No New Sewer Hook-Ups At Arrowhead Lake

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Bad news if you haven't received a sewer hook up permit for your property in the Arrowhead Lake community yet: No new sewer permits will be issued until the the sewer company satisfies the DEP and gets their proper permitting in place. The Administration Office at Arrowhead Lake did not sound interested in divulging many details when I called them today, but I am going to go out on a limb and say that it has to do with the recent expansion of the sewer service area that the community had undertaken in the last several years. You may or may not know that they had been offering sewer tie-in rebate incentives to spur applications and, I assume, revenue. Now it could be a year before things are squared away, the permit moratorium is lifted and lot owners are able to hook in.

I found a few more details on another real estate blog but have not confirmed any of it. I recommend that potential lot purchasers and affected property owners contact the Arrowhead Lake Administration Office to find out exactly where they stand with all this. Obviously those trying to sell property or considering a new build in this Pocono Lake community will be most put out.

A hat tip goes out to Bradley for posting a question on Trulia and bringing this to my attention.

Comments

[DeAnne Liero]

Great Post, Lisa. You're post of 6/03/09 still holds true as of 9/28/09. The moratorium is still in place, effecting lot owners, builders and the community itself.
I believe it depends on where you are located, that determines if you may tap in or not, so it's important to find out the particulars of your lot. Some sections can, but most can not. We are crossing our fingers that the moratorium is soon lifted, because I think it's important for the entire community to be able to tap in to a community sewer. On-lot systems are not an alternative for all lot owners, some on-lot systems are old and will fail eventually...and there are a lot of wetlands in this community, so I'd rather not see on lot systems at all. I don't know about other builders, but I know what this delay means for us and our clients, many of which were ready to go for building permits just as the axe dropped.

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[mike lautensack]

does anyone know the current status of this as I need an uodate for a family member

Mike

[Lisa]

Mike, as far as I know there is no change on the status of this. I do encourage anyone who thinks they are affected to call the community and ask about it as not all properties are affected the same...you may or may not have an issue depending on where you are located, apparently. I have one lot owner who was told that they would 'probably' be able to hook in because of where they are. So make the call and double check 570.646.1771.