HomeMy WebLinkAbout2648 Sewer ConnectionsOrdinance No. 2648
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND AMENDING SECTION
13.22.010, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, CHAPTER 13.22, SEWER CONNECTIONS
OF THE PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL CODE, TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY
WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
W/W~S, the Port Townsend Comprehensive Plan was adopted on July 1, 1996, and
the development regulations implementing the Plan were adopted in 1997; and
WI-IE~AS, a discrepancy exists between the provisions of the Port Townsend Municipal
Code (related to the allowance of on-site septic systems for single family residential development)
and the Port Townsend ComprehensiVe Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to correct such discrepancy; and
WHEREAS, the City's SEPA official has conducted SEPA review of the proposed
amendment pursuant to Chapter 43.21C RCW, State Environmental Policy, and Chapter 19.04
PTMC, State Environmental Policy Act; and
WttE~S, the amendment has been reviewed by the Port Townsend Utilities Committee
which has recommended its adoption,
NOW, TItERE~RE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 13.22.010, General requirements, of the Port Townsend Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
13.22.010 General requirements.
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All new development must connect to the city's wastewater collection and treatment system
when the development is located within 520 feet of a wastewater collection line, measured from
the nearest portion of the subject parcel, except for new single-family residential development
occurring on platted lots existing prior to June 1, 1998, that are equal to or greater than one acre
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B. Except for new single-family residential development occurring on existing parcels that
are equal to or greater than one acre in size, all new development that is subject to one or more
of the following approvals must connect to the city's wastewater collection and treatment system,
regardless of its location:
a. Subdivision, short subdivision and planned unit development .(PUD) approvals
subject to the subdivision ordinance, Title 18 PTMC;
b. Land use or building permit approvals subject to review and threshold
determination under the State Environmental Policy Act implementing ordinance, Chapter 19.04
c. Land use or building ~rmit aFprovals subject to the permit r~uirements of the
Environmentally Sensitive Areas ordinance, Chapter 19.05 PTMC.
CB. New development which does not have to connect to the city's wastewater collection
and treatment system under subsections A and B above, or because a waiver has been granted,
may put in an Managed individual or group on-site septic systems are--~lm,~t, fix-new
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following conditions are met:
1. The soil conditions and parcel size will support the use of an on-site septic
system until connection to the city's sewer system;
2. The system is designed to be efficiently converted to the city's sewer system;
3. The developer enters into a no-protest agreement with the city (i. e., requiring
connection to the city's sewer system within two year(s) of when a sewer main is within 260 feet
of the property line, and/or participation in a local improvement district ("LID") which may
include installation of sewer mains, interceptors, pump stations and/or latecomer agreement
paybacks), fried on record rifle, as a condition of any building or development permit; and
4. The septic syStem is approved by the Jefferson County environmental health
department.
12~. Any E~xisting development paxe~ containing an on-site septic system ar~re~ired
to must connect to the city's sewer system by July 2002 if the nearest portion of the parcel is
within 260 feet of a sewer main.
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FiD. After July 2002, anylnu~ existing development containing an on-site septic system
will be required to connect to the city's sewer system nnttm-the within two years of the time a
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Eli. Notwithstanding subsections e D and ti} Ii of this section, if an on-site septic system
fails connection is required unless the nearest portion of the subject parcel is greater than 500 520
feet from the nearest sewer main, in which case the septic system may be repaired to serve the
subject property. (Ord. 2648 § 1, 1998; Ord. 2579 § 1, 1997).
SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of the
provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date of its publication
in the manner provided by law.
Read for the first, second, and third times and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 1st day of June, 1998.
Attest:
Pam Kolacy, City Clerk
06/02/98 Ord{ 1322010.doc}
Juli~/~cCulloch, Mayor
Approved as to Form:
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