HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2026-025 Sewer Exemption for 429 Bostwick RDMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
April 13, 2026
TB Resolution 2026 - 025: Authorization for the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for 429 Bostwick Road
Whereas the Town Engineer received a request for a Sewer Exemption from Ariel Casper and Gideon Casper, the owners of 429 Bostwick Road, Tax Parcel No.32.-2-3.221, due to the excessively
large costs and difficultiesconnecting into municipal sewer due to the nearest sewer main being approximately 5,200+/- feet away, resulting in an estimated cost of $1,300,000.00,and
Whereas the owners are replacing an existing septic system for a single-family home that has failed on the property and are working with a contractor and Tompkins County Health Department
to design the replacement 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 March 30, 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 429 Bostwick Road, Tax Parcel
32.-2-3.221 for the installation of a new, onsite wastewater treatment system associated with the existingsingle-familyresidence, subject to the consent of the Tompkins County Health
Department.
Moved: Rich DePaoloSeconded: Pamela Bleiwas
Vote: ayes – Bleiwas, Sinton, McCune, DePaolo, Howe, Gutenberger and Levine