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• O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date September 3, 1991 <br />• <br />• <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # ~~~ <br />SUBJECT: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS <br />(WATER AND SEWER POLICY - GOAL 3.B.3 SERVICE CAPABILITY/ <br />CAPACITY/EXTENSION POLICIES <br />ZONING ORDINANCE - ARTICLE 6.15.2.a.2a <br />INTERIM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br />SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS - SECTION IV-C-2.a.2a <br />INTERIM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS) <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Amendments <br />Agency Comments <br />8/5/91 Public Hearing Minutes <br />8/19/91 Draft Planning Board <br />Minutes <br />1 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br />Extension 2580 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br />PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the Water and Sewer <br />Policy, Zoning Ordinance, and Subdivision Regulations <br />which would allow water and/or sewer agreements which <br />predated the County's Water and Sewer Policy to be <br />carried out in the Rural Buffer and Water Quality <br />Critical Areas. <br />BACKGROUND: In early April, a land owner in the Protected <br />Watershed portion of the University Lake Watershed in <br />the Rural Buffer visited the Planning Department to <br />inquire about developing an 18-acre parcel. He brought <br />with him a copy of an agreement which he and his wife <br />had signed with OWASA in 1983 for the purpose of <br />conveying a parcel of land as a pump station location <br />in exchange for five water and five sewer taps. The <br />pump station and taps were installed by OWASA. The <br />land owners would now like to use the taps and develop <br />their property. <br />OWASA officials have stated that they have no <br />knowledge of other similar agreements for water and/or <br />sewer service. <br />Currently, the use of existing water and sewer taps <br />