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.:r <br /> 1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date SeRtember 3 , 1991 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item ,# <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS <br /> (WATER AND SEWER POLICY - GOAL 3 .B.3 SERVICE CAPABILITY/ <br /> CAPACITY/EXTENSION POLICIES <br /> ZONING ORDINANCE - ARTICLE 6. 15. 2 .a.2a <br /> INTERIM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br /> SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS - SECTION IV-C-2 .a.2a <br /> INTERIM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Proposed Amendments Extension 2580 <br /> Agency Comments <br /> 8/5/91 Public Hearing Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 8/19/91 Draft Planning Board Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Minutes Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider proposed amendments to the Water and Sewer <br /> Policy, Zoning Ordinance, and Subdivision Regulations <br /> which would allow water and/or sewer agreements which <br /> predated the County's Water and Sewer Policy to be <br /> carried out in the Rural Buffer and Water Quality <br /> Critical Areas. <br /> BACKGROUND: In early April, a land owner in the Protected <br /> Watershed portion of the University Lake Watershed in <br /> the Rural Buffer visited the Planning Department to <br /> inquire about developing an 18-acre parcel. He brought <br /> with him a copy of an agreement which he and his wife <br /> had signed with OWASA in 1983 for the purpose of <br /> conveying a parcel of land as a pump station location <br /> in exchange for five water and five sewer taps. The <br /> pump station and taps were installed by OWASA. The <br /> land owners would now like to use the taps and develop <br /> their property. <br /> OWASA officials have stated that they have no <br /> knowledge of other similar agreements for water and/or <br /> sewer service. <br /> Currently, the use of existing water and sewer taps <br />