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16 <br /> (Changes made since 10/10/88 public hearing are underlined. ) <br /> Goal 3 - Urban Development <br /> Establish an urban development pattern compatible with the <br /> goal of directing urban growth to areas where it is desirable <br /> and can be practically and efficiently served by water and <br /> sewer facilities. <br /> A. General Policies <br /> 1. A cooperative joint planning process to include <br /> water and sewer service area boundaries should be <br /> developed and implemented among the County, its <br /> municipalities, surrounding jurisdictions and <br /> utility providers responsible for water and sewer <br /> lines to guide the extension of lines in accordance <br /> with the land use plans and policies of the <br /> affected jurisdictions. <br /> 2. Land in areas changing from rural to urban in <br /> character and which could reasonably be developed <br /> to accommodate urban-type densities should be <br /> designated as Transition Areas in the Land Use <br /> Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Such lands are <br /> currently but not completely served by urban <br /> systems such as water and sewer lines. Transition <br /> Areas should be further classified into Ten and <br /> Twenty-Year areas to reflect the most appropriate <br /> sequence of development as the areas change from <br /> rural to urban and services are extended. <br /> 3. Intensive land uses should be directed to <br /> Transition Areas and away from areas which are <br /> suitable for continued agricultural uses and which <br /> are protected as Water Supply Watersheds and Water <br /> Quality Critical Areas. <br /> 4. Rural, low-density land surrounding Urban Areas, <br /> but beyond the Transition Areas, should be <br /> designated as Rural Buffer or Rural Character- in <br /> the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> These areas will remain rural in character, will <br /> not require urban services and will maintain <br /> farming or rural non-farm residential development <br /> as the most appropriate land use. <br /> 5. Land in areas suitable for low-density residential <br /> development but not suited for agricultural uses, <br /> that is not dependent on urban services and to <br /> which urban services will not be extended within <br /> the next twenty years should be designated as Rural <br /> Residential in the Land Use' Element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. <br /> 09 <br />