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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM; 57OL-1E10 <br /> Water/Sewer Policy 264 <br /> May 13, 1957 <br /> Page 7 <br /> for six years equals maximum County <br /> funding <br /> For approved projects, •Ora- ce Courty shall pay all <br /> costs up to the Iimits s- c-ed above at no cost to • <br /> the developer except in the case of a lease <br /> agreement. In such cases, the terms of the lease <br /> shall include recovery of all County costs plus <br /> interest within six years after utilities are <br /> turned on . ( WSP) <br /> ( 6 ) It shall be the policy c; Orange County to have <br /> title to any water and newer utilities which it <br /> funds . (WSP) <br /> (7 ) A fee schedule for tap—ons will be developed. Where <br /> properties along a Coln-y—owned portion of a <br /> utility extension wish to tsp—cn to the utility, an <br /> assessment fee shall be ci,:.rged in addition to a <br /> tap—on fee. The assessment ft-e shall be determined <br /> by the Board of Commissioners and based on acreage <br /> and/or front footage served . <br /> The owner of a large acreage tract or bona fide <br /> farm may select one acre, usually surrounding his <br /> cr her house, to which the assessment formula will <br /> be applied . If later the .:roperty is subdivided, <br /> the formula will be app " ed and charged for the <br /> remainder of the tract. ( WSP) <br /> ( 6) It shall be Orange County T)olicy to require that <br /> when a County—financed ware- or sewer extension is <br /> connected to a municipally—owned and operated water <br /> or sewer system, then the municipality shall enter <br /> into an agreement with the :oun7y providing that in <br /> the event the project served is annexed by the <br /> municipality, it shall pay —o the County any County <br /> share of the project n;,t recovered by the <br /> development . (WSP) <br /> ( 9) It shall be the policy of Orange County to require <br /> that water and sewer utilities will be •built to the <br /> standards and specifications •of the municipality, <br /> private association or wale-- cr sewer authority to <br /> whose system they are connected . ( WSP) <br /> ( 10 ) Water and sewer utilities extended to a development <br /> under this policy shall be of such design and size <br /> to serve not only <br /> that development but also any <br /> existing or anticipated development within the area <br /> of the development. _ The additional capacity to be <br /> installed at the time of . ne extension to a <br />