The Denver Post reports the Westminster City Council on Monday unanimously adopted an emergency ordinance that freezes acceptance of new, large-scale development proposals in the area served by the Big Dry Creek Interceptor Sewer system network for up to a year.
A staff memo recommending the emergency ordinance says, “Not addressing these system constraints is believed to compromise the health, safety, and welfare of the community with a level of risk that is not acceptable.”
The council was briefed last week about the sewer’s capacity, age and condition issues.
The 22-mile-long Big Dry Creek network collects sewage and wastewater from about two-thirds of the city of more than 110,000 people.