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Sandy adopts revised rules for alternative wastewater systems; ordinance effective in 30 days
Summary
After a public hearing and second reading, council approved Ordinance 2025-17 to amend city code on alternative wastewater systems. The revised language collapses multiple review paths into one process, requires that ERUs not be available for proposed development, and adds conditions (including rendering interior fixtures inoperable if required).
The City Council held a public hearing and approved the second reading of Ordinance 2025-17, amending chapters 17.12 and 17.84 to create a single review path and add approval criteria for alternative wastewater systems.
Why it matters: The changes clarify when a developer or business may use an alternative wastewater approach instead of connecting directly to the municipal sanitary sewer system. They affect developers, property owners and potentially businesses in areas where Equivalent Residential Units (ERUs) are constrained, and they add local review criteria that were not part of the city code previously.
Key points of the adopted changes
- Single review path: The revised ordinance removes an earlier two-track process (a simpler path for graywater and porta-potty-style solutions and a second, broader track) and replaces it with a single review framework that applies uniform criteria to all proposed alternative systems. - ERU availability criterion: A…
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