HomeMy Public PortalAbout1977_02_09_R025 Authorizing Connection of Sanitary Facilities at Westmoreland Davis Memorial FoundationRESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION :
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED.Feb. 9~ 1977
77-25 ADOPTED Feb. 9~ 1977
AUTHORIZING CONNECTION OF SANITARY FACILITIES ON
LANDS OF THE WESTMORELAND DAVIS MEMORIAL FOUNDA-
TION TO THE SEWER SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation has re-
quested authority for connection to the sewer system for sanitary
facilities located on its lands lying north of and outside the
town, specifically Morven Park Equestrian Center dormitories and,
potentially, the Westmoreland Davis home and offices of the Me-
morial Foundation, to be provided through a system of gravity
sewers, sewage pumping stations and force main, all to be owned
and maintained by the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation and
all to be located on land of the foundation or public ways ex-
cept a 125 foot segment to be placed upon an easement between
Morven Park Road and the easement in which the public sanitary
sewer exists; and
WHEREAS, the foundation has been ordered by the Loudoun County
Health Department to correct the malfunctioning on-site sanitary
waste disposal system which is a hazard to students and the pub-
lic visiting at the Morven Park Equest~an Institute; and
WHEREAS, the foundation has thoroughly investigated alternative
systems for providing on-site sanitary waste disposal and has found
no acceptable location for the necessary drainage system of suf-
ficient capazity to serve the needs of the Morven Park Equestrian
Center; and
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WHEREAS, the location of on-site sanitary waste disposal sys-
tems within the subterranean watershed providing public drinking
water to the town potentially risks contamination of town wells,
particularly the Paxton well; and
WHEREAS, the foundation and the Morven Park Equestrian Center
provide important educational and cultural benefits for the people
of Leesburg and Loudoun County; and
WHEREAS, this request and the special circumstances surround-
ing it are of such unique and individual character as to exclude
application of the general policy prohibiting connection of land
areas outside the town to the town's sewer system; and
WHEREAS, the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation has in-
formally offered to grant the town easements for the location, con-
struction, operation, use and maintenance of a water supply fa-
cility on land of the foundation, the precise location to be de-
termined after the drilling of one or more test wells on lands of
the foundation, and the connection of the water supply facility
to the Leesburg water system with necessary water mains and ap-
purtenances, provided that water supply facility does not inter-
fe~with the operation of the foundation's own water supply:
NOW, THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Lees-
burg, Virginia, as follows:
The manager is authorized to approve the application of the
Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation for connection to the sewer
system as described above, said approval to be subject to the fol-
lowing conditions:
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(a) The application and connection shall be subject to all
pertinent regulations, including required fees and charges, in
addition to the requirements of this resolution.
(b) The Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation shall agree
to grant all easements necessary for construction, operation, use
and maintenance of a water supply facility on land of the founda-
tion, the precise location to be determined after the drilling of
one or more test wells on said lands, and the connection of the
water supply facility to the Leesburg water system by necessary
water mains and appurtenances.
(c) The sewer connection shall be only for the benefit and
presently
use of the existing and/proposed facilities on lands of the West-
moreland Davis Memorial Foundation, and no others.
(d) The charge for sewer service paid by the Westmoreland
Davis Memorial Foundation shall be the same as charges paid by
owners of property similarly situated in accordance with rates
established by the Town.
PASSED this 9th day of February , 1977.
ATTEST:
Mary A~ne Newman, Mayor
Town of Leesburg