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Council debates approach to water and sewer service requests outside city limits
Summary
Councilors and staff discussed several preliminary applications for water or sewer service outside Concord’s city limits and asked to place a broader policy discussion on a future work session to avoid ad hoc decisions.
The Concord City Council on Aug. 12 approved multiple preliminary applications for individual water and sewer connections outside the city limits but signaled a desire for a broader policy discussion about how such requests should be handled.
Staff presented three separate preliminary applications for water or sewer service to parcels outside the city limits; council approved the standard practice to grant individual service where public water or sewer already fronts the parcel and to exclude annexation when sewer is not available.
During the consent agenda the council paused on several items and debated consistency and precedent for granting out-of-city utilities, with one councilor…
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