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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM: 8705-1820 0 6 <br /> Water/Sewer Policy p <br /> June 17, 1987 <br /> Page 5 <br /> ( RB) districts as shown in the Land Use Plan <br /> except as may be approved through a Special <br /> Use Permit or a Planned Development District. <br /> (Z0-6 .20) <br /> D. Revise Section (4) Delineation of Water/Sewer Service <br /> Districts to read as follows : <br /> ( 4) Delineation of Water/Sewer Service Districts <br /> The Planning Board recommends that Orange County <br /> immediately establish as a matter of policy that it <br /> will not approve any development project to be <br /> supplied by water and/or sewer service unless <br /> located in a water/sewer service district <br /> incorporated into the Land Use Plan and appropriate <br /> ordinances, following public hearing and citizen <br /> comment. <br /> The Planning Board further recommends that, except <br /> in emergency situations, Orange County neither <br /> fund nor support extensions of public or private <br /> water/sewer services outside service areas adopted <br /> as part of the Land Use Plan . Furthermore, where <br /> County funds are used, in whole or in part, to <br /> finance extensions of such services, it shall <br /> retain some authority to determine the disposition <br /> of utility services provided. <br /> These recommendations are based on and in support <br /> of the following goals : <br /> ( a) Provide water and sewer lines in those areas <br /> which can be practically and efficiently <br /> served by these facilities. ( LUP) <br /> ( b) Develop and implement a cooperative joint <br /> planning process among the County, its <br /> municipalities, surrounding jurisdictions and <br /> utility providers responsible for water and <br /> sewer lines to guide the extension of lines in <br /> accordance with the land use plans and <br /> policies of the affected jurisdictions . ( LUP) <br /> (c) Establish Urban Service Areas for Chapel Hill , <br /> Carrboro, Hillsborough, Mebane, Durham and the <br /> service area of the Orange-Alamance Water <br /> System which will correspond with the 10-year <br /> and 20-year Transition Areas. Water and sewer <br /> lines should be directed to those areas which <br /> contain and are appropriate for higher density <br /> levels of residential , commercial and <br />