HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2022-088 Authorize a Sewer Exemption 283 Enfield Falls RoadMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
May 9, 2022
TB Resolution 2022 - 088: Authorization for the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for TP31.-1-3.3;283 Enfield Falls Road
Whereas the Town Engineer received a request for a Sewer Exemption from Daniel and Danielle Bartholomew-283 Enfield Falls Road, TP 31.-1-3.3;stating the financial difficulty to connect
to municipal sewer.
Whereasthe applicant has reviewed possible connection to the Town Sanitary Sewer System for construction of their new home. The nearest town sewer main is located approximately2200+/-
feet easterly down Enfield Falls Road.Estimated minimum cost to extend the town sewer to this location is $440,000. The cost to connect would be substantially more than the value of
the home they wish to construct ($275,000), and
Resolved, that pursuant to Town Code Section 214-6, the Town Board hereby finds that the applicant has shown unusual and extreme practical difficulties in connecting to the public sewers
for the reasons detailed in Daniel and Danielle Bartholomew’srequest to the Town, and be it further
Resolved, that the Town Board authorizes the Town Engineer to issue an exemption from the Town Code Section 214-5 public sewer connection requirement for TP’s 31.-1-3.3for the installation
of a new, onsite wastewater treatment system associated with their new home construction to be constructed on the properties, subject to the consent of the Tompkins County Health Department
to this exemption.
Moved: Rod HoweSeconded: Margaret Johnson
Vote: ayes – DePaolo, Howe, Goodman, Bleiwas, Levine, Johnson and Rosen