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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-18-1997 - 9c R: 1 ORANGECOUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 18, 1997 Action Agenda Item # !3-d SUBJECT: Sewer tap on request by Boone mobile home park DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes a No ATTACHMENT(S): BUDGET AMENDMENT: Yes z No Hancor letter INFORMATION CONTACT: County Attorney letter County Engineer Extension 2303 County Engineer's 3/13/97 report TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To report to the BOCC on the specific's of a recent request by the owner of the Boone mobile home park to obtain sewer service from the Efland sewer system by means of tapping onto one of the system's force mains(the Hancor force main). BACKGROUND: The Boone mobile home park, located on the north side of US Hwy 70 just east of Frazier Road, was established in the mid-1960's. The park originally consisted of one permanent"stick-built" residence and twenty mobile home spaces, each provided with waste treatment by group or individual on-site conventional septic systems. Since the 1980's many of the park's septic systems have experienced a cycle of system failure and repair. As systems reached a point where they could no longer be effectively repaired, the mobile home sites served by the irreparable systems were vacated and not reoccupied. Ten mobile home sites have been vacated and not reoccupied since 1990. The Environmental Health Section of the Orange County Health Department estimates that, within the next five years, additional irreparable septic system failures will reduce the park capacity by an additional two to four mobile homes. As of January 1997, ownership of Boone mobile home park transferred to Mr. Ernie McBroom. Mr. McBroom subsequently requested that the County allow Boone's mobile home park to obtain sewer service from the Efland sewer system. As the Efland sewer system's gravity collector mains do not extend to any point within a mile of Boone mobile home park, Mr. McBroom has proposed to obtain sewer service by tapping into the existing force main serving the Hancor manufacturing facility. Boone mobile home park lies approximately 1000 feet west of the western-most point on the Hancor force main. } 2 County staff advised Mr. McBroom that force main taps are not generally permitted ` under County sewer policies. Mr. McBroom was also been advised that exception to County policy must be made by official action of the BOCC. At the February 18'` meeting of the BOCC, Mr. McBroom formally requested that the BOCC allow him to obtain sewer service by tapping the Hancor force main. The BOCC responded by directing County staff to evaluate the request based on the County's sewer policies, the circumstances at Boone mobile home park and the technical merit of the request. There are a number of troubling and complex problems from both a technical and a County sewer policy point of view with the tapping of the Hancor force main and the provision of sewer service to Boone mobile home park. Most of the technical and policy problems with the sewer tap are similar to those cited in the County Engineer's 27 August 1996 report to the BOCC regarding the Ben Lloyd sewer tap request. These technical and policy issues as well as those that are specific to the Hancor tap are outlined in the County Engineers 13 March 1997 report. The Hancor-specific issues include: a) a tacit understanding with Hancor that it would be the only customer attached to the force main;b)Hancor's objection to the proposed tap; c)the impact of Hancor's upcoming expansion plans on system capacity; and d) current operational problems with the Hancor force main/pumping system. Information from Hancor's sewer bills for the last twelve to eighteen months have indicated that Hancor's rate of sewer usage is so high that the existing Hancor force has no capacity to carry additional flow. The County Engineer's preliminary evaluation of the operational problems cited in(d) above shows that Hancor's sewer use metering process is producing erroneous readings. The initial conclusion that may be drawn is that Hancor's recent sewer use is much less(perhaps less than half)than that indicated by Hancor's sewer use billing records. The Boone mobile home park itself has some zoning problems. The County Attorney has rendered an opinion that zoning regulations applicable to non-conforming mobile home parks (allowable density)prohibit the reoccupation of mobile home spaces vacant for 180 days in a two year period. Apparently all ten vacant mobile home spaces at Boone mobile home park fall into this category. There are a number of unresolved questions about the cost and payback period for any financial investment in the Boone mobile home park waste treatment system. Mr. McBroom has indicated that the cost of the capital facilities fees for the park, if charged at a projected rate of$1800 per unit for sewer alone, could essentially doom the project by excessively lengthening the payback period for the required capital investment. It is possible that maintaining Boone mobile home park for only ten units would exacerbate problems with the length of the payback period. RECOMMENDATION: The