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3 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT' ORDINANCE: Water and Sewer Policy Zoning Ordinance Subdivision Regulations REFERENCE: Goal 3.B.3. - Service Capability /Capacity/ Extension Policies (page 7) Article 6.15.2.a.2a.- Interim Development Standards Section IV- C- 2.a.2a) - Interim Development Standards ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _X_ Staff Planning Board BOCC Public Other: Expected Public Hearing Date: August 5, 1991 Purpose of Amendment: To allow valid water and /or sewer agreements which predated the County's Water and Sewer Policy to be carried out in the Rural Buffer and Water Quality Critical Areas. Impacts /Issues: In early April, a landowner in the Protected Watershed portion of the University Lake Watershed in the Rural Buffer visited the Planning Department to inquire about developing an 18 -acre parcel. He brought with him a copy of an agreement which he and his wife had signed with OWASA in 1983 for the purpose of conveying a parcel of land as a pump station location in exchange for five water and five sewer taps. The pump station and taps were installed by OWASA. The land owners would now like to use the taps and develop their property. OWASA officials have stated that they have no knowledge of other similar agreements for water and /or sewer service. Currently, the use of existing water and sewer taps in the Rural Buffer would be in conflict with the County's Water and Sewer Policy, since it prohibits extensions outside Transition Areas with only a few specific exceptions (i.e., public health emergency, necessary public facility). The proposed amendment would add language to the Water and Sewer Policy to allow pre - existing valid written service agreements to be honored. To be considered valid, such an agreement must involve a municipality (including Orange County) or a water/ sewer authority as the service provider.