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Ballard Oaks conservation subdivision put on hold after residents raise water and traffic concerns
Summary
Commissioners tabled a vote on Ballard Oaks, a proposed 40-lot conservation subdivision, after residents raised groundwater, septic-field, traffic cut-through and compatibility concerns; the board requested a June work session on on-site wastewater treatment technology before a July decision.
Lincoln County commissioners on May tabled a decision on Ballard Oaks, a proposed 40-lot conservation subdivision that would cluster homes to preserve roughly 50% of the site as open space and use a community wastewater treatment and subsurface dispersal system.
Applicant representatives described the project as a conservation subdivision that uses a centralized treatment system and a drip dispersal field rather than 40 individual septic systems. The applicant’s consultant said the treatment system produces highly treated effluent, disinfected with ultraviolet…
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