01-27-2013, 08:22 AM
This situation isn't permanent, but it's a de facto "no growth" plan:
Development "along the highway" would be sufficiently low-density to make septic possible, but "low-density sprawl" is "bad growth".
Enact a "good growth" plan which requires development to happen in a "conveniently centralized" place, which must then have a sewer system because the density is so high, so everything is on hold until the expensive infrastructure is built (someday).
All existing businesses are conveniently grandfathered; any new construction or "change of use" tends to suffer extensive delays (when allowed at all).
I can't imagine that the sewerage issue is a "surprise", must be all kinds of fun stories about how it hasn't been solved over the years.
Development "along the highway" would be sufficiently low-density to make septic possible, but "low-density sprawl" is "bad growth".
Enact a "good growth" plan which requires development to happen in a "conveniently centralized" place, which must then have a sewer system because the density is so high, so everything is on hold until the expensive infrastructure is built (someday).
All existing businesses are conveniently grandfathered; any new construction or "change of use" tends to suffer extensive delays (when allowed at all).
I can't imagine that the sewerage issue is a "surprise", must be all kinds of fun stories about how it hasn't been solved over the years.