AGENDA DATE: 11/9/2016
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ACSA 201600004, Barracks Road Area Water and Sewer Service
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Proposal to change the Jurisdictional Area designation on Tax Map Parcels (TMP) 060A0-09-00-02600, 060A0-09-00-026A0, 060A0-09-00-02500, 060A0-09-00-02400, and 060A0-09-00-025A0.
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Foley, Walker. Graham, Gast-Bray, Benish
PRESENTER (S): David Benish
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Thomas C. Foley
BACKGROUND: The property owner of TMPs 60A-09-026 and 26A (James Harris) has requested that sewer service be provided to his two properties, which are currently designated for Water Service Only. This request is not based on any existing health or safety issue and, therefore, not consistent with the County's policy for extending public water or sewer service to properties within the designated Rural Areas. However, staff's further evaluation of Mr. Harris' properties and other nearby properties along Barracks Road has identified certain characteristics which merit the Board's consideration of adding a total of five parcels to the Jurisdictional Area (JA) for sewer service, three of which should also be considered for water service (two are currently designated as "Water Only to Existing Structures," and one has no service designation). These characteristics will be discussed further in the Discussion section of this report and in Attachment D.
Most of the current designations in this area appear to have been established in the early 1980s as part of a comprehensive update of the ACSA Jurisdictional Area maps. There has been only one other JA amendment in this area. In 2001, sewer service was granted to TMP 60A-09-00-28 in 2001, the parcel adjacent to Mr. Harris' parcels. The Health Department had determined that there was not adequate location for a septic system on that parcel. Most of that parcel had been subject to substantial fill activity and the existing soils and topog...
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