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~i./1 including pratectirg th a char acte~' of surrounding properties and encQUraging nixed use ~P~~~~~. if~directed ~ythe ~~~, staff c~u(d.include additianai~lar~guage from the existing Planned ~e~elopn~er~t text. ~ ~. .~ ~a ~6e~UgcUr~~- The ~ir[~poseSk de~~n~t~l~n ~7 ~H4la~~~41t~6;G~er ~9Li~~E~IL~}~ ~aZs!(1~~~3~ VS3[~h~ll ~f 1~ ~n~~~ri•~ ~e~elo went Ordinance ~l~ereafter `U~U'} is a~erYy bread and could alloy forthe ir~stallatian of p systems within the rural areas afthe County that may he incompatible v~ith the region as a ~ho(e. The conditional use approval process gill only add to the probfie~n. existing definitions should be used until near definition i~tharaughly studied as part ofthe second phase of the t1D0. ~.esp~nse~ ~eetian ~.~~.1 of the Orange County ~ar~ing Ordinance thereafter `the Ordinance'} prehibits the installation of `ground a6sarptian systee~s' `and'pacl~age tr~ae~t piar~t systems' Frith a design capacity o~rer ~,~~D gallons a day ~rithir~ the ~ura(i~uffer ~~~~ and ~gricu(tural Resir~ential AID eneral use zoning districts ~rithout t1~e re~rie~ and appro~ra(of a Class A ~pecia[ ~1se Perrnit ~ ~g (hereafter ~S~P'~ ar a Planned ~e~elapment ap~iication. There is na existin definition ~rithin the ordinance addressing ghat exactly a `ground absorption g syste~t' actually i~. staff ~uas e~cperiencing prohierros with enforcing the pro~risions of section ~,~~,~ due to the iac#~ Qf appropriate definitions as ~e(l as the fact the existing regulation ~~ritten in ~~88~ . does not address nearer types of ~raste~rater treatment facilities as appiicantsf de~relapers argued that certain systems that did not in~ol~e the rground absarptianr of e~uent ~rere not regulated under the pra~isions afthe ordinance. Staff eras put into the position of haying to argue a~erthe `intent' of the regu(atior~ Frith applicants {i.er, that any r~aste~rater treatment facility Frith a capacity af' aver ~,Df~D gallons per day is suh~ect to the requiren~ent~. In consultation Frith the Orange bounty En~riranrnental Health ~epartr~ent, staff developed the definition ofi ~'astev~ater treatment systems contained ~rithin the ~i~0 ,page ~a~G3~~ Instead of . , being too broad, as same have argued this net definition actually ~rrouid irnpase existing design ca acit 1i~its refer to Sectian~s~ ~,3 and 3.4 Qf the U ~~~ on ~raste~rater systems deVeiaped u~rithin p ~' ~ the R~ and -4R zoning districts to a eider range of systems that may ar nay rat necessarily ir~vaive a 'ground absorption' campQne[~t. . The Canditivnai Use district ermitting process ~ri[I not eliminate the need for the sys~em to he revie~red, This process still requires the issuance of a 5~ecial Use Permit, where the appropriateness afth~ proposed ~raste~rater treatment s~stern is considered in acting an the request ~ . i~ . ~a Concerns ~egulatians related to'~atershed Protections are changing. . . ~ ~