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II. Definitions <br /> Primary Service Area: An area where water and sewer service might <br /> reasonably be provided in the future, according to adopted plans. <br /> OWASA Long-Term Interest Area: An area within which public water <br /> and/or sewer extensions are not anticipated to be made, but if such <br /> services are to be provided, OWASA will be the responsible utility service <br /> provider. <br /> The OWASA Long-Term Interest Area shall include all of the area <br /> designated as "Rural Buffer" under the Joint Planning Area Land Use plan <br /> for Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro, as well as portions of the <br /> Cape Fear River basin located south of Bowman Road in Orange County <br /> (as shown on the map in Appendix 2). Development within the OWASA <br /> Long-Term Interest Area is not projected to occur at urban densities, and <br /> therefore, by official plans and policy statements, public water and sewer <br /> services shall generally be prohibited in this area. Individual on-site and <br /> small-scale alternative water supply and wastewater treatment systems <br /> will be the primary methods of meeting the water and sewer service needs <br /> of existing and future development. OWASA's Long-Term Interest Area <br /> does not include areas outside of Orange County, except for areas that <br /> already exist. <br /> (TWO ALTERNAT IVES UNDER CONSIDERATION) <br /> Alt#1 OWASA will not extend public water and sewer service in its Long- <br /> Term Interest Area unless said action is required to address a <br /> public health emergency not otherwise correctable and/or to <br /> provide service to an "essential public facility." <br /> Alt#2 OWASA will not extend public water and sewer service in its Long- <br /> Term Interest Area unless said action is required to address a <br /> public health emergency not otherwise correctable and/or to <br /> provide service to an "essential public facility'; provided that the <br /> concurrence of the parties of the Joint Planning Agreement is <br /> obtained prior to the extension of utilities into or through the Rural <br /> Buffer. <br /> Hillsborough Long-Term Interest Area: Same as the Town's Long-Term <br /> Service Area. An area where water and sewer service is to be provided by <br /> the Town as identified within the 50-Year Master Plan (as shown on the <br /> map in Appendix 2). <br />