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Lakeville board approves tight‑tank variance for half bath in garage at 8 Dazelle Road
Summary
The Lakeville Board of Health approved a variance from Title 5 to allow sanitary flow from a half bath and floor drains in a new garage to discharge to a 2,000‑gallon tight tank already serving floor drains and an oil/water separator; the approval requires yearly pumping reports and updated plans.
The Lakeville Board of Health on Dec. 18 approved a variance from Title 5 Section 15.26 allowing sanitary waste from a half bath and attached floor drains in a new garage at 8 Dazelle Road to be tied into a 2,000‑gallon tight tank, rather than routed to the house leaching field.
The variance was requested by the property owner and presented by the project engineer as a cost‑saving, site‑specific solution. The applicant and engineer told the board the garage is a personal hobby shop, not a commercial operation, and that the additional sanitary flow would be minimal. The engineer said trenching and pumping roughly 250 feet to reach the existing leaching field would be expensive — the applicant estimated about $15,000 — and argued it was more practical to…
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