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Y r 019 7 Goal 3 - Urban Development Establish an urban development pattern compatible with the goal of directing urban growth to areas where it is desirable and can be practically and efficiently served by water and sewer facilities. A. General Policies 1 . A cooperative joint planning process should be developed and implemented among the County, its municipalities, surrounding jurisdictions and utility providers responsible for water and sewer lines to guide the extension of lines in accordance with the land use plans and policies of the affected jurisdictions . 2 . Land in areas changing from rural to urban in character and which could reasonably be developed to accommodate urban-type densities should be designated as Transition Areas in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Such lands are currently but not completely served by urban systems such as water and sewer lines. Transition Areas should be further classified into Ten and Twenty-Year areas to reflect the most appropriate sequence of development as the areas change from rural to urban and services are extended. 3 . Intensive land uses should be directed to Transition Areas and away from areas which are suitable for continued agricultural uses and which are protected as Water Supply Watersheds and Water Quality Critical Areas . 4. Rural, low-density land surrounding Urban Areas, but beyond the Transition Areas, should be designated as Rural Buffer in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. These areas will remain rural in character, will not require urban services and will maintain farming or rural non-farm residential development as the most appropriate land use. 5. Land in areas suitable for low-density residential development but not suited for agricultural uses, that is not dependent on urban services and to which urban services will not be extended within the next twenty years should be designated as Rural