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Board grants 90-day continuance for 49 Popas Road sewer-connection order while homeowner explores costs
Summary
A resident ordered to connect to town sewer in the Nantucket Harbor Watershed asked for more time because of health and financial hardship. The board voted to postpone enforcement for 90 days to allow the homeowner to gather engineering estimates and loan information.
The Board of Health voted Oct. 16 to continue enforcement of a sewer-connection order for 49 Popas Road for 90 days to allow the property owner to obtain detailed cost estimates and explore financing options.
Inez Hutton, who said she has lived at 49 Popas Road since 1978, told the board she had sought a two-year variance while pursuing a commercial-kitchen re-opening but subsequently closed the business after a hip injury and financial losses. "I cannot afford in any shape or form to connect with sewer," Hutton told the board, citing a long driveway with buried utilities and an…
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