PORT ANGELES — A proposal to extend sewer service to the growing commercial stretch along U.S. Highway 101 east of the city gained momentum Monday with a business and property owner survey revealing strong support.
But extending a sewer line to commercial properties such as Wal-Mart which now use septic systems would require an election.
Clallam County Administrator Dan Engelbertson told about 60 people attending the weekly Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Port Angeles CrabHouse Restaurant on Monday that petition signatures of at least 15 landowners representing 34 commercial parcels would be needed to initiate the election process.
Engelbertson said the petition would then go to the Clallam County Public Utility District to put the measure on the ballot.
“If we make a decision with a petition, then it goes to a ballot of the people in those boundaries,” Engelbertson said.
“Once that receives a positive vote, then off we go.”
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The rest of the story appears in the Tuesday Peninsula Daily News.
