HomeMy WebLinkAbout49-01 - Res. Restricting New Septic System Installation RESOLUTION NO rAl
AN INTERIM MEASURE TO RESTRICT NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM
INSTALLATION IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY GLADWIN
BEACH ROAD TO BOAD HAVEN ROAD AND FROM NORTH
SHORE ROAD TO LOWER HOOD CANAL UNTIL AREAS OF FILL
CAN BE DETERMINED .
WHEREAS , a portion of commercial the shellfish area known as Hood Canal #9 has
been closed to shellfish harvest because of high fecal coliform counts in the Canal since
1988 , and
WHEREAS , a hydraulic link has been established from septic systems installed in fill and
fecal non-point pollution in Lower Hood Canal ; and
WHEREAS , on April 12 , 2001 the Mason County Board of Health placed a moratorium
on the issuance of new septic system permits in the area bounded by Gladwin Beach
Road (including Pats Little Red Barn) to Boad Haven Road and from North Shore Road
to Hood Canal except for those systems meeting the guidelines in Chapter 246 -272
WAC ,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT :
The Mason County Board of Commissioners hereby enacts an interim measure to place a
moratorium on new septic system permits in the area bounded by Gladwin Beach Road
(including Pats Little Red Barn) to Boad Haven Road and from North Shore Road to
Hood Canal except for those proposed systems meeting the guidelines in Chapter 246 .
272 WAC . The interim measure shall now remain in effect until the Centennial Clean
Water Fund Grant work has determined the areas of fill or until termination of the grant
on June 30 , 2002 .
DATED this X ?Z day of 2001 .
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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, Jqe, ,,': � t Mary C RP SON
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PM Wesley E . Alli son; COMMISSIONER
Prosecuting Attorney