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w • 141 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance REFERENCE: 1) Article 22 Definitions 2) Article 6.15.2 Interim Development Standards Approved [University Lake Watershed (ULW) District] 3) Article 6.25.7 Water Supply /Sewage Disposal Facilities Required [University Lake Watershed (ULW) District] ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: —X—Staff Planning Board BOCC Public _X— Other: County Attorney STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: _X_High Middle Low Comment: EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 29, 1990 PURPOSE OF AMENDMENTS: To clarify the application of Article 6.25.7 to existing dwellings and uses. The current standards would prevent such uses with failing septic systems and no suitable disposal site on the same lot from locating nitrification fields on a separate lot. An additional purpose is to provide definitions of "septic tank system," alternative septic system," and "community alternative system." The latter definition was inadvertently omitted when revisions to the interim development standards (Article.6.15.2) for University Lake watershed were adopted. IMPACTS /ISSUES: On April 2, 1990, the Board of Commissioners adopted protection measures for University Lake watershed. The new standards limit water supply and sewage treatment systems to individual wells and on -site septic systems or individual on -site alternative disposal systems. "On- site" means that no system will be permitted where effluent disposal occurs on a separate lot. Repair areas must be located on the same lot as the dwelling (or use) which generates the wastewater. Following adoption of the standards, the County Attorney was reviewing easement documents to permit the septic system repair area for a dwelling to be located on an adjoining residential lot. Located in University Lake watershed, the