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Board to seek hearing on irrigation-well setback rule; considers replacing 50-foot lot-line rule with system-based setback
Summary
The board discussed removing a 50-foot setback for irrigation wells from lot lines and instead maintaining a minimum distance from existing or abandoned septic systems, or allowing 10-foot setback with subsurface irrigation in sewered areas. Members agreed to draft proposed language and schedule a regulation amendment hearing at a future meeting.
The Board of Health agreed to pursue a regulation amendment that would modify the town's 50-foot setback requirement for irrigation wells.
Staff noted that the 50-foot requirement historically aimed to prevent "spite wells" placed on lot corners to block neighboring development. Staff suggested the rule could be streamlined by requiring a minimum lateral distance from an…
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