Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 30, 1993 TAG: 9309300328
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By DAVID M. POOLE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The board, which is now spending millions of dollars to clean up the fly ash, has learned its lesson.
Tuesday, the board voted 4-1 to continue enforcing an ordinance that requires commercial buildings to install inspection manholes.
County Utilities Director Cliff Craig said the manholes enable the county to make sure businesses are not dumping industrial or hazardous waste into the regional sewage system.
Windsor Hills District Supervisor Lee Eddy opposed requiring commercial developers to pay for manholes when they are not required to do so in Roanoke and Salem.
Eddy said he found it ironic that Roanoke, which owns the regional sewage treatment plant, does not require inspection manholes for its shopping centers and office buildings.
Craig argued that the county should not look the other way just because its neighbors do.
"I do not believe Roanoke County can become irresponsible and ignore legal requirements just because our neighboring cities do," Craig said in a memo to board members.
A majority of board members agreed, saying installation of manholes - which cost $400 to $1,000 each if installed during construction - is a small price to ask developers to pay to protect the regional treatment plant.
\ ROANOKE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS\ IN OTHER BUSINESS\ \ Explore exit: The supervisors heard that the Blue Ridge Parkway is behind\ schedule on building a temporary exit at Rutrough Road for the Explore Park,\ which is to open in May.\ \ Cable rates: Supervisors voted 4-1 to notify the Federal Communications Commission that the county would like to regulate rates for basic cable TV service.\ \ Protecting vistas: Supervisors called on the National Park Service to hold public hearings on protecting vistas along the entire length of the 470-mile Blue Ridge Parkway.
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