| The Town of North Elba is proposing an amendment to its local septic system law to help better protect Lake Placid Lake from exposure to excess nutrients and pollutants. Code Enforcement Officer Darci Williams said the town found that the occurrence of those things is increased by the presence of inadequately functioning septic systems near Lake Placid Lake and the brooks and streams feeding the lake. A new amendment requires an inspection to be completed before the sale of a property, unless the last inspection took place within the previous year.