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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> 026 INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br /> 8704-1810 <br /> TO: Orange County Planning Board <br /> FROM: Marvin E. Collins, Planning Director <br /> SUBJECT: Water/Sewer Policy <br /> DATE: May 13, 1987 <br /> COPIES : Ken Thompson, County Manager <br /> The Board of Commissioners have asked the Planning Board to <br /> prepare recommendations concerning a water and sewer <br /> extension policy for Orange County which applies to land use <br /> planning issues . As an initial step, I ha ve compiled <br /> adopted and draft policies, by topical heading, for your <br /> consideration. <br /> After each policy statement is an abbreviation, <br /> the source. The index of abbreviations is as followsndicating <br /> LUP Land Use Plan <br /> ZO Zoning Ordinance <br /> SR Subdivision Regulations <br /> Please review this material and note those policies which <br /> should be expanded, clarified or deleted. Note also policies <br /> which are absent from the list. <br /> ( 1 ) Water Supply <br /> ( a) Provide clean and safe water supplies available and <br /> adequate to meet future needs of the residents of <br /> Orange County. (LUP) <br /> ( b) Manage Orange County 's water supplies so that <br /> available resources are balanced with existing and <br /> projected needs. (LUP) <br /> (2) Delineation/Protection of Watersheells <br /> ( a) Designate prime reservoir sites, based on an <br /> evaluation of water resources throughout the <br /> County, to protect those areas from adverse <br /> development impacts and to insure that inappro- <br /> priate restrictions are not placed on a large <br /> population of the land area and land resources of <br /> the County. ( LUP) <br /> (b) Adopt and implement policies which specify land use <br /> patterns and intensities of development in water <br /> W <br />