Board approves reimbursement request after builder connected home to unlinked sewer stub
A builder connected a new home to a stub that was not tied to the city's sewer main; the contractor excavated and made a correct tap, and the board voted to reimburse the builder after staff and a former planning director explained standard subdivision practice and the circumstances.
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Staff explained that a newly built home in the Autumn Blaze addition had been tied into a stubbed sewer line that, unbeknownst to the builder and homeowner, was not connected to the city's main sewer (the stub ran under the street and connected across the street). A resident with 35 years' planning experience explained that developers typically stub sewer lines for future lots and that the infrastructure is supposed to tie directly to the city main.
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