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Council hears three preliminary outside‑service applications for water and sewer
Summary
Engineering staff presented three preliminary applications for outside-city water or sewer service at parcels on Old Airport Road, Drive in Concord, and US Highway 601 South; staff recommended receiving applications and proceeding to later review stages with annexation excluded where noted.
Engineering director Jackie Deal presented three preliminary service applications involving requests for water and/or sewer service outside Concord’s city limits.
Item 10: Jason and Cassandra Barnes applied for sewer service at 2755 Old Airport Road (2.11-acre parcel in Area B). Deal said the property has a failing septic tank and public gravity sewer is available; staff recommended receiving the application and allowing the owner to proceed to final application and fee phases while excluding annexation. Council clarified that the property already receives water and would be asking only for sewer service.
Item 11: Nathaniel Kwan and Robert Sipp applied for water service at a 0.44-acre parcel for a single-family home; county planning indicated preliminary approval; sewer is not available and staff recommended proceeding to final application steps excluding annexation.
Item 12: Reginald Moore submitted a preliminary application for water service at 4326 US Highway 601 South for a future single-family home and possible subdivision (22.9 acres). Council discussed the fairness of extending services outside city limits, the 20% outside-service surcharge cited in the meeting, and the city’s practice of bringing service-extension requests to council only when public water/sewer is adjacent and available.
Staff answered questions about connection fees, sewer availability, and the statutory limitations on annexing individual parcels within subdivisions. The transcript records lengthy discussion and clarification but does not show final approvals; staff said any individual request where sewer/water is adjacent would be presented to council for a decision.
