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12 <br /> (Changes since the 10/10/88 public hearing are underlined. ) <br /> Goal 2 - Sewage Disposal <br /> Assist in providing adequate and appropriate sewage disposal <br /> : facilities for all current and future residents. <br /> A. General Policies <br /> 1. Sewage disposal needs should be met in a manner <br /> consistent with the land use plans and growth <br /> _ <br /> ' management policies of Orange County, <br /> municipalities within the county, and surrounding <br /> -jurisdictions, including agricultural preservation, <br /> P and watershed and environmental protection <br /> policies. <br /> i <br /> 2. The type of sewage disposal facilities appropriate <br /> for an area should be identified as a function of <br /> ,., <br /> the magnitude of present and future demand; the <br /> distribution of users; the present and potential <br /> availability of public utility services; and the <br /> capacity of the natural environment to absorb the <br /> 1, impact. The determination of appropriate types of <br /> sewage disposal facilities in the County should be <br /> --, made in close cooperation with utility service <br /> r' <br /> providers, both public and private, and with <br /> municipalities. <br /> 3. Wastewater discharged by a residence, place of <br /> business or place of assembly shall be capable of <br /> being treated: <br /> r _ <br /> a. By physical, chemical, and/or biological <br /> , <br /> -, processes; <br /> b. In accord with the wastewater treatment and <br /> .i . disposal practices and regulations of the <br /> sewer utility treating the wastewater; and <br /> c. In accord with Article 11 (Sanitary Sewage <br /> Systems) of Chapter 130A of the General <br /> Statutes of North Carolina. <br /> . 4. On-site disposal should be encouraged in low- <br /> density and rural areas where soil conditions are <br /> 'T.k. acceptable. In rural areas with unacceptable <br /> : soils, State-approved on-site sewage disposal <br /> fl' <br /> '1. 05 <br /> 1 <br /> n.,... <br />