HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2026-024 Sewer Exemption for 349 Stone QuarryMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
April 13, 2026
TB Resolution 2026 - 024: Authorization for the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for 349 Stone Quarry Road
Whereas the Town Engineer received a request for a Sewer Exemption from Joshua Berggren, the ownerof 349 Stone Quarry Road, Tax Parcel No.39.-1-28, due to the excessively large costs
and difficultiesconnecting into municipal sewer due to the nearest sewer main beingapproximately 1,250+/- feet away, resulting in an estimated cost of $312,500,and
Whereas the owners are constructing a single-family homeon the property and are working with Tompkins County Health Department to design the septic system, and
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, dated April 1, 2026, 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 349 Stone Quarry Road, Tax Parcel
No.39.-1-28, for the installation of a new, onsite wastewater treatment system associated with the new single-family home, subject to the consent of the Tompkins County Health Department.
Moved:Pamela BleiwasSeconded: Diana Sinton
Vote: ayes – Bleiwas, Sinton, McCune, DePaolo, Howe, Gutenberger and Levine