This was just too good, I had to share!
Monday, December 21, 2020
Friday, December 18, 2020
AB 885 Finally Got Teeth!
Oh so many sewer years rolled by with Assembly Bill 885 languishing in the background. You can read all about it here:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885
The history can be accessed here:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885
Now, this supposedly was approved in 2012 according to this news article—with some contentious bits, and that stalling I do recall:
https://www.independent.com/2012/06/22/septic-system-regulations-california-adopted/
But something must have happened before its voyage to San Luis Obispo County. Maybe our Local Agency Management Program (LAMP) just got created? I found a fact sheet for 2017 off the website, but where has this been hiding? There are some holes in this story for a sewer follower like me to have just heard about this on Wednesday. The County website on the topic is this:
https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building/Permitting/Construction-Permits/Local-Agency-Management-Program.aspx
I found this on that website, but why did LOCAC not hear about this? Outreached to whom?
LAMP Outreach Meetings
The County hosted two public outreach meetings in December 2017 to present the Proposed Final version of the LAMP.
Monday, December 18th 5:00PM- 6:30PM
San Luis Obispo County New Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo (Room 161)"
You can check out the cool PowerPoint that the County presented at the Basin Management Committee meeting on Wednesday, by Michael Byrd of County Planning & Building. Bayview Heights and the Martin Tract are NOT affected by this, they still belong to the RWQCB - our Central Coast Water Board.
The State has transferred the responsibility of new septic tank approval, and replacement tank approval to the County apparently in 2012. But even LOCAC, the Los Osos Community Advisory Council, has not run into this one, and we have seen Accessory Dwelling Units, mentioned in the regulations - although apparently the one or two we have seen (I forget the number now) and approved, and passed through the Planning Department, have wound up stalled at the Coastal Commission, but they were hooked up to the sewer. Could it be our adjudicated basin's water issue perhaps? State law seems to think an impaired water basin should not be an issue for an ADU. Oh well. Happy PowerPointing, there is a LOT of stuff packed in here:
https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Public-Works/Forms-Documents/Committees-Programs/Los-Osos-Basin-Management-Committee-(BMC)/Agendas/2020-Agendas/2020-12-16-LOBMC-Presentation-on-the-Local-Agency.pdf
Saturday, December 12, 2020
BMC Lists Sewer Hook-Up Stats!
The Basin Management Committee will meet on Zoom, Wednesday, December 16 at 1:30 p.m.. Their board packet was released Friday and contained this quote about sewer hook-ups in Los Osos!
Enforcement: A list of properties that were not connected were transferred to County Code Enforcement and Notice of Violations were issued last year in Feb. 2019. That list was about 70 properties. As of 10/1/2020, the sewer service area had a 99.2% connection status with a total of 44 properties not yet connected. Of those, one is not required to connect because there is no structure (demolished), 24 have expired building permits, and the rest have an open Code Enforcement case. Expired permits did not receive a Code Enforcement case because those properties have their own noticing process through the Building Department which, if not corrected, could result in a Notice of Violation. The County has assigned new staff in code enforcement to Los Osos. They will be reviewing the status of cases that were issued earlier last year.
So, I'm lousy at math, but 44 minus one leaves 43 outstanding non-hook-ups. And of that, 19 will be visited by Code Enforcement. That brings questions to my mind:
• Expired permits for what? Are people living in the expired permit houses? A permit to hook up is what has expired?
• What are the penalties to the 19 who, I guess, have done nothing to hook up?
Also in that informative document - this!
Click image to enlarge.
It is very good to get some updated sewer news. It has been way-y-y-y too quiet on the sewer front these days! It is sort of like we are flushing and forgetting....but I guess I knew that was going to happen.
Source: https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Public-Works/Forms-Documents/Committees-Programs/Los-Osos-Basin-Management-Committee-(BMC)/Agendas/2020-Agendas/2020-12-16-LOBMC-Agenda-Packet.pdf
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