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A lot area is required to be no less than 40,000 square feet, which is mirroring the King of Peninsula Borough requirement. And this is put in here practically because we've already run into issues within the city where, um, the city would have been okay with having someone put a well on a property that was less than 40,000 square feet, and the borough denied that. So to avoid any complications between the city and the borough, we're just maintaining the borough standard there of 40,000 square foot lots for a private well. Other options would be the community well system, then a cistern and rainwater catchment system, which has quite a few more regulations as this isn't, um, something common within the city right now. Outside city limits, I know, has a few of these, but there are definitely more considerations to take into account with that sort of system.

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