County Manager recommends that the Board: a) reconfirm and reiterate its policy of discouraging and denying sewer taps on force mains; b) deny permission for Boone mobile home park to receive sewer service by tapping onto the Hancor force main. 3 MEMORANDUM TO: County Commissioners John Link, County Manager Geoff Gledhill, County Attorney Marvin Collins, Planning Director Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Supervisor FROM: Paul Thames, PE, County Engineer DATE: March 13, 1997 SUBJECT: Boone mobile home park/Ernie McBroom request to obtain sewer service from the Efland sewer system by taping onto the existing Hancor force main On 4 February 1997, Mr. Ernie McBroom met with County staff to discuss obtaining sewer service from the Efland sewer system for Boone mobile home park. Boone mobile home park is located on the north side of US Hwy 70 just east of Frazier Road and west of Hancor, Inc. It is in an area classified as"ten- year transition" in the land use element of Orange County's Comprehensive Plan and is currently zoned as agricultural/residential. It is also in an area designated to eventually receive municipal sewer service from the Efland sewer as evidenced by its inclusion as Phase VI (of six phases) in the Efland sewer master plan. Boone mobile home park lies within one-half mile of the northern boundary of the Buckhorn Road Economic Development District. Currently, no segment of the gravity sewer collector portion of the Efland sewer system extends to any point within a mile of Boone mobile home park. Boone mobile park, established in the mid-1960's, originally consisted of one permanent"stick-built" residence and twenty mobile home spaces located on three tracts of land totaling approximately 2.75 acres. The permanent dwelling and the mobile home sites were each provided with waste treatment by group or individual on-site conventional septic systems. Since the 1980's many of the park's septic systems have experienced a cycle of system failure and repair. As systems reached a point where they could no longer be effectively repaired, the mobile home sites served by the irreparable systems were vacated and not reoccupied. Ten mobile home sites were vacated and not reoccupied during the period between 1990 and late 1995. The Environmental Health Section of the Orange County Health Department has estimated that, within the next five years, additional irreparable septic system failures will reduce the park capacity by an additional two to four mobile home sites. Mr. McBroom purchased Boone mobile home park in January 1997 with the intention of restoring the park to its original twenty mobile home capacity. Mr. McBroom, realizing that the existing on-site waste treatment systems serving the park cannot permanently support even ten mobile homes, requested that the County provide Boone mobile home park with sewer service from the Efland sewer system. As the Efland system's gravity collection network does not serve the Boone mobile home park vicinity, Mr. McBroom has proposed to obtain sewer service via the existing and relatively nearby Hancor sewer force main. 4 The Hancor force main is a component of a sewer system serving the Hancor manufacturing facility which is located on the south side of US Hwy 70, approximately one mile west of Efland. The sewer system consists of a pumping station that lies near the northeast corner of the Hancor building (approximately 750 feet south of US 70), 800 feet of two inch force main lying between the pump station and the north side of US 70 and approximately 5600 linear feet of two inch force main lying along the north side of US 70 between Hancor and the western-most point of the gravity collection part of the Efland sewer system. Boone mobile home park lies approximately 1000 feet west of the northwestern-most point on the Hancor force main. Mr. McBroom has proposed provide sewer service to the mobile home park by means of constructing a sewer pumping station and a gravity sewer collection system discharging to that pumping station on park property. The mobile home park's waste water would be pumped from the pumping station via a two inch force main lying along the north side of US 70 to the point where it would tie into the Hancor force main. In accordance with NCDOT utility requirements and similar to the County's agreement with NCDOT and Hancor, the County be required to accept ownership of the portion of the Boone force main lying within the NCDOT right-of-way. County staff advised Mr. McBroom that Orange County considers force main taps to be undesirable from both a technical and public policy standpoint and, as such, are not generally permitted under County sewer policies. Mr. McBroom was aware that the BOCC had recently made an exception to its no force main tap policy to address the wastewater disposal problems at Ben Lloyd's car wash in central Efland. He indicated that he would appeal to the BOCC for an exception to the County's no force main tap policy for Boone mobile home park. At the February 18''meeting of the BOCC, Mr. McBroom did in fact formally request that the BOCC allow him to obtain sewer service by tapping the Hancor force main. The BOCC responded by directing County staff to evaluate the request based