HomeMy WebLinkAbout22-98 - Ord. North Bay/Case Inlet Tap-In Restrictions for Forest Land Properties ORDINANCE
NORTH BAY/CASE INLET TAP-IN RESTRICTIONS FOR FOREST LAND
PROPERTIES
WHEREAS, the Mason County North Bay/Case Inlet Wastewater Treatment Facility project has
a service area which includes land parcels that are within forest land as determined by the Natural
Resource Conservation Service and United States Department of Agriculture (Rural Development
(RD)) and identified on maps provided RD, as of the RD (Rural Development)funding obligation
date, May 7, 1996; and
WBEREAS, RD financing has been arranged to construct improvements within the County of
Mason North Bay/Case Inlet service area; and
WHEREAS, RD has established policies to restrict utility service where proposed improvements
would be placed in the forest lands; and
WHEREAS,this ordinance is applicable to only those properties located within the service area of
the North Bay/Case Inlet Wastewater Treatment Facility and only applies when one wants to
connect to said Facility when it becomes available,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY MASON COUNTY
1. For the purpose of complying with RD requirements, the maps(provided RD as part of
their environmental assessment process)in effect on the RD funding obligation date of
May 7, 1996, will be used.
2. That Tap-in Restrictions will be enforced to deny future sewer connections to the system
when verification is not made by applicants, that planned improvements to properties
requesting connection to the sewer system, will be constructed outside forest land parcels
(as described in Paragraph I above); provided, however,
a. That an exclusion to these Tap-In Restrictions will be granted for(1) all road and
utility crossings consistent with(a)Mason County Comprehensive Transportation
Plan, (b)Mason County Comprehensive Sewer and Water System Plans, (2) any
recreational, educational, or research facilities consistent with state and federal
forest land quidelines, (3) any parcel with development presently served by septic
service which needs to convert to sewer for reasons of public health, (4) any
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residential development of plats submitted or individual parcels created prior to the
RD fimding obligation date of May 7, 1996.
b. That administration of this policy shall provide for an application waiver to the
Tap-In Restriction, which will be reviewed by Mason County on a case-by-case
basis. If the County recommends a waiver, such recommendation shall be
submitted to RD or its successors for final approval.
3. This restriction is effective for the life of the Rural Development Loan and shall expire
with no further action of the County Commissioners on the date that said loan is fully paid
off.
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PASSED and ADOPTED by the Mason County Board of Commissions this day of
March, 1998.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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