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Laketown council debates lowering water impact fees and changing well rules
Summary
Council members reviewed attorney guidance and discussed proposed reductions to water impact fees for single 'one-off' residential lots, the possibility of replacing a ban on private wells with a hookup requirement, and timelines to draft and advertise proposed ordinance changes.
Laketown’s elected officials spent substantial time at their Feb. 23 work session discussing potential changes to the town’s water policies, including reductions to water impact fees, the town’s prohibition on new private wells, and whether the town may require connection to the municipal culinary water system as a condition of building permits.
Mayor and council reviewed guidance from a water attorney, which the minutes summarize as follows: the town may reduce an impact fee immediately but must repeat the public notice process required when adopting a fee; a ban on private wells is a policy the town may revisit; requiring building permit applicants to connect to…
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