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~. <br />4. Service Standards. Upon completion of said facilities, City agrees that it will <br />provide water and sewer service to the service area. Said service will be <br />provided utilizing water and sewer rates uniformly applied within Mebane's <br />service areas to properties similarly situated. Connected properties maybe <br />charged normal hookup or tapping fees, and connection or impact fees but <br />will not be charged any assessment or fees in lieu of assessment designed or <br />intended to recoup construction costs. The City agrees to waive hook <br />up/tapping fees and connection/impact fees for the connection of existing <br />residences and churches located within the service area and on Buckhorn <br />Road provided that the City incurs no costs in association with such taps or <br />connections. Individual connections other than existing residential uses or the <br />public uses described above shall be subject to the approval of the City of <br />Mebane. Provided, however, such approval shall not be unreasonably <br />withheld and shall be based on the capacity of the system and the ability of the <br />City's water and sewer system to provide service within the~entire service area <br />of the City's water and sewer systems, consistent with the resources available <br />to the City. The City acknowledges that industrial and commercial uses are <br />.designed for inclusion within the I-85/Buckhorn Road Economic <br />Development District and that such uses, if permitted by the County, will be <br />served subject only to capacity issues. Individual users will be required to <br />comply with system-wide regulations applicable to City water or sewer <br />customers. Provided, however, applications for service for property located <br />east of Buckhorn Road within the service area shall not be required to be <br />accompanied by an application to the City for annexation into the corporate <br />limits of the City unless the application clearly provides that it may not be <br />acted on by the City within 12 months of its submission and after the issuance <br />by the County of development approval and development perrnits for the <br />property. The County, by action of its Board of Commissioners, may, on a <br />case by case basis, waive the requirement that any such annexation application <br />provide that it may not be acted upon by the City until 12 months after its <br />submission and after the issuance by the County of development approval and <br />permits for the property. <br />5. Planning Standards. Each party to this Agreement shall retain such planning <br />and regulation of development powers and authority within the service area as <br />shall now exist or are hereafter expanded or modified by North Carolina <br />Statutes and agreements made from time to time by the City and County <br />which agreements are authorized by North Carolina Statutes. Nothing <br />