on the County's sewer policies, the circumstances at Boone mobile home park and the technical merit of the request. Accordingly, the County Attorney researched the history of Boone mobile home park. He has provided an opinion stating that the County's current zoning ordinances do not permit the replacement of mobile homes in non-conforming(from a density standpoint) mobile home parks if. a)those spaces have not been occupied for more than 180 consecutive days in a two year period; and b)the reoccupation of the vacant spaces would lead to a continuing nonconformity. The County Attorney's investigation has led him to the conclusion that the circumstances at Boone mobile home park are such that, under the existing zoning regulations, the park's ten currently unoccupied spaces may not be reoccupied, regardless of the outcome of the BOCC's decision as to the provision of public sewer service. Many of the technical aspects of the proposed Hancor sewer tap are similar to those reviewed by the BOCC in its recent consideration of the Ben Lloyd sewer tap request. The proposed Hancor tap requires a reconfiguration of the existing force main piping at the point just after the point where it passes under US 70 near the northeast comer of the Hancor property. The existing ninety degree bend(where the force main turns eastward toward Efland)would be replaced with a"Y" or a"T" fitting. This modification would provide for one leg of the"Y" or"T" to be oriented toward Hancor, one leg to be oriented toward Boone mobile home park and one leg toward the Efland sewer system. Check(backflow prevention) and shut-off valves would be installed on the legs oriented toward Hancor and the mobile home park. This type of connection would not require the drilling of a tap hole into an existing larger diameter force main pipe as will be the case at the Lloyd tap. As with the Lloyd tap, the fittings and valves on both the Hancor and Boone legs of the modified force main system would be operating in a corrosive environment under 5 pressure from either or both of the Hancor and the Boone pumping stations. Failure of the service connection or valves could result in the discharge of thousands of gallons of sanitary waste and the undermining by hydraulic erosion of US 70. Mitigation of environmental consequences, repair of damages to US 70, etc., would be the legal and financial responsibility of the County. Yet another technical consideration at the Hancor tap (that was not a significant consideration at the Lloyd tap)would be the control of the timing for the operation of the separate pumping systems serving Hancor and the mobile home park. If the pump stations were set up such that they were allowed to operate(pump) simultaneously, the pumping capacity, in terms of flow rate, of each station would be reduced by fifty to seventy-five percent. The reduced pumping rate would lower pumping efficiency, increase pump run times and raise pumping costs in terms of power consumption and equipment wear. One solution for the problem of simultaneous pumping would be to install automatic timers that would eliminate simultaneous pumping by controlling the time(s) of day each pump station could operate. This process would have to be designed very carefully to insure that neither of the pump stations' holding or storage capacity was exceeded during the no-pump periods. Establishing the timing-storage relationship equation could be difficult for the Hancor facility as the pump station storage volume has already been fixed. There is no question that a fully functional Hancor force main could accommodate Hancor's currently projected flows along with those which would be projected for either a ten or twenty unit mobile home park. Hancor has indicated that it plans a significant expansion of its plant within the next several years and there is also some question as to the current functionality of the Hancor force main. Hancor's recent sewer use billings, which are based on calculations involving total monthly running times for the wastewater pumps, have shown that Hancor pumping station is actually pumping for up to twenty hours per day. As this pumping time was judged to be excessive from an operational standpoint and the resulting flow rates calculations indicated flows far in excess of projections, an evaluation of the pump station was conducted on March 4, 1997. The field test of the Hancor pumping station's pump rates and run time meter accuracy showed that the Hancor wastewater pumps were pumping at a flow rate of approximately ten percent of their capacity as designed and as observed and calibrated at the April 1993 pump station start-up. Additional analysis and evaluation of the pumps and force main is being undertaken to determine if the problem stems from a blockage in the force main or from a mechanical problem with the pumps or pump mountings. If the problem does stem from a force main blockage, the blockage must be located and removed. If current circumstances were such that: a)both Hancor and Boone mobile home park were using the force main; and b)there was a blockage of some sort in the portion of the force main downstream of the interconnection, it is probable that Hancor and Boone home mobile park would be unable to