Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-09-11
Chardon Folk Protest Sewage in Easements
To Meet
with Council
Tonight


of Chardon Park Estates, at the
foot of S. Hambden St., is sche-i
duled to meet with village offici-
ais tonight to seek a solution to
the sewage problem in the area.
Complaints of area residents
about sewage back-up in their
homes, voiced at council meet
ing 1ast Thursday night, brought
out in the open others problems
which have been developing in
the allotment for some time.
Residents also spoke of the
lack of adequate streets and
street lighting, saying they are
paying taxes for these services
and are receiving nothing.
"Everytime we have hard
rains our basement floods"
Mrs John Lasko, 305 Hilltop DR..
said todsy. "It isn't just storm
water, but is raw sewage"
The Laskos, not present at the
council meeting, because he was
working last Thursday, claim TO
have the worst sewage problem
in the area. The type or the hot
water heater leaks, insulation
has fallen out of a refrigerator,
and a recent expense of $33 to
have a washer fixed, all because
of water and sewage in the
basement.
I'VE have been trying to fix
up the basement" Mrs. Lasko
said. I'VE have painted the
walls, but We can't put anything
on the floor.
THE raw sewage must be
shoveled out by bucketsful. 1t
always seems to happen when
my husband isn't home"
Mrs. Lasko, Steve Butalla,
303 Hilltop Dr., and Robert Mil
sop, 3f3 Cynthia Dr., are mem
bers of the committee who will
meet with council, the board of
public affairs, the village engir1-
eer, health department repre-
sentatives and the village solicit
tor tonight. 49, lbs. =
Milsop, at Thursdays council
meeting, told members the sew
age problem in the area has ex-
listed for approximately 1l2
years, and council has had ade-
quate time to act. He reported
he told members if they fail to
take action to correct the situa-
ton, residents Of the area would
60 to public health officials and
the newspapers.
Robert Patch, 307 Cynthia DR..
said he himself does not have
the sewage problem, but feels
it affects the entire community
"I feel Chardon is bound to
grow, whether or not it likes it,
because of the expansion of
Cleveland" he told counc
members.
How you handle problems
like this reveals the type of peo-
pie who will be drawn to this
community. 1t reveals whether
or not you will have slums.''
Residents of the allotments
were backed by Geauga Health
Commissioner DR.. w. P Ed
munds, who said, in a letter to
council, 1.-The subdivision of the
E a ton Holding Co., Chardon
. Park Estates on S. Hambden st.
is a severe health hazard in that
its sewage is not carried away
but backs up into Easements in
that area.
I'VE have consulted with the
state engineers of the depart
ment of health, and they in
struct us that this Is the respon-
sibility of the village of Char
don. The village issued building
permits for these homes and it
is responsible. for the proper in
spection of them.
Mayor Vain L. Parsons, who
last week ordered no more bull
ding permits to be issued for
homes In the area, claims the
responsibility is not entirely the
villages. The sewage lines be-
long to Eaton Holding Co. or its
successor, according to Par
sons. ....... .........
The mayor says sewage lines
in the area, installed by Eaton
Holding Co., were placed below
the level of the Villages trunk
line. To compensate for this
drop, a lift station was installed
to state specifications, with a
six-inch pipe connecting it to the
villages sewage line.
The state specified that a rum
off be provided at the lift sta
ton, in case of power failure, so
that sewage would flow into the
storm sewer lines instead of
backing up in home Easements
when lift station pumps are out
of commission.
The storm sewer line, which
is a 12-inch pipe, has not been
completed by Eaton Holding
Co., according to the mayor.
The line now flows west to the
village Hambden Twp. / in e
and then stops. because ease
mentS have not been obtained
from two property owners in
Hambden so the line can be fed
into a creek in that area.
Thus when 1t rains, Mayor
Mayor Parsons said, the storm
sewer line fills, and water from