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14? r industrial uses. 'However, it is up to the people of Orange County to decide if that is what they want for that area. one major issue is the total amount of land that is already zoned commercial and special use mobile home. The water and sewer extension would eventually increase the,number of mobile homes and commercial]and uses in the immediate area around U. S. 70. Annexation: if the City of Durham provides water and sewer service to the petitioner's area and perhaps beyond, then the possibility that the City of Durham will annex this area which it is providing services to is raised. The area already has extensive commercial zoning and good trans- portation facilities and ha-the potential to attract business that could add to the tax_ base of OranM County. The issue then is possible this tax base to the City of Durham if they start 'providing some services to the area and then decide to annex. Environment: In 1972, the Congress passed the Federal Water Pollution. Control Act Amendments with the objective'of cleaning up the nation's waters. Under Section 201 of this Act, areas were required to prepare a facilities plan which demonstrated the need'for funds to construct sewage treatment facilities. The Greater Durham Area 201 Wastewater Facilities Plan In- cludes orange County and calls for construction of sewer lines into the area in question. 'Provision of these services, then, would be in keeping with this plan. Land Use Planning: An issue such as this which could affect...the_fvture growth pattern of part of Orange County makes a good case for the develop ment of a land use plan for the County. Such a plan could provide the basis upon whichh to make rational decisions about what Orange County's policy ought to be on this question. Policy o tions The Planning Board might take a number of positions on the question of extension of water (and sewer.'?)into Eno Township along Hillsborough Road. These include: 1. Appose extension of water lines into the area.. This would allow growth an the area only to the capacity of soils to absorb effu- lent from septic tanks. It would also deny owners of Brewer's Trailer Court use of their property as a mobile home park and possibly expose residents of other mobile home parks in the area to unpotable water. 2. Endorse the extension o£ a small diameter water line (6 or 8 inches for example}but not a sewer line to the peti.tioner's property and not beyond. This would solve health problems in the area while not opening up the area to the growth that the provision of uti- lities of greater capacity might cause.