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Committee weighs parish takeover of developer-built sewer package plants to improve service and enforcement
Summary
Members discussed requiring new developments to build sewer systems to parish standards with a first right of refusal so the parish or sewer district can assume ownership, increase local maintenance capacity and use revenue tools to expand the system; committee asked legal staff to assess collection and taxing options.
The Infrastructure Committee discussed a proposal to require developers to construct neighborhood sewer systems to parish standards and to give the parish a first right of refusal to acquire package or batch treatment plants when developments are turned over.
The chair said the aim is to standardize design and enable the parish to collect revenues or attach fees to tax rolls…
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