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Approval of Mainline Extension Variance for Frost Road Water Line Extension
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SUMMARY: The property owner of Tax Map 099 009.03 is requesting water service to their property. Per the requirements listed in the Mainline Extension Ordinance (§18-107), any service line over 75 feet must be approved by City Council or must be a mainline extension. The property owner requested a variance from the Ordinance, to allow a private service line in lieu of a 250-foot mainline extension. The estimated cost for a 2-inch mainline water extension is $7,023.31. A variance would allow the placement of a water meter at the end of the existing line, then a private service line to be installed by the property owner in a private easement. The property owner will be responsible for obtaining the easement.
Staff recommends the granting of the variance, due to this area of Frost Road being a section of “no man's land." Cumberland Plateau Water Authority's water line does not extend to the property and the City of Crossville’s ends about 250 feet from the property. Should any development of the property happen or subdivisions beyond the construction of the one house that is being constructed now, then a mainline extension would be required and would be done so at the property owner’s expense.
The Crossville Regional Planning Commission recommends approval of the service line greater than 75 feet in lieu of the mainline extension.
Recommended Action
NECESSARY COUNCIL ACTION: approval of the service line greater than 75 feet in lieu of the mainline extension, with the specific note that any further development of that land, a mainline extension would be required and be paid for by the property owner or developer.