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Service authority to study water/sewer hookup rule after Forge Road landowner's appeal
Summary
Meg Payne, a Forge Road landowner, told the James City County Service Authority board that a newly applied hookup rule would require her to install public water and sewer—effective cost she estimated at “over a million dollars”—to split a 50‑acre parcel into two 25‑acre lots.
Meg Payne, a Forge Road property owner, told the James City County Service Authority board that a recently amended JCSA regulation would force her to connect a remote 50‑acre parcel to public water and sewer before she could split it into two 25‑acre lots.
Payne said the requirement would force “over a million dollars” of infrastructure onto the family and create a long‑term maintenance liability for the authority. “When enforcing a regulation is not in the best interest of the county, shouldn't the board or general manager have some…
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