HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2022-164 Authorize a Sewer Exemption 272 Enfield Falls RoadMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
October17, 2022
TB Resolution 2022–164: Authorization for the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for 272 Enfield Falls Road, TP 33.-1-24.1;
Whereas the Town Engineer received a request for a Sewer Exemption from Christa Nunez, The Learning Farm (Applicant), located at 272 Enfield Falls Road, TP 33.-1-24.1 which stated the
financial difficulty to connect to municipal sewer, and
Whereasthe nearest town sewer main is approximately1200+/- feet easterly down Enfield Falls Road and the estimated minimum cost to connect to this location is $240,000, which is substantially
more than the estimated cost of $50,000 to install an onsite wastewater treatment system, and
Whereas, the Town Engineer recommends the issuance of a Sewer Exemption for the parcel, now therefore be it
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 stated above and detailed in the Applicant’s request 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 33.-1-24.1for the installation
of a new, onsite wastewater treatment system associated with the Learning Farm Development, subject to the approval of the Tompkins County Health Department to design and installation
of the onsite system.
Moved: Pamela BleiwasSeconded: Rod Howe
Vote: ayes – Levine, Bleiwas, Howe, DePaolo, Johnson and Rosen