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Dade City staff to negotiate contingent utility service agreements to reserve wastewater capacity for small infill housing
Summary
City staff recommended allowing small infill residential projects to reserve wastewater capacity via contingent utility service agreements; commissioners sought clearer definitions of 'affordable' and cautioned about limited remaining capacity and potential private transfers of ERUs.
City staff asked the Dade City Commission for direction on Sept. 23 about reserving future wastewater-treatment capacity for new residential development while the city’s wastewater plant is being designed and funded.
Staff recommended allowing small market-rate infill projects of four units or fewer and small-to-medium affordable infill projects of up to 12 units to proceed in the city’s utility service area, with the negotiation of contingent Utility Service Agreements (USAs). Under the proposed contingent USAs, developers could reserve capacity that would become effective once the city executes a construction contract for the wastewater-treatment plant and the developer pays…
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