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January 19,2001
225 FIFTH STREET
SPRINGFIELD. OR 97477
(541) 726-3753
FAX (541) 726-3689
Mr. Dennis Cuddeback
2683 Game Farm Road
Springfield, OR 97477
Re: Property located at 2683 Game Farm Road - possible septic conflict.
Dear Mr. Cuddeback:
In March 1999, The City of Springfield issued you a building permit for the construction
of a new garage on your property at the subject address. The City ordinarily requires the
owner or applicant to demonstrate that the existing septic disposal system on a property is
located an adequate distance from any new buildings that are constructed on or moved
onto the site. It now appears that this requirement was overlooked during the permit
approval process for your building project.
Unless otherwise permitted by the Lane County Sanitarian, buildings may not be located
closer than ten feet from septic drain lines nor closer than five feet from a septic tank.
The Sanitarian has asked for verification that your new garage building and the existing
septic field are not in conflict. Since the City has no information regarding the location
of your drain field, we request that this information be provided to us at this time.
If existing documentation is not available, the location of the drain field must be
determined by site investigation. Please contact Mr. Jay Mathison at the Lane County
Environmental Health Dept., Sanitarian's office (682-3951) to determine an appropriate
method of locating the existing drain field. When the verified information is available,
please provide a copy to this office for our records.
Please note that the reserve drain field area normally required on a lot is not needed for
your property since city sewer service is available across the street. I hope that with
proper maintenance, your septic system will remain active for the foreseeable future.
However, if the system does fail, State law requires that you connect to the available'
sewer at that time.
Presently, there is a sanitary sewer located across Game Farm Rd. It is a 24" trunk line
that is buried 20'-24' deep. A private engineering project was recently started to design a
shallower 8" line to extend sewer service to a future subdivision to the north. If you
choose to investigate the possibility of extending that line across the street to your
property, the engineering firm doing the design is Branch Engineering, Inc. They may be
contacted for information at 746-0637. For additional information on future sewer
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connection, Virginia Jurasevich, in the City Public Works Dept. has done some research
on your situation. She may be reached at 736-1027.
If you need further information regarding this request, please contact this office at 726-
3759. Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
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Donald Moore
Construction Representative
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cc: Lisa Hopper, Building Safety Coordinator.
Tom Marx, Building Inspector
Wendy Stanley, Permit Review Technician
Virginia Jurasevich, Engineering Tech"
Jay Mathison, Lane Co. Environmental Health
Jim Branch, Branch Engineering