discharge their full wastewater loads via the force main. Under this scenario, even the use of coordinated pumping timing controls would not suffice to permit full operation of both the Hancor and mobile home park wastewater systems. The potential policy implications of allowing the tapping of the Hancor force main are complex. Allowing the tap may stimulate property owners along both the Hancor force main and the Efland system's primary force main to seek to obtain sewer service by means of tapping the force mains. County staff has already spoken with several individuals who own property adjacent to the force mains and who want or need sewer service. In dealing with the request for the Ben Lloyd force main tap, County staff was able to create an exception to the County force main tapping policy that was limited to exactly the circumstances of that 6 tap request. It is much less likely that County staff will be able to create another exception to the County's force main no-tap policy for Boone mobile home park that can be similarly limited. Allowing the Boone mobile home park tap and failing to limit other taps could undermine the eventual development of the planned and more suitable gravity sewer collector system. Other policy implications include those which were outlined in reports to the BOCC in preparation for the BOCC's discussions about the Lloyd force main tap request: 1) County planning and utility service/service area policy generally recognize that sewer force mains are and should be used to extend essential sewer service to satellite municipal service areas while precluding demands to provide sewer service along the route of the force main; 2)there is the potential that allowing taps to be made to the Efland force main could conceivably be viewed or used as a precedent setting decision for allowing service taps on other existing sewer force mains within areas of Orange County judged undesirable or unsuitable for provision of sewer service. The force mains serving the New Hope Elementary School, Piney Mountain and Rangewood are examples of existing force mains located in areas where sewer service is judged to be generally undesirable but where the extension of spot or satellite service was deemed to be essential to provide for the public welfare; and 3)there is the potential that allowing service taps to County-controlled force mains will reduce or destroy the public officials' confidence in the use of force mains as a"risk-free" or even as an acceptable (in terms of avoiding the stimulation of undesired growth)tool for extending essential services. There are additional policy implications other than those concerned with utility and planning issues. As a mobile home park, Boone's provides an opportunity for affordable housing within the County. Affordable housing is one of the BOCC's stated priorities. This priority must be weighed against at least a tacit agreement between the County and Hancor: that the pumping and force main would be built by Hancor (albeit with County economic development financial assistance)for Hancor's use alone. Hancor's management has stated the company's opposition to any taps of the Hancor force main. Hancor's management and engineering staff recognize that the taps are a potential threat to the integrity and utility of the force main and thus a threat to its operations. They realize that Hancor's manufacturing operations could essentially be shut down by any major malfunction of the its wastewater pumping and force main system. From either a policy or a technical standpoint, provision of sewer service by tapping a force main is not a desirable option for the owner of Boone mobile home park, for Hancor or for Orange County. If Boone mobile home park is to receive municipal type sewer service, however, the force main tap is the only short term solution. It is possible that this area could ultimately see the extension of gravity sewer service in conjunction with the development of the Buckhom Road EDD. It is also possible, but not very likely, that the area could be provided sewer service from Mebane. The timing of provision of sewer service from the EDD or Mebane is uncertain at best. If I may provide additional information, please advise. go III Techoo/oyy•1008Yitie//•SelatiooS- f- 6 1997 March 3, 1997 DISTRIBUTED Commissioner William Crowther 5 Chair-County Commissioners Orange County Offices PO Box 8181 Hillsborough,NC 27278 Dear Commissioner Crowther: Hancor,Inc. (Hancor)has been informed of a proposal to tie additional residential users into the two inch (2")forced main sanitary sewer line Hancor currently utilizes. This.line was installed by Hancor during 1993 when its manufacturing facility was expanded. It was our understanding at that time,because the line is a forced main,no residences along the line could tap in. - While Hancor does want to remain a good corporate citizen,we must also guard our own interests. We do not feel adding additional users to the subject line would parallel our long term commitments. Our plans are for expansion of the North Carolina facility and we would not prefer to see actions taken currently that would cause us added expense with future changes;especially since our original sewer installation expense