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R <br />program for monitoring and <br />inspecting alternative treatment and <br />disposal systems as operated by the <br />Orange County Health Department will <br />be evaluated to determine the <br />advisability of permitting such <br />systems in the watershed. <br />C) Following receipt and review of the <br />above mentioned studies, a decision <br />will be made regarding the use <br />of alternative treatment and <br />disposal systems and the <br />availability of public water and <br />sewer services in the watershed. <br />6.25.7 Water SuRply /Sewage Disposal 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 sewagg system <br />