HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-08-06 Letter, Well PermitTO: File
FROM: Michael P. Gaffron, Septic System Inspector
DATE: August 6, 1979
SUBJECT: Denial of Well Permit - 3401 East Lake Street
On Friday, July 27, 1979, Associated Well Drilling Company applied
for a permit to drill a new well at the above address for the
contract for deed owner John Meader. I refused to issue the permit
until a site inspection could be made. The well driller and myself
proceeded to the site. The house was locked and appeared empty and
vacant. The well driller removed a screen, entered an open window
and I followed. No evidence of any existing well, septic system
or plumbing was found either inside or outside the house. A room
which apparently was at one time a bathroom had no fixtures.
The well permit was denied for the following reasons:
1) No sanitary facilities were found to be existing. According to
State Building Code, a building with no sanitary facilities is
uninhabitable.
2) Issuance of a well permit would in effect allow creation of a
new habitable dwelling on a substandard lot. This would require
a variance to the Stubbs Bay Moratorium, and variances to the
building and zoning regulations including lot area, lot width,
setbacks (both front and side) and a variance from the On -Site
Ordinance to install a holding tank.
Mr. Meader came to the office and after some discussion was given
an application for a variance.
cc: Alan Olson
Bruce Malkerson
Thomas Jacobs
Jeanne Msbuath