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23 <br /> 934 Charity Kirk: Okay. <br /> 935 <br /> 936 Beth Bronson: There's only so much that we can have control over. And in the sense that you wouldn't want this <br /> 937 to be built if it meant that there would be a well,then that would be at the discretion of each board <br /> 938 member voting, is my understanding of that. And the other condition is that no homes will contain <br /> 939 more than four bedrooms, and that means that not all homes will be four bedrooms, or is the goal <br /> 940 for all homes to be four bedrooms? <br /> 941 <br /> 942 Beth Trahos: No,that's just the max, and really,we put that in related to the septic system. We also said and, <br /> 943 you know,the septic systems would be designed for four-bedroom homes, so even if there's fewer <br /> 944 than four bedrooms, there will be a septic system designed for a four-bedroom home,and so we <br /> 945 just put those in so that they would correlate, so you would know that would be a max. <br /> 946 <br /> 947 Beth Bronson: No, I appreciate that. Okay. <br /> 948 <br /> 949 Statler Gilfillen: Is there a maximum number of bathrooms? <br /> 950 <br /> 951 Beth Trahos: No, sir. <br /> 952 <br /> 953 Statler Gilfillen: Because a bedroom can be, as an architect, can be an ambiguous term. <br /> 954 <br /> 955 Beth Trahos: Sure. <br /> 956 <br /> 957 Lamar Proctor: All right. Statler,go ahead. You had a question? <br /> 958 <br /> 959 Statler Gilfillen: On your comment about septic systems, developer bears the risk of losing developability if it <br /> 960 doesn't work. <br /> 961 <br /> 962 Beth Trahos: Mm hmm. <br /> 963 <br /> 964 Statler Gilfillen: The next question would be property. House gets built; couple years later, it's sold to somebody <br /> 965 else; a few years later, sold to somebody else. Now, the landscaping on a lot this small,with a <br /> 966 septic system built in, can make a difference of whether that septic system will work or not. What <br /> 967 controls are you going to build in,whether it's the association or what, that will control that so <br /> 968 some homeowner doesn't put a weeping willow right in the back of the property next to his owner, <br /> 969 which could affect two systems or something? Is there any thought about making sure that the <br /> 970 language controls so that these systems keep working properly? <br /> 971 <br /> 972 Beth Trahos: Sure. Well, one thing I would say is that there'll be a septic system on each lot, so you would, in <br /> 973 terms of planting a weeping willow, you could only plant a tree on your own lot, not on your <br /> 974 neighbor's. <br /> 975 <br /> 976 Statler Gilfillen: But if the septic systems are very close to the property lines and you put a tree like that right <br /> 977 close, it can affect both sides with the root system. <br /> 978 <br /> 979 Beth Trahos: I will turn to the expert. <br /> 980 <br /> 981 Statler Gilfillen: The question I'm asking,what precautions are you building in to protect each of the homeowners <br /> 982 and make sure these systems keep working and you don't get a rogue homeowner putting <br /> 983 landscaping in that could be negative? <br /> 984 <br /> 985 Beth Trahos: I would say the homeowner's association documents have not yet been drafted, but I think that's a <br /> 986 useful comment and something that we'll make a note of, as those documents are being put <br /> 987 together, to acknowledge that there are septic systems. And currently folks would know as they <br /> 988 were buying the homes, but I do think that for posterity's sake that that makes sense. <br />