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Commission backs zoning change to allow basement sewer pumps for subdivisions
Summary
The planning commission approved Ordinance 2070, which amends subdivision language tied to sanitary sewer specifications to allow sewer ejector pumps in basements for subdivisions in specified areas and removes obsolete subdivision definitions; the change moves to town council for final action.
The Blacksburg Planning Commission voted to approve Ordinance 2070, an amendment to the town code that updates subdivision and sanitary sewer provisions to allow sewer ejector (basement) pumps in certain subdivision circumstances and to remove outdated subdivision definitions.
Andrew Warren, who presented the staff report, said the recommended changes came from a stakeholder group formed by town council to identify ordinance provisions that create barriers to development while preserving town goals. The ordinance language clarifies that gravity sewer remains the preferred method, but where gravity is impractical the sanitary sewer specifications (adopted by town council) may allow sewer ejector pumps for subdivisions in certain basins, including the Toms Creek unsewered basin.
Warren told the commission that the proposed change is intended to streamline approvals:…
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