(3) La Pine Aquifer.
(a) In order to protect the shallow aquifer
located in the vicinity of the community of La Pine in Deschutes County for
present and future use as a drinking water source, it is the policy of the
Environmental Quality Commission to support the implementation of the La Pine
Aquifer Management Plan adopted by the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
on September 28, 1982, by requiring the following:
(b) The waste water generated outside the
core area of the community of La Pine but within the study area described in
the La Pine Aquifer Management Plan, will be subjected to regulation under the
Department's on-site waste disposal rules (OAR chapter 340, division 71);
(A) The core area of the community of La Pine
is that area defined as follows: Located in a portion of Sections 10, 11, 14,
and 15, Township 22 South, Range 10 East, Willamette Meridian, Deschutes
County, Oregon, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the
northwest corner of the intersection of U.S. Highway 97 and First Street (aka
Reed Road); thence in a northeasterly direction along the westerly right-of-way
line of said U.S. Highway 97 a distance of 1,480 feet, more or less, to the
intersection of said U.S. Highway 97 and the northerly line of the south
one-half of the southwest one-quarter of said Section 11; thence in a westerly
direction along the northerly line of the south one-half of the southwest
one-quarter of said Section 11 a distance of 1,950 feet, more or less, to the
south one-sixteenth corner between said Sections 10 and 11; thence in a
northerly direction along the section line between Sections 10 and 11, 990
feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of the south one-half of the north
one-half of the northeast one-quarter of the southeast one-quarter of said
Section 10 being the northeast corner of the Bend-La Pine School District
property; thence in a westerly direction along the north line of the said south
one-half of the north one-half of the northeast one-quarter of the southeast
one-quarter, being the north line of the said Bend-La Pine School District
property, 1,320 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of the south
one-half of the north one-half of the southeast one-quarter of the southeast
one-quarter of said Section 10, said point further being the northwest corner
of the Bend-La Pine School District property; thence in a southerly direction
along the westerly line of the east one-half of the southeast one-quarter of
said Section 10, 2, 310 feet, more or less, to a point at the intersection of
the westerly line of the southeast one-quarter of the southeast one-quarter of
said Section 10 and the northerly right-of-way line of said First Street, said
point further being the southwest corner of the Bend-La Pine School District
property; thence in an easterly direction along the northerly right-of-way line
of said First Street, 350 feet, more or less, to a point on the northerly
right-of-way line of said First Street due north of the northwest corner of the
alley in Block 16 of the Plat of La Pine Subdivision; thence in a southerly
direction along the westerly side of said alley 550 feet, more or less, to a
point along the southerly right-of-way of 2nd Street due south of the southwest
corner of the alley in Block 16 of the Plat of La Pine Subdivision; thence in
an easterly direction along the southerly right-of-way of 2nd Street, 390 feet,
more or less, to the southwest corner of the intersection of Stillwell Street
and 2nd Street; thence in a southerly direction along the westerly right-of-way
line of said Stillwell Street, 950 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner
of the intersection of said Stillwell Street and 4th Street; thence in a
southerly direction along the west right-of-way line of Stillwell Street
approximately 1,186 feet to the northwest corner of the intersection of
Stillwell Street and Hill Street; thence in a southwesterly direction along the
west right-of-way line of Hill Street approximately 340 feet to the
intersection of the west line of Hill Street with the north line of 8th Street;
thence westerly along the north line of 8th Street, 41 feet, more or less to
the northeast corner of the intersection of 8th Street and Stearns Street;
thence in a southerly direction along the east right-of-way line of Stearns
Street approximately 387 feet to the northeast corner of the intersection of
Stearns Street and 9th Street; thence in an easterly direction along the north
right-of-way line of 9th Street and the easterly extension of the north line of
said 9th Street, 1,093 feet to its intersection with the east right-of-way line
of Pengra Huntington Road; thence in a northerly direction along the east
right-of-way line of Pengra Huntington Road approximately 1,166 feet to the
southwest corner of Lot 31, Government Homesite Tracts; thence in an easterly
direction along the south boundary of said Lot 31 approximately 263 feet to the
southeast corner of said Lot 31; thence in a northerly direction along the east
boundary of said Lot 31 approximately 200 feet to the south right-of-way line
of Finley Butte Road; thence in an easterly direction along the south
right-of-way line of Finley Butte Road approximately 675 feet to the southeast
corner of the intersection of Finley Butte Road and Bonnie Road; thence in a
northerly direction along the east right-of-way line of Bonnie Road
approximately 1,075 feet to the southeast corner of the intersection of Bonnie
Road and William Foss Road; thence in an easterly direction along the southerly
right-of-way line of said William Foss Road, 1,640 feet, more or less, to the
north-south center section line of said Section 14 thence in a northerly
direction along the north-south center line of said Section 14, 1,635 feet,
more or less, to the north right-of-way line of said First Street (aka Reed
Road); thence in a westerly direction along the north right-of-way line of said
First Street, 1,432 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
(B) All dwellings and buildings that contain
plumbing fixtures inside this core area boundary must eliminate the discharge
of inadequately treated sewage, abandon existing on-site sewage disposal
systems and connect to the regional sewerage facility. This must be done within
90 days following notification by the approved regional sewerage agency that
sewer service is available.
(c) Waste disposal systems for new
developments within the La Pine Aquifer Management Plan Boundary where
development density exceeds two single family equivalent dwelling units per
acre or which have an aggregate waste flow in excess of 5,000 gallons per day
may only be approved if a study is conducted by the applicant which convinces
the department that the aquifer will not be unreasonably degraded.