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County staff to draft ordinance and environmental review to allow point-of-use and point-of-entry water treatment for new homes and ADUs, with public review to
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Environmental Health staff told the Board they have a draft ordinance and expect to begin environmental review; the county will work with a consultant and hopes to provide a draft ordinance and initial study by the end of the year. The board urged speed to reduce housing cost barriers.
Monterey County environmental health staff updated supervisors April 22 on a board referral to consider allowing point-of-use (POU) and point-of-entry (POE) treatment systems for new construction on legal lots, including accessory dwelling units.
Cheryl Sandoval and Nikki Fowler of the County Environmental Health Bureau described the local and state background: the county adopted a POU/POE ordinance for some uses in 2019 but litigation suspended parts of it. On…
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