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Germantown planning panel approves 2050 plan amendment to revise sewer service area

5393157 · July 15, 2025
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Summary

Germantown Plan Commission on Monday recommended approving amendments to the village’s 2050 comprehensive plan to update sanitary sewer service area maps and related text, a change staff said is needed to match a proposed local sanitary sewer service area plan that will go next to SEWRPC and state review.

Germantown Plan Commission on Monday recommended approving amendments to the village’s 2050 comprehensive plan to update sanitary sewer service area maps and related text, a change staff said is needed to match a proposed local sewer service area plan that will go next to SEWRPC and state review.

The amendment would add about 1,369 acres to the village’s sewer service area and remove about 197 acres, and staff recommended approval “to ensure consistency between our plan and the future local sanitary sewer service area plan,” said Jeff Retzoff, village staff member, during the public hearing and discussion.

Why it matters: The sewer service area map determines where the village and regional agencies plan to provide wastewater service and can affect future development, infrastructure costs and municipal charges tied to areas included in the sewer service area.

What the commission heard and decided Staff described a multi-year update to the sanitary sewer service area plan that SEWRPC (identified in materials as “Sewer…

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