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5/1/1996
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IX-A
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Minutes - 19960501
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NSN ORD-1996-010 Subdivision Regulations Text Amendments - Flexible Development-Open Space Proposal
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is <br /> acre and the village option, and would be implemented after the issues of <br /> groundwater availability and community wastewater disposal systems were <br /> resolved. A question was asked as to whether the County has the ability to turn <br /> down a proposal based on the availability of groundwater. <br /> Staff Comment One way of approaching the issue of cluster developments is to <br /> think about how a cluster can be designed without utilizing community wells and <br /> community wastewater disposal systems. Shown on the following page are <br /> sketches of a one-acre and a half-acre cluster. In the one-acre cluster, a well <br /> site and septic field is shown on each lot. In the half-acre cluster, a well site is <br /> shown on each lot but the septic field is located in an off-site easement. <br /> The ha f-acre lot arrangement is based on the provisions of Section IV-D-10-G.3, <br /> Cluster Option, which permits a septic system and/or well site to be located in an <br /> open space area provided it does not occupy more than 50% of the conservation <br /> area nor any part of a Primary Conservation Area It is an arrangement advocated <br /> by Randall Arendt; e.g., off-site septic systems, and one which has precedent in the <br /> county, e.g., Windy Hill Subdivision on University Station Roam It is also an <br /> arrangement which produces practically the some pattern of well sites as the one- <br /> acre cluster, suggesting that the impact on groundwater supply is no different than <br /> that of a one-acre cluster. <br /> With regard to the issue of whether a subdivision can be turned down based on <br /> groundwater availability, the answer is not unless the Board changes current policy. <br /> There are provisions in place, however, which achieve the same goal. As an <br /> example, the Board recently approved the preliminary plan for University Manor <br /> Subdivision, including the proposed location of a community well Before final plats <br /> may be approved for recording, the developer must drill a test well to insure that an <br /> adequate water supply is available. If the test well produces sufficient water, the <br /> final well is installed in accordance with state and local standards If the test well <br /> does not proriiice, another well site must be selected and tested and may result in <br /> some rearranging of lots to provide the needed site. <br /> In the case of lots nerved by individual wells, e.g., the cluster examples, the <br /> developer is not required to insure that an adequate well site is located on each lot <br /> before the final plat is recorded This practice &ffers from the requirements <br /> applicable to sewage disposal systems wherein the developer must insure the <br /> presence of a satisfactory septic field Nevertheless, because a potable water supply <br /> is required by both building and health codes, an adequate well site must be <br /> available before a certificate of occupancyfor a home will be issued <br /> With regard to the issue of community sewage disposal systems, the Board could <br /> adopt a policy prohibiting the use of such systems in "small-lot" cluster <br /> developments until the financial security aspects have been addressed by the County <br />
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