COPY OF SHERMAN, CT 2001 PLAN OF
DEVELOPMENT TEXT CONCERNING SEWER AVOIDANCE
The following text is drawn from the Sherman Master Plan of Development which became effective in December of 2001: "Every residential lot within the Town of Sherman shall be able to meet its own water supply and septic disposal needs on site, in perpetuity. Municipal and/or private and/or offsite sewer systems shall not be constructed within the town."

"This planning require follows from the determination of appropriate state planning agencies that Sherman is and should remain a rural town; from the designation of most of the land area of the Town as public water supply watershed; and from the views of the people of the Town, as expressed in questionnaires and public meetings incident to the planning process, that Sherman should remain a rural town and should not permit sewer systems."

It should be noted that the policy of the HVCEO's 1997 Regional Growth Guide is to place the entire Town of Sherman into a "Remote Area" category that recommends the lowest population densities in the Region. This policy seeks to prevent sprawl development and works in harmony with the rural planning policy of the 2001 Sherman Master Plan.

SHERMAN CT'S SEWER AVOIDANCE HISTORY (UPDATED ONLY TO 1992)
Sherman is a rural community located in the northwest corner of the Region. It is developing in a low density pattern due to the combination of its rugged topography and remoteness. According to the 1978 Plan of Development, the Town is not considering building a sewer system or tying into one in the foreseeable future. This statement remains valid today.

Regional and state plans do not envision any municipal sewer service in Sherman. There are no CT DEP regulated discharges of wastewater within the Town of Sherman.