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Junction City council adopts temporary sanitary-sewer connection moratorium tied to DEQ order
Summary
The city adopted a temporary moratorium on new sanitary-sewer connections after staff said a DEQ Mutual Agreement and Order would otherwise impose limits; council altered the proposed allocation to reserve 95% of available EDUs for residential use and approved a two-week follow-up and additional staff actions.
Junction City’s City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt a temporary moratorium on new sanitary-sewer connections tied to a Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Mutual Agreement and Order (MAO), and changed the draft allocation so 95% of available equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) go to residential uses and 5% to nonresidential uses.
City Attorney Carrie Conley told the council the MAO issued in May 2024 adds a cap on sewer connections as part of efforts to keep the city in compliance with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. Conley recommended the moratorium as the legal tool available under state land-use law to limit connections…
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