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r <br />Mr. Mark Bernhardson <br />February 12, 1987 <br />Page three <br />part of Property No. 4 to the Ringerswood subdivision to the west <br />by an extension called "Pine Ridge.” We commented that we shared <br />the concerns, however, of the residents of Ringerswood that <br />connecting the two subdivision roads would create an additional <br />throughway route, which would adversely impact on the residential <br />character of Ringerswood as well as the proposed Rebers, Inc., <br />subdivision. <br />4. Rebers, Inc., additionally volunteered to provide an <br />appropriate ponding facility on part of the property zoned B-1, <br />to help control storm water runoff and to help prevent flooding <br />and degradation of water quality. <br />5. We indicated to the Planning Commission that Rebers, <br />Inc.'s principal concerns with the Corridor Study as the same <br />impacted on Rebers, Inc.'s parcel had to do with the issues of <br />(A) availability of municipal sewer and water service and (B) lot <br />size permitted on the residential portion of Property No. 4. <br />These concerns are enumerated below. <br />(A) Larry Hanson commented that the topography of the <br />site and its soil conditions, in the opinion of his office, <br />required sanitary sewer service to minimize the <br />environmental impact of residential development thereon. He <br />noted that the land in question consists typically of heavy <br />gray clay (as does the surrounding area) which is not <br />conducive to on-site sewage treatment facilities. <br />(B) He noted further that the entire area is subject <br />to periodic high water tables as a result of that clay base. <br />(C) He commented that to construct the private sewer <br />systems on the lots permitted under the existing zoning code <br />would require extensive tree removal, first to construct a <br />primary private sanitary sewer system, for each lot, and <br />secondly to construct an alternative sanitary sewer drain <br />field, should the firnt field fail after ten-plus years. <br />(D) He noted, finally, that the appropriate private <br />sewer system might very well be the so-called "mound <br />system," which had the further drawbacks of being unsightly <br />and subject to the need for constant maintenance and repair.