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28 <br /> responded that it would be simple to add the <br /> wording "that needed to accommodate a three- <br /> bedroom house" before appealing to the Board of <br /> Adjustment for a variance. <br /> Brown asked about the lot sizes. Willis <br /> responded that the majority of the lots are 1 to <br /> 1 1/2 acre lots. There are some 2-acre lots. <br /> Reid reiterated his concern that there should <br /> perhaps there should be a definite number of <br /> bedrooms that Staff could approve before <br /> application to the Board of Adjustment for a <br /> variance. Jobsis responded that, if a definite <br /> number is to be proposed, she would suggest 4 <br /> bedrooms. <br /> Waddell stated that he felt there was a consensus <br /> that the concept of having a limitation on what <br /> would automatically be approved by the staff <br /> without having to apply to the Board of <br /> Adjustment be based on the number of bedrooms. <br /> He continued that discussion had indicated that <br /> less than three is impossible, three is an <br /> absolute minimum, four is a more workable number; <br /> however, more than four seems to be beyond the <br /> scope of what is reasonable to be automatic. <br /> Reid agreed that was his opinion. <br /> Rosemond asked Reid for clarification of his <br /> comment regarding impact and bedrooms noting that <br /> the impact would be people not bedrooms. The <br /> response was that the Health Department uses the <br /> number of bedrooms and/or what could be used as a <br /> bedroom to determine size of the septic system. <br /> Willis asked for clarification: <br /> Does the Planning Board want to limit staff <br /> approval to the number of bedrooms (4) , or just <br /> simply use the setbacks - if more bedrooms could <br /> be built and not encroach into the setbacks more <br /> than a 3 or 4 bedroom house, could staff approve <br /> using only the issue of setbacks. <br /> Burklin asked the inspection frequency of <br /> conventional septic systems. Ron Holdway, <br /> Environmental Health, responded that there are no <br /> required inspections on conventional gravity <br /> systems. He continued that there is a five-year <br /> frequency on conventional pump systems. On low <br /> pressure systems, the State requires a management <br /> contract for inspections twice a year and the <br /> Health Department inspects low pressure systems <br /> once every three years. Holdway added that the <br />