Request for council action/sewer unit/2000

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a - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION � �J ��( �j�� r DATE: January 10, 2000 ITEM NO.: � Department Approval: Administrator Reviewed: Agenda Section: Name Gregory A. Gappa i , Engineer's Report Title Director of Public Services ��'� � Item Description: Request for Sanitary Sewer 809 North Brown Road Introduction We have received a request from the property owner at 809 North Brown Road for connection to sanitary sewer. This property is located on the west side of North Brown Road and adjacent to Dickey Lake. There is an existing pressure sewer line in North Brown Road installed in 1997 for the North Long Lake sewer project. Several properties to the north were sewered as part of the North Long Lake sewer project using the additional sewer units from the 1996 MUSA expansions Comprehensive Plan amendment. This property was existing developed lot with an older house that was demolished in 1996. In 1997 preliminary plat approval was granted for a two-lot subdivision. After preliminary plat approval, the lot was sold and the new owner withdrew the subdivision application. The property owner is planning on building a new house on the lot and has requested approval for connection to sanitary sewer. The new Comprehensive Plan proposes a MUSA expansion for this area. With the proposed future MUSA expansion, this property will be eligible for sewer in several years. Investment in a new mound system now is not a logical idea. The City has fifty additional sewer units available that were provided by the Metropolitan Council when the recent MUSA expansions were obtained. These units are for providing sewer service to existing developed properties located adjacent to sewer. The City required that these properties have nonconforming septic systems and not have adequate replacement septic sites. These requirements were used to limit the number of units used and not waste units on properties that could utilize septic systems. The number of units available does not appear to a problem. We have only used approximately ten units in the last several years. With the proposed Comprehensive Plan MUSA expansions, there will be very few properties adjacent to existing sewer lines that are not in the MUSA. This property does not currently have an existing house on it. There was a pre 1966 house on the property that was demolished in 1996, so the lot can be considered previously developed. The septic system for the old house was nonconfomiing. However, there are four suitable septic sites available on the property that were located for the previously proposed subdivision of this property. Therefore, this property technically does have adequate septic sites available.