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2Itachment 2 ORANGE3 WATER Ate SEWER AUTHORITY POLICY FOR THE EXTENSION 0',I F WATER AND SEWER LIKES OR CONNECTIONS THERETO IN THEUKIVERSYrY LAICE WATERSHED hLm= This policy s g forth principles and guidelines for, the ,extension of the Authority's water and sewer facilities and services or connections thereto in the Un."iversity Lake watershed. In 1,997 Orange Water and Sewer. Authority commissi6ed the C;amp Dresser & McKee Univerwily Lake Watershed Sas to provide the Board of wid local governing bodies with a reliable basis for implementing land managerritint controls to help assure short and lung term proteefiDn, of the University Lake water supply. On April 23, 1987, the Xuthority initiated a moratorium. on water, and sewer extensions into the watershed. 'Me moratorium �s Maintained WMe the sUidy was conducted and its recommendations were being cowidcred by local gmming bodies. The sWdy, w hkb was completed in Mareb. 1989, evaluated a range of development scenarios and utility service Options, and determined that low dew, iryresidential development served by individual wells and septic systems would, pr=at the least ovcralftisk to University Uke water quality. M. any of the CDM findings and recommeadations were inebrparated,mito, local land mana . of plans, getne 'development ordinances, and regulations amended by th Orange County Doerd oaf Com miss ioners and Carrboto Board of Aldermen in April and May, 1990.E Among the standards foT new &Vetopment were 5- and 2-acre minimum, lot requirements, impervious surface limits, and revised stream buffer setbacks. Additionally, Cartboro and Orange, Colinty pia objbited�community alterna6ye wastewater treattnent and disposal systems, as well as public Water and se of service, except to correct officiall y deel" health hazards. Ile County adopted, additional tan age ' allowin recorts g idem6on of its 'utility gul restrictions after special studies thaf the County exppdeit to be complet6d by April 30, 1991. Although Chapel dill has no planning and zoning Jurisdirttian in 'university Lake watershed, the Town Council Maintained a oo nsisten,t policy against the extension of pub�c water and. sewer service into U= watershed, Orarige Water and Sewer Authority's Mission and Goals Statement (Dwmber, 1988) includes, a commitment "to, be guided by the land maragement p law appruvcd by the ,goverrim. ent units in the area the, Authority serves..- Consistent with findings of the Camp Dresser & McKee University Lake'Warerylied Study, and in accordance with, positions adopted by CArrboro, Chapel Hi 11, and Orange County, the0range Water and-Sewer Authority will not pa of swat sery its its ,mil, the extension W' and sewer facilities and it s control of connections they in, the University lake' watershed, except on a site, by site basis as describedbelow. Tbeutility scrvioelintilat'lons:impose4,bythis 'policy are is tended to apply Primarily