16.15.050 Waiver – Authorized | Pasco Municipal Code

16.15.050 Waiver – Authorized.

The prerequisite requirements for a development permit stated in PMC 16.15.010 may be waived by:

(1) Approval of the City Council by majority vote at any regular meeting or administrative approval as contained in subsection (2) of this section, upon such forms as they shall deem necessary to enable them to make specific findings of fact as to why a waiver should be granted. All such waivers must be applied for in writing on a form or forms to be supplied by the City of Pasco and all denials of such waiver shall also be in writing and state specific findings upon which the denial is based. The grant of a waiver may be reasonably conditioned and any such conditions shall be in writing, signed by the owner of the land, recorded and run with the land. Such conditions may include but shall not be limited to the following:

(a) A specific period of exception;

(b) Required participation in future public sewer and/or water service extension by L.I.D. or other means;

(c) The signing by the owner of the property of a hold harmless and/or indemnity agreement in favor of the City of Pasco.

(2) Administrative approval of the City Manager or designee for waiver of sewer utility connections provided the property for which the waiver is requested meets the following conditions:

(a) Must be of adequate size, soil type, slope and other conditions to meet the Benton-Franklin Health District requirements for on-site septic systems and replacement drain fields and must receive final approval from the District for the on-site system;

(b) Must be greater than 200 feet from an existing municipal sewer service line or must be dependent on the provision of future sewer infrastructure to receive sewer service – such as additional line or treatment facility capacity, lift stations or similar components;

(d) The decision on the granting or denying of a sewer utility connection may be appealed to City Council within 10 calendar days from the date of the decision. The appeal must be in writing. [Ord. 4515 § 2, 2021; Ord. 4229, 2015; Ord. 4069, 2012; Ord. 3670 § 3, 2004; Ord. 3316, 1998; Ord. 2303 § 3, 1981; Code 1970 § 16.06.040.]