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000103 <br /> PHILIEDI POST <br /> .p. <br /> Zil€:8,514 <br /> & ASSOCIATES 0 <br /> ENGINEERS/PLANNERS/SURVEYORS <br /> #59501 <br /> November 18, 1985 <br /> Mr. Marvin Collins <br /> Orange Count ' Planning Department <br /> 106 East Margaret Lane <br /> Hillsborough North Carolina 27278 <br /> Re: Bradshaw Mobile Acres - Sewage Disposal System <br /> Dear Mr. Collins: <br /> This letter is intended to clear up any misunderstanding <br /> about the sewage treatment system for the subject property. I <br /> have been informed by Mr. Eddie Kirk that the staff may not <br /> recommend approval for the project because of the inadequacy of <br /> the letter fcom the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) <br /> concerning the system. <br /> Our office has submitted an application as well as a site <br /> plan to DEM or the spray-irrigation system. The application <br /> has been accepted, a site investigation has been performed by <br /> DEM, and a detailed soil investigation of the site has been per- <br /> formed by a recognized soil scientist. The results of the site <br /> and soil investigations were that the site is suitable for the <br /> said method of sewage treatment. In addition, DEM has informed <br /> us that this type of system has been approved and installed for <br /> a similar application in North Carolina, and is working extreme- <br /> ly well. A copy of the soil scientist's report is enclosed with <br /> this letter. <br /> • <br /> Understandably, DEM is unwilling to give any approval (pre- <br /> liminary or otherwise) for a system that has not been fully <br /> designed. However, it is not practical or reasonable to perform <br /> the detailed engineering design for such a system without first <br /> knowing if the development will be approved by the County. <br /> Section 8.2.4 a of the Orange County Development Ordinance <br /> states that we should provide " the method and adequacy of <br /> provision of sewage disposal facilities " for the site. The <br /> proposed method has been stated and deemed suitable by an expert <br /> soil scienti4 and a DEM representative. The capacity of the <br /> proposed system has been stated in our Development Report. The <br /> system as it rill be installed will obviously be adequate to <br /> serve the development or it will not be approved and constructed <br /> in the first place. <br /> (919)929-11735100EASTOWNEDRIVENIPOSTOFFICEBOX21345CHAPELHILL,NORTHCAROLINA27514 <br /> 1 <br />