Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-10-02
Sewage
Problem
Styrnnied


for storm sewers and diSclaim
of responsibility for the problem
by Marvin Helf Associates, pre-
sent developers of Chardon Park
Estates, has brought efforts to
correct the sewage problem in
the development to stalemate,
it was learned today.
County Sanitarian Carl F. Dill
has scheduled a "where-do-we-
go-from-here" meeting for to :
morrow morning in his office In
the courthouse. Invited to b e
present are Chardon's mayor
and solicitor along with a rep
resentative of the Helf firm.
According to DIR. w. p. Ed :
mundS, county health commits
sioner, the Helf firm told his Of
flee it only purchased certain
development rights when it took
over Chardon Park Estates from
the Eaton Holding Co. a fe W
weeks ago.
Present developers say they
are not responsible for the storm
and sanitary sewer systems in
stalled by their predecessors, a.
ccording to DR.. Edmunds. BY
most counts the Helf firm is the
fourth company to develop in
the area.
Each developer has retained
certain interests in the property
as he sold to his successor" the
doctor said. "Our job is to find
the person responsible for t h e
sewers and get them to correct
the situation. I"
According to DR.. Edmunds,
the health department order to
abate the problem, issued two
weeks ago to the Helf firm, must
be reissued, this time to the de-
veloment company responsible.
The sewer problem in the area
resulted from the back up of
rain water inte the sanitary Sc
wers in the area, causing sew
age to flow into the easements
of many of the homes.
The county health department
has termed the sewage back-up
a definite health hazard" after
residents in the area issued pro-
tests to the village council and
directly to the health d part
ment.
According to Chardon Mayor
Vain L. Parsons, sewage IN the
area can no longer be forced in
to Easements by an overflow of
storm water, because the line
which connects the sewage and
storm systems has been cement
ed closed.
The two systems were order
ed interconnected by state spe-
cification to provide an overflow
in case a pump on the sanitary
sewer failed to work. Instead of
carrying away seaWge overflow
the connecting line served to
allow storm water to back up
into the sewage system.
The present storm sewer line
runs east from the development
to the Chardon Village Hamb-
den Township line, where t
ends. In recent weeks unsucces-
sful attempts to obtain a e.
ments in the adjoining two pro-
pertieS in Hambden Twp. have
been made.
The purpose is to r e a h a
creek there which would carry
the storm water away.
Simon Zalbem, a representa-
tive of the Helf firm, contacted
the two property owners after a
meeting with them Sept. % in
the county health office. T h e
two are Mrs. Huelsman OF
Cleveland and the Williams fa-
mily of Chardon.
He reported by letter to Car
Dill:
Mrs. Huelsman, owner of the
property immediately east, is in
the process of advertising hel
land for sale. At this time she
refuses to grant an easement be
lieving it to be detrimental tt
any future sale of the property
Mrs. Huelsman's son suggested
we purchase the land for $35,
600.
'fMr. Williams propety, Whi
ch is next in line, has set a fig
ure of $4,000 for easement rights
I'm view of the above two of
fers, we feel there is nothing fu
rther we can do at this time
and we are writing this lette
to inform you the matter is nov
out of our hands.