took into account our future growth. We are willing to work with the County in every way possible,but do not feel adding residential users to the line is appropriate. Please feel free to contact Bert Austin,Plant Manager,Matt Ankrom,Project Engineer,or me with any questions you may have. Bert can be contacted at our Mebane branch, (919) 563 -5551. Matt and I can be contacted at our Findlay home office,(800)537-9520. Sincerely, ancor, obert G. VP Administratr- a&Government Affairs C: Paul Thames, Orange County Engineer Ted Abernathy, Orange County EDC Matt Ankrom,Project Engineer Bert Austin,Plant Manager RGH/bh Hancor, Inc. • P.O. Box 1047 • Findlay, Ohio • 45839-1047 Phone(419)422-6521 • FAX (419)424-8300 1 LAW OFFICES COLEMAN, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 129 E.TRYON STREET P.O.DRAWER 1529 HILLSBOROUGH,NORTH CAROLINA 27278 FROM THE DESK OF 919-732.2196 FAX 919-732-7997 GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL February 25, 1997 Bill Crowther, Chair Margaret Brown Moses Carey, Jr. Alice Gordon Stephen Halkiotis Orange County Board of Commissioners Post Office Box 8181 Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 RL: Boone Mobile Home Park Dear Board Members : The owner of Boone Mobile Home Park, located west of Efland on the north side of U.S. Highway 70, has requested sewer connection to the Efland Sewer System. You will receive a report from the County Engineer providing the technical and policy issues associated with that sewer connection. In that regard, I have enclosed a copy of the resolution which was approved by the Board of Commissioners as part of a decision to permit a force main connection to the Lloyd car wash. This letter is principally to provide you with land use information concerning the mobile home park and the property upon which it is located. As the enclosed February 14, 1997 memorandum from Tom Konsler to me indicates, there is one permanent home located on this property which has been served by a septic system since 1964 . At one time there were as many as 20 mobile homes connected to individual or jointly used septic systems . Presently the single family home is served by a septic system and there are 10 mobile homes located on the property served by some form of septic system or another. A community well system serves all of the mobile home spaces. I have not been able to determine whether the single family home is served by a separate well or by the community well . The zoning atlas "lot of record book" on this property indicates that, in total, there are 2 .75 acres of land divided into 3 parcels . The property is zoned R-1 (one residence per 9 Orange County Board of Commissioners Page 2 February 25, 1997 40, 000 square feet) . The County tax records indicate that the following improvements are located on the property: 1 residence, 1 garage and 20 mobile home spaces . The property is in many ways a "nonconforming use" under the Zoning Ordinance. According to the former owner of the property, several years ago the number of mobile homes in the mobile home park was reduced from 20 to 15 . Thereafter, spaces were reduced as septic system problems occurred. The former owner is not certain about the precise timing of the attrition of the mobile home spaces . What he is certain about, however, is that there were no more than 10 spaces by the end of 1995 and at no time during the entirety of 1996 were the spaces that were vacated prior to 1995 occupied by mobile homes . And, so far as I have been able to determine, none of the spaces vacated prior to the end of 1995 has been occupied since it was vacated. Sections 6 .21 .1 and 11 . 9 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance control mobile home parks that preexisted zoning regulations . The Zoning Ordinance generally requires that the density of mobile home parks located in an R-1 zoning district be 40, 000 square feet per unit or greater. Existing mobile home parks which do not meet that density requirement cannot expand in any way. Mobile homes are allowed to be removed and replaced within these nonconforming parks provided the total number of units does not exceed the number existing at the time that the mobile home park became nonconforming and provided that the existing waste treatment system is functioning properly. Section 11 . 9 of the Zoning Ordinance related generally to nonconforming land uses involving major structures or structures and premises in combination, restates the idea that individual mobile homes within nonconforming mobile home parks may be replaced with other individual mobile homes or dwelling units provided that the total number of units does not exceed the number existing at the time the mobile home park became non- conforming. That provision, allowing mobile home replacement, is limited by the fact that Section 11 .9 states that if a non- conforming use ceases for more than 180 days in any two year period, subsequent use shall conform to the density (and other) regulations in the district where it is located. In administering these provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, the Planning Department views the entire mobile home park as non- conforming and each of the units prompting the nonconformity as