Policy Edit

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Policy Text:

In consideration of site plan approval for properties located partially within vulnerable areas where the future establishment of septic systems requiring approval under the Environmental Protection Act would be a significant drinking water threat,

a. where possible, the municipal planning authority shall require the applicants to locate the septic systems outside of the vulnerable areas to ensure they will not be significant drinking water threats.

Monitoring Text:

T-10-C (b): The municipal planning authority shall document the number of site plan applications reviewed that were denied, those approved with the septic systems located outside of the vulnerable areas, and those approved with the septic systems located within the vulnerable areas and report this information, including the rationale for the decisions made, to the Source Protection Authority by February 1 of each year.