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GOAL 3 - DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ~ 2~ <br />Within the county's planning jurisdiction, establish <br />development patterns compatible with the goal of directing <br />urban growth to areas where it is desirable and can be <br />practically and efficiently served by water and sewer <br />facilities. <br />A. General Policies ~• <br />1. Public water and sewer facilities should be <br />extended in~accordance with the Land Use Element of <br />the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. Such <br />facilities will be encouraged, where they are <br />available, in the Plan's Urban and Transition <br />areas, and will be discouraged in Rural and' <br />Agricultural areas except where their provision <br />will enhance the rural character and provide for <br />open space by allowing clustered development. <br />- ~`i~xnt planning ~ shaui.ld be developed and implemented <br />among the County, its municipalities, surrounding <br />jurisdictions, and utility providers responsible <br />for water and sewer service to guide the extension <br />of lines in accordance with joint land use plans <br />and water/sewer service boundary agreements. <br />B. service Capability/Capacity/Extension Policies <br />1. A water or sewer system built or extended within a <br />Transition area as defined in the Land Use Element <br />of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan shall be <br />designed, sized, and constructed to the standards <br />of the probable future public utility provider. <br />The location and size of utility easements shall be <br />approved by and dedicated in the form of a deed of <br />easement to the probable future public utility <br />provider. <br />2. A development project to.be served,by a pub],ic, <br />or private water or sewer system must be assured of <br />installation of such service at the time it is <br />approved. <br />°' "Assured of installation" shall mean that the <br />municipality, private association or water or <br />sewer authority to whose system the development <br />project is to be connected has reviewed and <br />approved preliminary plans for proposed water <br />and sewer lines, the adequacy of the existing <br />system(s) to which the connection(s). will be made, <br />the capacity of existing water and sewer treatment <br />facilities, the carrying capacity of the discharge <br />stream or discharge point, .and the method of <br />funding proposed extensions of water and sewer <br />lines. The approval by the municipality, private <br />association, or water or sewer authority shat.]. <br />contain a certification that service to the <br />-6- <br />