nonconforming. That means that any mobile home space that is vacated for 180 days in any two year period must remain vacant as long as the overall mobile home park density exceeds the zoning 1 10 Orange County Board of Commissioners Page 3 February 25, 1997 regulation maximum. This notion, which allows for the eroding away of nonconforming mobile home spaces in a nonconforming mobile home park, is consistent with the intent of the non- conforming use section generally. That intent is expressed in Section 11 .4, which states "it is the intent of this ordinance that nonconforming uses shall be considered to be incompatible with the permitted uses within the several districts . . . . " A use "grandfathered" by the nonconforming use provisions of the Zoning Ordinance loses its status as a nonconforming use by non-use or, as in the case of this mobile home park, it becomes less nonconforming with the non-use of one or more spaces . It is my conclusion that this mobile home park can never have more than 10 spaces even if a public sewer connection is made to it . If you have any questions about any of this, please call . Very truly yours, COL GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE, P.C. G e E. Gle hill GEG/lsg Enclosures xc : John M. Link Jr. Paul Thames , Mary Willis lsg-8 boardmhp.man ' 11 RESOLUTION PROVIDING PERMISSION FOR SEWER SERVICE FOR LLOYD'S CAR WASH IN EFLAND BY TAPPING THE FORCE MAIN OF THE ORANGE COUNTY EFLAND SEWER SYSTEM WHEREAS, A.B. Lloyd, Jr. has represented to Orange County that he is now and for more than twenty years has been the sole owner and operator of a self-service car wash in Efland located on the southeast corner of US Hwy 70 and Efland-Cedar Grove Road; and WHEREAS, it has been determined and ruled by the NC Division of Water Quality (formerly the Division of Environmental Management) and the NC Environmental Management Commission that said car wash does not meet state environmental statues regulating the discharge of waste water and is thus improperly discharging untreated waste wash water to the land surface which drains into McGowan Creek and thence the Eno River, each classified- as a WS-II level, high quality water supply resource within a stringently regulated and protected watershed; and WHEREAS, the EMC has ordered that A.B. Lloyd, Jr. terminate the surface discharge of waste wash water from the car wash; and WHEREAS, it has been determined by environmental officials that no on-site waste water treatment alternative exists; and WHEREAS, Orange County owns and operates the Efland Sewer System; and WHEREAS, the only, two options available for mitigating. the discharge are to close the car wash or to discharge the waste into the Efland Sewer System; and WHEREAS, a portion of the Efland Sewer System force main lies along the north side of US Hwy 70 and directly across from the Lloyd Car Wash; and 1 12 WHEREAS, it is Orange County's policy and practice to prohibit force main taps or connections into sewer systems which it owns or in which it participates, including the Efland Sewer System, particularly where the sewer system is not designed for force main taps or connections, because of the risk to the environment and the risk to the proper functioning of the utility system associated with such taps or connections; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has determined that this policy and practice should allow for a force main tap or connection when all of the following are present: 1. the land and the facility to be served are located in an Urban or Transition area as identified in the Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan; and 2 . the connection to the force main will, in all other respects, comply with the Orange County Water and Sewer Policy and will comply with federal, State and Orange County policies, laws, regulations and rules applicable to the sewer system to. which the force main connection will be made; and 3. the connection will correct a violation of a federal, State or local government policy, law, regulation or rule regulating the discharge of waste water into the waters of the State which violation- is. the result of a federal, State or local policy, law, regulation or rule requirement which was not a requirement at the' time the waste water system serving the land and the facility was constructed; and 4. the force main tap or connection will be temporary in that there -is a gravity sewer alternative to the force main or 2 13 connection planned and the probability is that the gravity sewer alternative will be constructed within five (5) years of the force main tap or connection AND the owner of the land and facility, for the owner, the owners heirs and assigns, agrees to pay all fees and costs for and make, in compliance with all federal, State and local policies, laws, regulations and rules in effect at the time of the connection to the gravity sewer line alternative, a sewer tap or connection to the gravity sewer alternative within sixty (60) days after it is available adjacent to the land where the force main tap or connection has been made; and WHEREAS, the force main tap or connection to Lloyd's Car Wash can meet, with the agreement of the owner of -Lloyd's Car Wash and the owner of the land upon which it is located, all four of the conditions specified above. