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4 <br />The second part of the amendment would make the Interim <br />Development Standards in the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision <br />Regulations consistent with the amendment to the Water and <br />Sewer Policy. <br />Existing and Proposed Ordinance Provisions: <br />Water and Sewer Policy - GOAL 3 — Development Patterns <br />A. General Policies <br />B. Service Capability /Capacity /Extension Policies <br />3. Outside of Transition Areas, extensions of water and <br />sewer systems will only occur to provide service to <br />an essential public facility, such as a school, or <br />to remedy a public health emergency not otherwise <br />correctable, such as a failing septic tank or <br />failing package treatment plant. <br />Generally, system extensions into areas outside of <br />Transition Areas shall be sized according to the <br />policies of the utility providing the water or sewer <br />service. However, system extensions into and within <br />the Rural Buffer and Water Quality Critical Areas <br />shall be sized to address only the concern for which <br />the systems are extended. <br />Valid written water and /or sewer service agreements <br />for locations in the ,Rural Buffer and Water_ Quality <br />Critical Areas which were valid prior to April 3. <br />1989, and in which a municipality (including Orange <br />County_)_ or a watgrlsewer authority is a party and is <br />the water sewer grgvider ngy be carried out to the <br />level of service ,for which, the agreements were <br />or' inally written. However,__the water andjor sewer <br />service established by such an a reement shall be <br />extended only for us s and densities ermitt d b <br />the grange County Zoning Ordinance. <br />Zoning Ordinance <br />6015.2 Interim Development,Standards Approved <br />The following interim development standards have <br />