10-31-2007, 11:06 AM
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The area I am speaking of has been dealing with cesspools for a very, very long time. If there is ANY indication of pollution from ANY type of waste diposal system - cesspool or septic - the property is condemmed/redflagged until the system is upgraded if a cesspool or repaired properly if septic. The county goes even beyond that if the failed system does not meet the CURRENT setback requirements and the property does not have adequate square footage for a proper leach field for CURRENT standards - the property is condemmed/redflagged. Yes - it would be better to force EVERYONE to comply at ONCE - instead of waiting for a failure or indication of under performance - but the lawsuits would stop the process cold. The government needs a verifiable reason - TESTS, ETC. - before they can condemn someones HOME leaving them with a worthless piece of S--T property.
Joey "O"
Not only have I not seen someone's exisiting cesspool redtagged but currently the county gave a go-ahead that they allowed a variance on the setback in order to met the minimum buildable space and wastewater area.
So although I agree with your thought in theory, it isn't the practice. I truly believe that it starts with the closest to ocean the most often - i.e. cesspools, and move from there outward.
How can someone who is paying 1/2 mil or more for a property not be able to budget in another $6-8K for a septic or $10K for the aerobic system. If this was a $50K property, then maybe and it represented an increase of 20%, but really folks... a cost of 2% to be heading in the right direction?