The Milton City Council Monday night approved extending a moratorium on acceptance of applications for permits authorizing the use of community sewerage systems until Aug 2. The approval on a 5-0 vote follows an emergency 30-day moratorium enacted last month and which was set to expire in a few days.
The lengthier pause will give staff additional time to allow examination of language in the city’s ordinance allowing for such septic systems, language left over from Fulton County jurisdiction before the incorporation of the city.
Council members and city staffers said the review will focus on such things as what the city’s role should be in reviewing system proposals, approving them and providing for period inspections. Approval followed a public hearing which drew two speakers, one of which urged the city city to look at more stringent regulation of septic.
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