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<br />~ ' <br />iATErOFF1CE 1•'::';:r;AP:aI"': F7~F-iF.?^ 2~ti: <br />k'ater/Sewer Policy <br />June )~, 1 nEi7 <br />Pope 5 <br />(RB) districts es shown in ;he Land Use Plan <br />except as may be approvEd through a Special <br />Use Permit or a Dlanned Development District. <br />(ZO-6.2Q) <br />D. Revise Section (~) Delinegtion of Water/Sewer Service <br />Districts to read rs foi IcK•s: <br />(4) ~ in~+at'!on of t~2~+r:,Sp_ e~_Servic Ds~tricts <br />• <br />• <br />The Planning Board recommends that Orange County <br />immediately establisr. zs a matter of policy that tt <br />will not approve any development project to be <br />supplied by r.~8ter enc/or sewer service unless <br />located in a waTe~/sewer 58rviCe district <br />incorporated into -he Lznd Use Plan a•nd appropriate <br />ordinances, follawing public hearing and citizen <br />Comment. <br />The Planning i3oard further recommends tha•`, except <br />in emergency situations, Orange County neither <br />fund nor support ex7~r.sions of public or private <br />water/sewer services ou-side service areas adopted <br />as part of the Land Use Plan. Furthermore, where <br />County funds are used, in whole or in part, to <br />finance Bx"ensiOns Cf such services, it shall <br />rEtBin some authority -o degermine the dispesision <br />of u~llity Services provide['. <br />These recommends`ions are bzsed on and in Support <br />Of the following cGZlf: <br />(L) Provide Mater end sewer lines in those ere es <br />which can be practically and efficiently <br />served by these =a~ilities. tLUP) <br />(b) Develop end ir„alement a cooperative joint <br />planning process Ltnohg the County, i~5 <br />municipalities, surrounding ,iurisdic"iOr.s end <br />u:iliTy providers responsiple for Meter and <br />sewer lines .o cute ;he ex~ension of lines in <br />accordance with the land use' plans and <br />policies of the ef`,ectad jurist:ictions. (LUP) <br />tc) =stablish Urban Service hrees for Chapel Hill, <br />Csrrboro, Hiltsborouch, i~iebane, Durham end The <br />5erviGe area of 'he Orange-Rltrance K'a~er <br />System Mhich kill correspond with .he 10-year <br />bad 21?-year Trans i~ipn Ar8E5. l:'zter and sewer <br />lines should ae directed to yhose BrEES khich <br />contPin and ars E?aropriate for higher densi-y <br />levels O`, resioEr.t;ai. commercial anG <br />