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20 <br />water and sewer in accordance with the adopted policies off <br />the applicable local governments. Current Orange County <br />policy is to approve water and sewer extensions only to: <br />1) Areas designated as Transition on the Land Use Element of <br />the Orange County Comprehensive Plan; <br />2) Areas designated as Transition in this document and its <br />accompanying Land Use Plan Map; and <br />3) Planned Rural Village developments in the Rural Boundary - <br />only in the predefined Rural Village Development Corridor. <br />Only Rural Village developments in this corridor are <br />eligible for such extension. <br />4) Emergency situations requiring the extension of water and <br />sewer services, as defined in the Orange County water and <br />Sewer Policy. <br />Suggestions have been made... <br />t> Delete last sentence from paragraph. <br />END OF PROPOSED JOINT PLANNING LAND USE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENTS <br />PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE JOINT PLANNING AGREEMENT <br />adopted November 2, 1987. <br />(Also herein referenced as Appendix A, Joint Planning Land <br />Use Plan). <br />ARTICLE I Section 1.2 .G (Page 3, "Rural Buffer ") <br />...This area is further defined as being a low - density area <br />consisting primarily of single- family homes situated on lots <br />having an average lot size of 1.92 acres or greater, or lots <br />within planned developments that provide 40 -80% open space <br />with a density of between 0.5 and 0.84 units per acre. The <br />Rural Buffer is further defined as land which, although <br />adjacent to an Urban or Transition Area, is rural in <br />character and which will remain rural, contain low- density <br />residential uses, and not require urban services (public <br />utilities and other Town services), with exception only in <br />the case of "Rural Village" planned developments as defined <br />in the Orange County zoning Ordinance, which shall be <br />permitted only in a predefined corridor in close proximity to <br />current service areas. <br />END OF AMENDMENTS TO THE JOINT PLANNING AGREEMENT <br />