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BZA grants variance to allow low-pressure sanitary sewer in Scenic View Phase 1 Lot 3
Summary
The BZA on Oct. 14 approved VA-25-037, granting a variance to deviate from the approved development text and allow a low-pressure sanitary sewer (pressurized system) for Scenic View Phase 1 Lot 3; the applicant must obtain required permits within one year.
The Pataskala Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance Oct. 14 to allow a low-pressure (pressurized) sanitary sewer system on a lot in Scenic View Phase 1 where the approved development text requires a gravity sewer.
Staff explained the plumbing infrastructure was installed as a low-pressure system before the current owner purchased the lot and that the city’s utility department and the Ohio EPA previously approved the change during engineering review. Because the requirement for gravity sewer was codified in the approved development text (by ordinance), a variance from §12.25.03(b) was required to allow the deviation.
The subject parcel was confirmed in the record as Lot 3 (the record clarified earlier confusion between Lots 3 and 4). The applicant, Maria Bendon, who testified she had purchased the lot and was not aware of the zoning restriction at the time of purchase, spoke in favor of the requested variance.
During the board's findings the members said the lot’s existing conditions and the prior administrative approvals by the utility department and Ohio EPA provided a basis for relief. The board found the requested variance represented the minimum relief necessary and would not adversely affect delivery of government services or the public welfare.
The motion to approve VA-25-037 passed on a roll call recorded in the minutes as: Mr. Coleman — yes; Mr. Pipper — yes; Mr. Hat — yes. The approval included the standard condition that the applicant obtain necessary permits from the City of Pataskala and the Licking County Building Code Department within one year.
