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t <br /> <br />.~ INi; ROFC ICS ttE~+,QRA~GU"': .°,7 C`--1 f;20 <br />• 26 ~ 4:a'•er/See~er °ol icy <br />June 17- iS°? <br />PaOe 2 <br />balanced with exis`ing and projected needs on <br />a local and regional basis. tLUP) <br />B. Revise Section (2) Delineation/°rc~ection of 1"atersheCs <br />to reed as follows; <br />(2) el~neationJ~rotection ~+~ IVP•'e^sheds <br />The Planning Board feels that watershed protection <br />should be Divan high priority status in the Land <br />Use Pfan upde-e, particularly since Orange County <br />has historically been in the forefront of watershed <br />protection. Consistent with this tradition. the <br />Planning 13osrd recommenes thEt 8d6qus:e watershed <br />protection ytanderds be established in unzoned <br />portions of the caunry. The delineation and <br />protection Cf such watersheds hES been partialiy <br />addressed in the Land Use Plan and wilt be further <br />in the Plan updEte. However, there i5 an immediate <br />need to es'`abli5h a .policy a>:sending watershed <br />protection s~endards to watersneds regardless of <br />zoning tlassifitation. <br />This recommendation is based on and in support of <br />the following goals: <br />(a) Desionaie prime reservoir sites. SESed on an <br />evaluation of water resources throughout the <br />County, to protQC' those 8reea from adverse <br />development impac-s Bfd to insure that <br />ineppropritte restrictions are not placed on a <br />large population o1 the ltnd erEP and land <br />resources cf the Co:,n~y. (.UP) <br />(b) Adopt end implemer•'• policies which specify <br />land cse eatterns ar•d intensities of <br />development in weer 5~aply watersheds and <br />Hater guallty Critictl ara::s she.- will <br />ninimize potential adversg impacts on water <br />qual ity. (LUP) <br />(c) Suppor- programs which nE?p to p•^otect water <br />. quality. such es the Soii ;,onservetion Service <br />and Sed'+ment~tion and _rosion Control <br />Frogrer..s. (LUP) <br />(d) 'encourage eftorts to monitor the quaff i--y cf <br />water in Orange County strtars. (LUP) <br />C. ~cevise Section t~•) Sewage DispesLl!i-Iternative Systesr.s <br />to read as folio.:;: <br />• <br />