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Union County schedules public hearing after first reading of on‑site sewage revisions
Summary
County Attorney William Mercer presented the first reading of changes to Chapter 18 and Chapter 44 on on-site sewage management to close a lot‑size loophole created by sewer expansion outside city limits; a public hearing will be scheduled.
County Attorney William Mercer summarized first-reading revisions to Chapter 18 (Article III, section 18-51) and Chapter 44 (Article II, Division 4, section 44-117) governing on-site sewage management systems. Mercer said the existing language capped lot sizes to preserve the ordinance's original intent but contained a loophole that, with sewer service expanding beyond city limits, could allow excessive housing density on small lots.
Mercer described the revisions as limited in scope, intended to preserve lot-size limits tied to sewer availability and to prevent unplanned density (for example, allowing 10 houses on one acre where sewer service makes small lots feasible). The minutes record this as a first reading and indicate a public hearing will be scheduled; no adoption occurred at the June 18 meeting.
