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Martinsville board will require some sewer-adjustment applicants to appear in person
Summary
The Martinsville Board of Works and Safety voted to adopt a rule that applicants seeking sewer-adjustments must appear before the board if they have not fixed a reported leak within two months or if they have a second notice within 12 months.
The Martinsville Board of Works and Safety on March 10 approved a rule requiring certain sewer-adjustment applicants to appear before the board to explain their situation.
Under the board’s action, anyone who has been notified of a leak and has not remedied it within two months, or anyone receiving a second notice within a 12-month period, may be asked to come before the Board of Works and Safety to explain why the adjustment should be granted. The motion was made and seconded and passed by voice vote.
Background and scope: During unfinished business, a staff speaker explained that the city’s current ordinance already gives the board discretion to grant sewer adjustments, and that the board may adopt procedures or rules to guide the process. Staff offered to draft formal language and said copies of any adopted rules would be given to the water department and key city staff so they could inform callers of requirements and post the rules on the city website.
Board debate: Board members discussed the timeline and whether the two-month standard or a calendar-year definition applied; they settled on a two-month threshold and clarified that the second-notice timeframe should be counted over a 12-month period rather than by calendar year.
Board action: A motion that applicants who meet the two-month or second-notice conditions appear before the board was made, seconded and approved. Staff was instructed to prepare the rule language and circulate it to relevant departments for implementation.
