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O R A N G E C O U N T Y 256 <br /> INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br /> 8704-1610 <br /> TO: Orange County Planning Board <br /> FROM: Marvin E . Collins, Plar,ning Director <br /> SUBJECT: Water/Sewer Policy <br /> DATE: May 13, 19E7 <br /> COPIES : Ken Thompson, County Manager <br /> Geoffrey Gledhill , Cour-y Attorney <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 . As an initial step , I <br /> have compiled adopted and draft policies, by topical t:eadinc, <br /> for your consideration. <br /> After each policy statement is an abbreviation, indicating <br /> the source. The index of abbreviations is as follows : <br /> LUP Land Use Plan <br /> ZO Zoning Ordinance <br /> WSP Draft Water/Sewer Extension Policy <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 Sup; ly <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) Delineatio-/Frc'.;+_ion of y:_;erskeds <br /> ( a) Designate prime reservoir sites, based on an <br /> evaluation of water resources throughout the <br /> • <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 �f <br /> the County. ( LUP) <br /> ( b) Adopt and implement policies which specify land use <br />