Subject:
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Ordinance Amending Chapter 62, Article VI, Re: Sewer Lift Stations, Sewer Vacuum Stations, and other Water and Sewer Utility Infrastructure Elements. (first reading)
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Planning & Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners conduct the first of two public hearings to consider an Ordinance amending Chapter 62, Article VI, Re: Sewer Lift Stations, Sewer Vacuum Stations, and other Water and Sewer Utility Infrastructure Elements.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The Board of County Commissioners, in regular session on August 30, 2022, approved legislative intent to grant permission to advertise revisions to Chapter 62, Article VI, Zoning Regulations, and directed staff to revise the Code and update Sections 62-1102, 62-1844.7, 62-2103 and 62-2106 regarding sewer lift stations, sewer vacuum stations and other water and sewer utility infrastructure elements. The proposed changes will allow this type of utility infrastructure to be constructed in any zoning classification and provide greater flexibility within the zoning code.
Proposed Amendments:
This paragraph is for informational purposes only to provide background for changes (not part of the ordinance).
#62-1102 Definitions
* Will create the following definition for sewer lift stations, sewer vacuum stations and other water and sewer utility infrastructure elements:
Sewer lift stations, sewer vacuum stations, and other water and sewer utility infrastructure elements means the following:
Sewer lift stations are defined as a wastewater collection and pumping system that collects wastewater from collector sewers and pumps it through force main sewers.
Sewer vacuum stations are defined as a mechanized system of wastewater collection utilizing differential air pressure to move the wastewater. Centralized stations provide the vacuum with valve pits providing the collection point from the source a...
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