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expanded storage reservoir will provide additional <br /> high quality water for the community at little <br /> capital cost to the public. <br /> Finally, the proposal is described as advancing <br /> Goal Number One of the Comprehensive Plan ("To <br /> conserve the County's natural environment through <br /> means which are equitable to all citizens of Orange <br /> County") by using a mutually beneficial <br /> public/private easement to transform a business <br /> enterprise into a public water supply reservoir. <br /> COMPARISON WITH LOCATION STANDARDS <br /> In an analysis of a Comprehensive Plan amendment, the requested <br /> designation is evaluated for compatibility with% the applicable <br /> Locational Criteria in section 3 .4 of the Land Use Element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. In the table below, COMPLIES means that the <br /> area being evaluated is compatible with the locational criterion. <br /> DOES NOT COMPLY means that it is not. Additional explanation is <br /> provided where the response is not clear cut. <br /> The following section analyses the Extractive Use portion of the <br /> property against locational criteria, again with an assessment of <br /> how the area complies. <br /> EXTRACTIVE USES <br /> SLOPE. Located on land with slopes of less than 15%. <br /> COMPLIES. Topographic mapping of the area indicates that the <br /> majority of this property was slightly sloped before <br /> development began. Moderate to steep slopes were evident <br /> along the banks of Phil's Creek, which originally crossed this <br /> site in a northwest to southeast direction. The original <br /> features of the area have been drastically altered by the <br /> existing extractive land use. Topography has been altered to <br /> divert the majority of all runoff into the quarry area. The <br /> alignment of Phil's Creek has been changed from its original <br /> course diagonally crossing the site from northwest to <br /> southeast to the perimeter of the site. <br /> HYDROLOGY. Located outside water supply watersheds where runoff <br /> might affect water quality. <br /> OUESTIONABLE. This site is located within the University Lake <br /> Watershed, and falls under the provisions of the University <br /> Lake Watershed Ordinance. The extractive land uses were <br /> operating prior to the enactment of the watershed ordinance, <br /> 7 <br />