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16 <br />similar to Sedgefield, Stoneridge, Oak Hills, Birchwood Lake <br />Estates and Falls 4o the New Hope are expected to continue,. <br />relying either on wells and septic tanks; or County- approved <br />monitored and maintained alternatives for water supply and <br />sewage disposal. <br />Pace 8 4, "gurAl Residential" c t. • &QR Of e <br />There are approximately 9260 acres of land designated for <br />Rural Residential purposes in the Land Use Plan. If developed <br />at an average density of 0.473 dwelling units per acre of <br />land, with 15% of the land subtracted out for streets and <br />roads, the holding capacity of the areg in terms of <br />residential dwellings is 3,723. If multiplied by the 1990 <br />estimated population per household (2.52), the population <br />would be 9,382 at buildout. <br />Page 84 "Retail Iradg Areas" category <br />Add third paragraph.. <br />The potential for limited retail areas, only as designed as a <br />component of a planned Rural Village, does exist in the <br />defined service corridor. Such a retail area would be <br />permitted according to standards defined in the Orange County <br />Zoning Ordinance, and would be designed at a pedestrian -scale <br />to serve only the Rural Village area, discouraging external <br />passer -by traffic from entering the.community. <br />SECTION VII. OVERVI W OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES <br />Pa a 90 Water and Sewer Exte sion Po is <br />The Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) is-the provider <br />of'water and sewer in the JPA. OWASA policy is to extend <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 />