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r <br />a <br />143 <br />availability of public water and <br />sewer services in the watershed. <br />6.25.7 Water Sumply /Sewage Dis2osal Facilities Required <br />[University Lake Watershed (ULW) District] <br />Every principal use and every lot within a <br />subdivision shall be served by a water supply and <br />sewage disposal system that is adequate to <br />accommodate the needs of such use or subdivision <br />lot and that complies with all applicable <br />regulations of the Orange County Health Department. <br />Notwithstanding the above provisions, water supply <br />and sewage treatment systems shall be limited to <br />individual wells and on -site septic systems or <br />individual on -site alternative disposal systems. <br />"On- site" shall mean that no system will be <br />permitted where effluent disposal occurs on a <br />separate lot from the source of wastewater <br />generation. <br />The use of community alternative wastewater <br />disposal systems and public water and sewer service <br />is restricted as specified in Article 6.15.2.a. of <br />this Ordinance. No new septic tanks and their <br />nitrification fields shall be located within a <br />designated stream buffer zone or within one hundred <br />(100) feet of a perennial or intermittent stream as <br />shown on the USGS quadrangle maps for Orange <br />County, whichever is the greater distance. <br />PROPOSED AMENDMENTS: <br />ARTICLE XXII. DEFINITIONS <br />Septic Tank System - A subsurface sanitary sewage system <br />consisting of a septic tank and a subsurface <br />disposal field. <br />Alternative Septic System - Any approved ground absorption <br />Sewage treatment and disposal system other than an <br />a pr ved privy or an approved septic tank system. <br />ARTICLE VI PPLICATION OF DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS <br />6.15.2.x-erim eve s r�orove <br />University Lake Watershed <br />1. Area Affected - These standards shall <br />