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Notting Hill preliminary-plat modification for sewer system draws commission concern over proposed lift station and long-term city liability
Summary
A Notting Hill preliminary-plat modification to add a sanitary lift station for 28 lots prompted staff and commissioners to demand alternatives, citing the city’s reluctance to accept a perpetual maintenance obligation without Board of Mayor and Aldermen review.
The Planning Commission reviewed a request to modify the previously approved Notting Hill preliminary plat to change the sanitary-sewer approach and permit a lift station to serve 28 single-family lots.
Staff recounted that the originally approved plan relied on an off-site gravity sewer constructed by adjacent developers and that subsequent development by neighboring parcels meant implementing that gravity option would require boring beneath constructed homes and improvements. Staff said the proposed lift station would impose a new, long-term financial and maintenance obligation on the city if the city accepted the infrastructure in perpetuity; staff…
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