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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE IREDELL COUNTY SUBDIVISION
ORDINANCE (SECTION 406) & ZONING ORDINANCE (ARTICLE VII) IN
REFERENCE TO SUBDIVISION PUBLIC WATER CONNECTIVITY: Planning
Supervisor Smith said the proposed amendments were the results of a directive given by
the board of commissioners at the Winter Planning Session. He said the staff had
reviewed ordinances from Alexander, Catawba, Rowan and Lincoln counties to
determine how other governmental units handled subdivisions and public water
connectivity. Smith said the amendments had been before the planning board on two
separate occasions. He said the amendments only addressed new minor and major
subdivisions and would not affect (1) family subdivisions and (2) splits of properties.
(Also, any matters not under the direct purview of the subdivision ordinance.) Mr. Smith
said the amendments were for new developments, and they would not be retroactive on
subdivisions already platted or developed.
Smith then summarized the amendments which were:
1. The following definition for a Public Water Supply System.
An approved water supply system serving ten (10) or more connections,
including municipal and sanitary district water systems as well as water systems
designed to serve particular subdivisions at full development and constructed to
specifications approved by the Iredell County Sanitarian in consultation with
the State Division of Environmental Health.
2. Under "Connection Required," to state the following:
a. Wherever it is legally possible and practical to connect a major or minor subdivision
to a public water system, such connection shall be made at the subdivider's expense
and shall be based on the requirements detailed in the table below.
b. The term "legally possible and practical " shall mean the following:
i. There is an existing water line of adequate size and water flow and/or
pressure (as determined by the water provider) that correlates with the
requirements described below, and
ii. The water provider has agreed to provide service to the proposed
development, and
iii. An easement necessary to run a connecting line over property not owned
by the owner of the proposed subdivision to be served can be reasonably
obtained, and
iv. There are no legal or documented topographical constraints which would
prevent the subdivider from connecting onto and extending the existing
system.
V. If a request is made by a developer to exempt a subdivision from the
standards of A.2 due to failure to meet or attain any of the factors listed
in this section, the Subdivision Administrator shall review the pertinent
background information submitted by the developer, consult with any
applicable agencies, and make a final determination concerning
connection to the subject water system.
c. The following table shall be used to determine the minimum distance required for
connection to a public water system based on the number of lots (all phases, present
and future) being created in the subdivision. If the subdivider chooses to develop only
a portion of the original tract, a determination of the potential number of lots that
could be developed, based on Article 7.0 of the Zoning Ordinance, shall be made by
the Subdivision Administrator. The distance shall be taken from the nearest point on
the original lot line to the existing water line.