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY THAT: 1. The owner of Lloyd's Car Wash and the owner of the land upon which it is located may construct a temporary, pressurized sewer service lateral and tap that. lateral into the portion of the Efland Sewer System force main lying directly across US Hwy 70 from the car wash; and 2 . The owner of Lloyd's Car Wash and the owner of the land upon which it 'is located shall employ the services of a professional engineer licensed by the State of North Carolina and qualified by virtue of 'education and experience to practice in the field of sanitary engineering to design a pressurized sewer service lateral system to serve Lloyd's Car Wash; and 3 14 3 . The pressurized sewer service lateral system shall include a high-head low flow grinder pump system including a holding/pump tank and discharge flow metering equipment; small diameter valves, fittings and force main or pressure sewer service lateral extended under US Hwy 70 with encasement piping under US Hwy 70; and a waterproof vault or manhole containing the force main tap and the necessary shut-off and backflow preventing valve assemblies; and 4. In addition to obtaining system design approval from the Orange County Engineer, the owner of Lloyd's Car Wash and the owner of the land upon which it is located and his/her or their engineer shall be responsible for complying with all necessary permitting and system design approval procedures of the Division of water Quality, the NC Department of Transportation and Orange County and shall submit evidence of those approvals to the County Engineer; and 5. The owner of Lloyd's Car Wash and the owner of the land upon which it is located shall properly execute the SEWER EASEMENT DECLARATION attached to this resolution as "Exhibit A. " Upon motion duly made and seconded, the foregoing resolution was passed by the following votes: . Ayes: Commissioners William L. Crowther, Stephen H. Halkiotis and Don Willhoit Noes: Moses Carey, Jr. and Alice M. Gordon I, Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the 4 15 R foregoing has been carefully copied from the recorded minutes of the Board of Commissio ers for said County at a regular meeting of Vc, vo6er said Board held on Seer /S1, 1996, said record having been made in the Minute Book of the minutes of said Board, and is a true 'copy of so much of said proceedings of said Board as relates in any way to the passage of the resolution described in said proceedings. WITNESS my hand the corporate seal of said County, this day of e/' , 1996. Clerk to t#6 Board of mmissioners lsg-6 lloyd.res 5 16 viol Daniel B. Reimer, MPH, Director y�te,air ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION nr o e g y Borland Ron Holdwe y' RS P.O.Box 8181 -306-C Revere Road Jim Brown, RS Jan Jackson, RS Hillsborough,NC 27278 ,r s: Perry Burns, RS Tom Konsler, RS FAX#919-644-3006 Greg Grimes, RS Barbara Patterson David Hecht, RS Jerry Stimpson, RS, CPSSC Ron Hedrick, RS Wendy Thigpen, RSf Hillsborough Chapel Hill Mebarte Durham 919.732-8181 x2360 919-9684301 x2360 910-227-2031 x2360 919-688-7333 42360 MEMORANDUM To: Geof Gledhill From: Tom Konsler Ix Daze: February 14, 1996 RE: BOONE MOBILE HOME PARK [3.28..217] CC: Paul Thames The properly contains one permanent home served by a septic system installed in 1964. We also have records of the septic systems being installed in the early sixties,one in 1965 and eight more in 1966 to serve individual trailer spaces. The Tax Office shows that the property was designated at some point for 20 spaces. The park is served by a single well. Over the past years,we have issued authorizations for mobile homes to be replaced in the park at times when there was no obvious signs of system failures. The occurrences of these authorizations are as follows: 1 space in 1991,2 spaces in 1992,and 1 space in 1994. Reconnections have also been denied in the past due to failing septic systems,but the records are not as clear on this. It appears that one space may have been denied in 1994,and another space was denied in 1996. There have been attempts over the past several years to repair systems as they failed,however due to unsuitable soils,most of these repair attempts have failed. Four of the systems were discharging sewage to the ground surface in November of 1996. One of these was non-repairable and has been vacated. The other three have been worked on utilizing best professional judgment,but are not likely to have a very long life due to the unsuitable soil and lack of adequate space in the park. Also,several of the septic systems have had water lines run through the drAaWds in spite of the required separation distances between water lines and septic systems. It is also unknown if some of the systems may be affected by underground drainpipes which had been installed m the park Recent status of the park is that about ten spaces are vacant and have been vacated due to problems with the septic systems which can not be corrected on-site. Re-occupancy of those spaces would require wastewater systems located off-site or connection to a sewer systent Please give me a call if you need further information on this.