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development project is authorized by any water <br />management plan and discharge permit in effect at <br />the time of approval. <br />Following review and approval of preliminary plans <br />as described above, the board of directors or <br />governing board of the municipality, association or <br />authority must have approved, through formal <br />resolution or other agreement, the provision of <br />water and/or sewer service to the development <br />project . <br />3. Outside of Transition Areas, extensions of water or <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 <br />sewer service. However, system extensions into and <br />within the Rural Buffer and Water Quality Critical <br />Areas shall be__sized to address only the concern <br />for which the systems are extended. <br />Valid written water and/or sewer service agreemen s <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 water/sewer authority is a party and <br />is the water/sewer provider may be carried out to <br />the level of service for which the agreements-were <br />originally written. However, the water and/or <br />sewer service established by such an agreement <br />shall be extended only for uses and densities <br />permitted by the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. <br />4. Development projects outside the Rural Buffer <br />portion of the Joint Planning Area and outside a <br />Water Quality Critical Area may access water or <br />sewer service when existing water or sewer service <br />is contiguous to the site. However, any such <br />development project will only be approved at <br />densities permitted by the Orange County Zoning <br />Atlas and consistent with the Land Use Element of <br />the Comprehensive Plan. <br />"Development project" refers to any place of <br />residence, business, industry, or assembly, and any <br />major or minor subdivision,. special use or planned <br />development which requires the approval of Orange <br />County through administration and enforcement of <br />the N.C. State Building Code or its Zoning and <br />Subdivision Regulations. <br />-7- <br />