HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2025-013 Sewer Exemption for 955 Coddington RdMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
January 13, 2025
TB Resolution 2025 -013: Authorization for the Town Engineer to Issue a Sewer Exemption for 955 Coddington Rd
Whereas the Town Engineer received a request for a Sewer Exemption from Benjamin Wilde, owner of955 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 3500+/- feet away, which would requirea main extension at an estimated cost of $875,000,which
is not feasible to service one single family home, and
Whereas, the City of Ithaca water source is located downstream of the at risk system. The owner is working with a private contractor (Clean Earth Septic Service) and their engineer is
providing the plan for replacement to the Tompkins County Whole Health Department, now therefore be it
Resolved, pursuant to Town Code Section 214-6, 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 reasons detailed in the request for a sewer exemption submitted to the Town Engineer, datedDecember 26th, 2024, and be it further
Resolved, that the Town Board authorizes the Town Engineer to issue an exemption from Town Code Section 214-5 Connection required, for 955 Coddington Rd, for the installation of a new,
onsite wastewater treatment system associated with the existingsingle-family residence, subject to the consent of the Tompkins County Whole Health Department.
Moved:Eric Levine Seconded:Pamela Bleiwas
Vote:ayes- Howe, DePaolo, Bleiwas, Levine, Gutenberger and Rosen