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Zoning administrator reports permit activity and a backlog of unreported septic pumping; notices to be mailed
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Zoning staff reported 28 land-use permits and 13 sanitary permits year-to-date, said annual/three-year septic-pumping notices will be mailed this week and that roughly 160 systems remain unreported from last year; staff will send initial notices before pursuing citations.
Zoning staff told the committee on April 6 that the department has issued 28 land-use permits and 13 sanitary permits so far this year and that outreach on septic-pumping compliance is underway.
The zoning administrator said annual and three-year pumping notices will go out this week to property owners due for septic-system pumping reports, and that staff had identified about 160 systems still unreported from last year. The administrator added there is a larger backlog of older unreported systems—an estimated "probably 2 or 300"—that staff will work through and that initial notices will be sent before any citation route is pursued.
Staff also reported work on compliance cases (including a site requiring a mound sanitary system) and said they will coordinate with townships and the highway department on driveway and floodplain issues as part of enforcement and education.
Next steps: mail initial pumping notices, track responses, and escalate to enforcement or citation only after outreach attempts and counsel review as appropriate.
