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Board approves septic upgrade for 27 Reservoir Ave with local setback variances
Summary
Lakeville Board of Health approved a design to replace an aging septic tank at 27 Reservoir Ave and granted two local setback upgrades to allow the system to be sited in the backyard despite proximity to a reservoir tributary.
The Town of Lakeville Board of Health voted to approve a septic disposal system upgrade for 27 Reservoir Ave and granted two local upgrade requests to allow placement of the new tank in the backyard despite its proximity to a tributary that feeds a nearby golf-course reservoir. The vote came after the applicant’s engineer described site constraints and the property’s layout.
Foresight Engineering’s Kevin McCallis told the board the house is a walk-out dwelling with finished basement space and that “all the plumbing leaves underneath the slab,” leaving limited options for siting a new system. McCallis said the proposed system must be placed in the backyard and that the tanks would fall within the 200-foot setback measured from the tributary. He also said the house is shown as two bedrooms upstairs but that the finished basement has full egress and windows.
Board staff and the consultant discussed the existing system file and tank capacity. McCallis offered to provide design data on the existing pit and explained the team is designing the new system based on a three-bedroom minimum because of the finished basement. Staff noted the existing permit record listed a 200-gallon figure, and the consultant said that figure represented a minimum flow notation rather than a full capacity calculation.
After brief questions from members and no public concerns, a board member moved to approve the sewage disposal system upgrade design for 27 Reservoir Ave with the two local upgrade requests for setbacks to the tributary; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
The approval allows the applicant to proceed with the design as presented. The board did not specify additional conditions on the record; normal permitting and inspection requirements remain in effect.
