Dunes City to consider Septic Ordinances

The second reading of a pair of competing ordinances will be held Thursday evening at Dunes City Hall. Both would change an existing law that requires all septic systems in the small community be inspected and evaluated on a regular interval. One would repeal it outright. The other would require completion of the initial round of inspections but additional evaluations would not be on any given timeline. Both have been the target of critics who say the current Dunes City Council is undoing environmental protections that have been years in the making. Backers of both plans say Lane County and the State of Oregon offer adequate water quality protections and the added layer of regulation is unnecessary. The Dunes City Council meets Thursday at seven P.M.