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Planning commission backs waiver allowing individual septic systems for 8‑lot Hills Hollow Estates with maintenance safeguards
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a waiver that would allow eight individual household wastewater treatment systems on a 31‑acre Hills Hollow Estates subdivision, subject to tertiary treatment, a $20,800 maintenance reserve and other conditions intended to guarantee upkeep for at least 10 years.
The City of Wildwood Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a waiver that would permit eight individual wastewater treatment systems for the proposed Hills Hollow Estates subdivision on a 31‑acre tract at Pond Road and State Route 100.
The commission’s support on the waiver followed the Department of Planning report and public comments raising both environmental and operational concerns. Director Vinich told the commission the department’s recommendation is “favorable” provided specific conditions are attached.
The waiver would let the developer avoid a centralized packaged wastewater treatment plant and install individual systems for each lot. The department’s report and subsequent commission discussion stressed three protections: (1) systems must meet a tertiary‑level treatment standard, (2) the developer must deposit $2,600 per lot (a total of $20,800) into an account to guarantee maintenance for at least 10 years, and (3) drainfields may not be placed in resource‑protected areas. The…
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