Charlotte Co. developers urged to pay upfront for utility hookups as capacity shrinks

Author: Nancy Semon, Gulfshore Business
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Charlotte County Commissioner Joe Tiseo issued a warning July 16 to developers who don’t pay everything upfront for utility hookups. Although expansion plans are already underway for water reclamation and wastewater treatment facilities, capacity might be reached before the new facilities are built. 

“We only can guarantee what you pay for in advance,” he said during a county Utilities Department quarterly update meeting. 

Tiseo said if a developer plans 300 units and pays for 50% of the units’ hookups and the estimated remaining capacity, or ERC, is reached, the developer only could build 150 units connected to utility service, since the developer didn’t pay for all the planned units in advance.

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