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Town may buy sewer rights to help expand downtown

Smithtown has come up with an unusual strategy to deal with its difficulties in developing its downtowns: buying existing sewer capacity rights from a local nonprofit.

Because of limited sewer capacity, the town's three downtown areas have had trouble expanding or adding "wet" businesses, such as restaurants, that require sewers. However, the county allows transfers of unused sewer capacity...

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