HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2024-078 Reso Sewer Exemption for 653 Coddington RdMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
July 22, 2024
TB Resolution 2024 -78: Authorization for the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for 653 Coddington Road
Whereas the Town Engineer received a request for a Sewer Exemption from Alejandro S Parra and Alejandro F Parra, the owners of653 Coddington Rd, indicatingthere is no access to town
sewer and identifying the difficulties associated with connecting to municipal sewer due to the nearest sewer main(s) being approximately 1050+/- feet away, which would requirea main
extension at an estimated cost exceeding $200,000, and would require multiple private easements, and
Whereas the owners arereplacing an existing septic system that has failed on the property and the Tompkins County Health Department will be designing a septic system for the existing
home, now therefore be it
Resolved, pursuant to Town of Ithaca Code, Chapter 214-6, “Exemptions,” the Town Board finds the applicant has shown unusual and extreme practical difficulties in connecting to municipal
sewer for the reasons conveyed by town staff and the detailed in the submitted request, dated July 8th, 2024, and be it further
Resolved, that the Town Board authorizes the Town Engineer to issue an exemption from the Town of Ithaca Code,Chapter 214-5,“Connection required,” for 653 Coddington Rd, for the installation
of a new, onsite wastewater treatment system associated with the existing single-family residence, subject to the consent of the Tompkins County Health Department.
Moved: Rod Howe Seconded: Pamela Bleiwas
Vote: ayes- Howe, DePaolo, Bleiwas, Levine, Johnson, Gutenberger & Rosen