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Commission recommends IU zoning ordinance to keep review over HRSD pump stations
Summary
The commission recommended an ordinance establishing an IU (industrial utilities) zoning district covering six pump stations the town retained control over after transferring the sewer plant to HRSD; the change aims to preserve local review of expansions and siting.
The Onancock Planning Commission voted to recommend an ordinance creating an IU (industrial utilities) zoning district to preserve local review of the town’s pump stations and collection system.
Speaker 1 explained the background: when the town transferred the sewer plant to HRSD, the pump stations and collection system were not all taken in possession because several sites sit on privately mortgaged parcels. To retain a voice over future changes — including potential expansions or encroachments that could affect height, frontage, or siting — the town proposed an IU zoning district covering six pump stations. The speaker said the district was established so the town would have "public hearings that would control what happens to those 6 public, Pumping stations."
An attorney-to-attorney revision removed a prior two-step resolution/ordinance process and left a single ordinance for commission and council consideration. Commissioners discussed the practical delay tied to mortgage-company approvals on some parcels; staff noted the town already owns some of the parcels and that only two of the six sites are problematic. After discussion (including verification that concerns raised by a commissioner had been addressed), the commission voted to recommend the ordinance to town council.
