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Onange Countyea�tl� �( epahtvnent 15 Daniel B. Reimer, MPH, Director ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION °°tp Of P.O. Box 8181 • 306C Revere Road 6° op, PERSONAL HEALTH DIVISION ANIMAL CONTROL DIVISION �� o DENTAL HEALTH DIVISION P 0 Box 8181 • 304 Revere Road P.O. Box 8181 • 300 W Tryon Street Hillsborough, NC 27278 17 Hillsborough, NC 27278 5� �a. HILLSBOROUGH CHAPEL HILL +M • 919-732-8181 919-967.9251 '�10 C°tee`° MEBANE DURHAM 919.227-2032 919-688-7333 MEMORANDUM April 18, 1994 TO: Mary Willis FROM: Ron Holdway �- RE: Stream Buffers Tom Ronsler and I spoke with you last week about the location of houses and septic systems when stream buffer requirements are in effect. More specifically, whether it is practical in most situations to even have a 150 , setback requirement when all the components of the septic system are mandated to be outside the 300' setback line. In designing septic systems for these cases, houses have to be placed at or very near the 300' line in order to run the plumbing from the house to the septic tank. The only situations that could be permitted with a house being a good distance away from the 300' line are those where the slope of the land actually falls away from the stream and those where a "grinder pump" setup is placed within a basement or foundation of the home. Because of a rule change in recent years, a grinder pump located outside of the foundation wall of the house must be treated as a septic system. We in Environmental Health are not advocating a change in the rule at present, but just wanted to educate you and the Planning Board of the practicality of the situation so that you would be more aware if questioned about the matter. Please let me know if you have questions about this situation. SOUTHERN ORANGE OFFICE: Carr Mill Mall • Suite 225 • 100 N Greensboro Street • Carrboro.NC 27510 • 919.968-2022