3 home permits left for Mayo Peninsula

Current sewage plant soon to be at max capacity

By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer

Published 02/03/09

A county judge could decide who can build the final three homes on the Mayo Peninsula before a new sewage plant is constructed for the area.

Citing a lack of sewage capacity, county officials announced a building moratorium in August. Only three of the final 49 sewer hookups for the peninsula remain.

Hookup No. 50 and subsequent applicants will have to wait until county and state officials figure out how to build a $17.5 million sewage treatment plant.

A Virginia couple who want to subdivide a 2.4-acre lot in the area have claimed the final three "equivalent dwelling units," but the county does not believe the...

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sewer & taxes - 2009-02-08 10:08:07

The county put the moratorium in place for the mayo peninsula, but when the property tax assessments came out the taxes weren't lowered to reflect the the fact that your lot would be unbuildable for a undetermined amount of time.The lots should be assessed at the value before the sewer was put in place.Also lot owners are paying a hookup fees and can't use the sewer how is this fair.The allocation process required lot owners to engineer and permit their lots before being consider for the allocation with no guaranty, after you have spent thousands of dollars.County permits expire after one year if work on construction has not started.Were did the impact fee's go that the county charge builders/homeowners go? I paid $12,000 for one 1800 square foot home

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