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Council reviews proposed amendment to 2018 wastewater plan to restore technical amendment route for basin changes
Summary
Public works staff proposed a resolution to amend section 1.4.0.2 of the 2018 wastewater comprehensive plan to clarify when basin-boundary changes can be treated as technical amendments and when they must go through the city comprehensive plan process; staff said the resolution could appear on the Jan. 27 council agenda.
Public Works Director Jeff Langdon briefed the Gig Harbor City Council on a proposed amendment to the city’s 2018 wastewater comprehensive plan that would clarify when amendments are handled as short technical changes and when a full city comprehensive-plan amendment is required.
Langdon said the wastewater comprehensive plan (the city’s “general sewer plan” under state law) and related municipal codes and public works standards guide basin boundaries and sewer planning. He explained that basin boundaries in the plan are currently identified using lidar and digital mapping and that developers sometimes submit higher-precision survey data that reveals small vertical differences that can change the practical flow direction of gravity sewer lines.
Langdon said…
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