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Camp Dresser <br />density and <br />approach to <br />report] <br />and McKee stated that "Restrictions on <br />imperviousness repr-sent the preferred ~ • <br />watershed management." [page 9-2 of the <br />"From the standpoint of less risk and greater safety, the. <br />nonstructural approach (land use controls) is preferable." <br />[page 9-2 of the report] <br />(b) Limitation of wastewater systems to a.ndividual septic <br />tank systems. [Please see page ~8-6, •table 8-2 of the rreport <br />for comparison of relative risks of wastewater disposal <br />systems]. <br />The Council supports the proposed prohibition on community <br />alternative wastewater systems as indicated in the hearing <br />notice. <br />In addition; we suggest that plat, special use permit and <br />other development documents recorded in the Register of <br />Deeds Office should include a clear statement that failure <br />of any community system in the University Lake watershed <br />shall not obligate the extension of public sewer. <br />(c) Public sewers will not be extended into the watershed <br />because,theY create the economic x~otentiax for development <br />at urban ~densaaies. '-' "~• °_„` ,,,.` ,, <br />(d) All of the University Lake watershed should be <br />considered a critical area because of its size,••~stormwater <br />travel times and other characteristics [page 3-26 of the CDM <br />report]. , <br />Third, the Commissioners are requested to adopt protective interim <br />standards for the Cane Creek watershed pending the study to be <br />commissioned and subsequent consideration of regulations for this <br />watershed. For interim standards, a minimum lot size of 2 acres or <br />greater is needed far the Cane Creek watershed. <br />As .stated in the Camp Dresser McKee report: <br />"fin the absence of a Cane Creek Reservoir management study, <br />preliminary evaluations suggest that adequate water quality <br />protection can be achieved with less stringent controls than <br />are required for University Lake," which has less <br />assimilative capacity. "At this juncture we would recommend <br />that consideration be given to a preliminary nonstructural <br />management strategy consisting of 2-acre single f amilt lot <br />zoning." [page 9-9 of the report] <br />