HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2023-104 Authorize a Sewer Exemption 766 Elm Street ExtMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
June26, 2023
TB Resolution 2023–104: Authorization for the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for TP28.-1-28.4;766 Elm Street Ext
Whereas the Town Engineer received a request for a Sewer Exemption from Anngel Delaney & Delia Yarrow-The Longhouse Cooperative-766 Elm Street Extension, TP 28.-1-28.4;stating the financial
difficulty to connect to municipal sewer, and
Whereas Anngel Delaney & Delia Yarrow, owners of Unit number 3, Building #2, wish to construct an addition to the existing unit located within building #2, and
Whereas the Health Department has indicated the current onsite system is at or near capacity, and
Whereas the Health Department has requested the applicant design and permit the installation of a new onsite wastewater treatment system, sized in conformance with current standards,
however, will NOT need to be installed unless the existing system fails, and
Whereas the applicant has designed a new onsite wastewater treatment system for bldg.. #2, reviewed and approved by the Tompkins County Health Department, and
Whereasthe applicant has reviewed possible connection to the Town Sanitary Sewer System for construction of the building #2, unit 3 addition. The nearest town sewer main is located approximately1400+/-
feet easterly down Elm Street Extension.The estimated minimum cost to extend the town sewer to this location is $350,000. The cost to connect would be a substantial cost in relation
to the new building addition ($120,000), 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 Anngel Delaney’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 28.-1-28.4for the installation
of a new, onsite wastewater treatment system associated with theLonghouse Cooperative-Building #2 addition, subject to the consent of the Tompkins County Health Department to this exemption.
Moved: Bill GoodmanSeconded: Rod Howe
Vote: ayes – Goodman, Howe, DePaolo, Levine, Rosen and Johnson