it as an existing subdivision with existing infrastructure. He had been told that legal access was out at 6' Place and Old Dixie Highway. If you go that route, it would be about 4100 feet from an existing force main. They have legal access available at 10' Avenue which would be within 850 feet and would be within one-quarter mile. The County could force them to connect by putting in a lift station and force main extension up to 81' Street. Commissioner Ginn understood from this explanation that because it was within a quarter of a mile, they would have to connect to sanitary sewers. Mr. Hotchkiss agreed and stated that was based on the connection matrix in the Comprehensive Plan. Vice Chairman Macht asked if potable water is available to Colonial Heights' citizens, and Mr. Hotchkiss displayed on the ELMO the existing layout of the water distribution system and pointed out that all of the lots surrounding Colonial Heights have water available. Mr. Barkett wanted to correct a few misconceptions, under the RM -6 zoning 75 units are possible but not contemplated, only 24 units are contemplated. All the homes in Colonial Terrace that back up to Colonial Heights are on public water and on septic tanks. November 24, 1998 34