Developing A Sewer Ordinance

29 November 2001 - 12:00pm

The Planning Commissioner's Journal presents one town's experience with developing a sewer ordinance.

Designating areas where essential services, particularly sewer service, can be used is one of the opportunities local planners have to direct growth to locations that reinforce community goals. Kate Lampton explores how the Town of Shelburne, Vermont developed a sewer allocation ordinance. Editor's note: story excerpt available; full story available for a fee.

Source: Planning Commissioners Journal, November 28, 2001
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Under the proposal, the government would assign the populace the task of counting and mapping dog droppings as a first step to greater penalties for owners who fail to clean up after their mutts.