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to the septic program, have the City hire staff to go <br />out and inventory hardcover on each property. The City <br />then could inspect on a regular/occasiona1 basis to <br />determine if that property remains in conformance. <br />Should the property not be in conformance, the City <br />would then require the property owner to come into <br />conformance with the established baseline. The problem <br />with this approach would be that the City, once the <br />baseline is established, would be in a position for the <br />City determine on a case by case basis which ones would <br />be allowed to be over the given percentages. Or it may <br />in fact require the City to either grant variances to be <br />above those or just to accept each one with a blanket <br />acceptance statement as of a certain date. <br />B. New Construction/Add i t ions - If the City wanted to <br />continue only dealing with properties when they are <br />seeking to expand buildings that require permits (or on <br />a complaint basis for other structures), the City could <br />continue in the manner in which it does but do one of <br />the following to insure that what was approved is in <br />fact what is installed. These include: <br />A. Requiring the property owner to have a surveyor <br />reconfirm upon completion that the hardcover <br />existing on completion date is in fact that what <br />was approved. <br />B. Have staff do the indepth measurements upon <br />completion. (The City currently only does a <br />cursory review which only yields if specific items <br />are removed as indicated.) <br />Such a proposal may require that the City for such <br />variances have a type of "certificate of occupancy" <br />for completion of project. <br />In addition the City could look to require security <br />in order to ensure that if prior to a certificate <br />of occupancy for this, that the hardcover is in <br />line with the approval. This approach however, <br />would not deal with improvements made after the <br />"certificate of occupany" is granted, however, it <br />may be difficult for people given variances to have <br />indiffinate bonds/letters of credit outstanding on <br />the property. <br />C. Revised Standardized Language - As discussed above <br />the current language does not necessarily place new <br />property owners specifically on notice regarding <br />problems. Revised standardized language together with <br />inclusion of the survey in the recording could more <br />specifically alert a title examiner and therefore a <br />prespective buyer to the fact that effectively anything <br />on the property that is not shown on the survey may in