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n tiJ the study, which will likely result in more detailed recommendations on ways to protect water quality in the reservoir, is expected -in early 1994 . There are no prohibitions on the creation of a Rural Neighborhood Activity Node within water supply watersheds within either the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan or the state's minimum standards . The state minimum standards allow non-residential development that meets the land use or impervious surface controls specified for the watershed class, and also allows an additional 5% of the watershed to be developed for non-residential purposes with an impervious surface rate of up to 70% in this area. However, there are four policy statements in the Land Use Element which deal with the issue of land uses and watersheds : 1 . Page 3 . 5-9 Under Goal Ten ( "Clean and safe water supplies available and adequate to meet future needs of the residents of Orange County" ) : "10.2 Adopt and implement policies which specify land use patterns and intensities of development in water supply watersheds and water quality critical areas that will minimize potential adverse impacts on water quality. 10. 8 Commercial and industrial uses are inappropriate in the University Lake and Cane Creek watersheds" . NOTE: Another amendment to the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, CP-4-93, updates the sections of the Land Use Element to complement the proposed water supply watershed revisions needed to conform to the Water Supply Watershed Act of 1989 . As a part of this amendment, some watershed-related goal statements are proposed for clarification and updating, based on more recent information . Goal 10.8 above is proposed for amendment to clarify the appropriate role of commercial uses in Cane Creek watershed. The amended language for this statement is shown below: 10. 8 ° T-o minimize further degradation of University Lake water quality, commercial and industrial land uses should not be permitted in the University Lake watershed. Industrial uses are also inappropriate in the Cane Creek watershed, and any commercial uses in the Cane Creek watershed should be small-scale in nature, designed to provide basic services to residents of the immediate area, and located outside of the watershed critical area to minimize potential adverse impacts on water quality. The amended language would not conflict with this proposed amendment for a Rural Neighborhood Activity Node. 7