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2022-05 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HARNETT COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE – ARTICLE VII; XIV SECTION 6.2, 6.3; 2.2Harnett County Board of Commissioners ORDINANCE NO. 2022-05 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HARNETT COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Harnett County adopted the UDO on October 17, 2011 for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and general welfare of the county residents; and WHEREAS, this ordinance was adopted under authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, particularly G.S. 153A-340; and WHEREAS, the UDO contains provisions for amending said ordinance and those provisions have been followed; and WHEREAS, the Harnett County Planning Board has reviewed the amendment to the article of the UDO as listed below and recommends the adoption of the following amendment. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF HARNETT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA that Harnett County Unified Development Ordinance Article VII: development Design Guidelines, Section 6.2 Water Supply System and Section 6.3 Sewage Disposal System, and Article XIV Definitions & Certifications, Section 2.2 General Definitions, of the UDO shall be amended to read as indicated in "Attachment". "Attachment" is filed with the Unified Development Ordinance in the Clerk to the Board's Office. Duly adopted this 21' day of February 2022 and effective upon adoption. HARNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS is W. Weatherspo hairman A-17EST:- Meliksa D. Capps, Clerk ATTACHMENT Harnett County Board of Commissioners ARTICLE VII. DEVELOPMENT SEDIGN GUIDELINES SECTION 6.0 CONNECTION TO UTILITY SERVICES 6.2 Water Supply System To further the intent of this Section, as well as orderly development of utilities, the Harnett County Department of Public Utilities may require a larger water supply line than is typically required to ensure capacity for future development. 6.2.1 Connection A. Connection Requirement Any development which is created after the adoption of this Section, and is located within that number of feet of an existing County owned or operated water supply and distribution system as is specified in Subsection "Distance Specification' below, whether the development is located within or without the service area of an existing County owned or operated public water supply and distribution system, the developer shall cause a water distribution system, meeting the standards herein specified, to be constructed and installed in such development and shall further cause said water distribution system to be connected to the existing County owned or operated public water supply and distribution system which is located as specified in said Subsection "Distance Specification." This requirement also applies to new phases of existing development where these phases have not been previously approved by the appropriate Harnett County Development Review Board. 2. The developer may establish and create a public water supply system or connect the development to an existing public water supply system. However, such created public water supply system or such water distribution system to be connected to an existing system shall be approved by and meet the requirements of all Federal, State, and local governments, including but not limited to the DENR. B. Distance Specification A development shall be required to meet the conditions of this Section when the development is located within that number of feet of an existing County owned or operated water supply and distribution system which equals the product of the number of lots within the development (including lots to be developed in the future) multiplied by 100; provided however, that the maximum distance required for connection shall not exceed 5,000 feet. C. Subject to Capacity Sufficiency In the event that a development should meet the distance specification requirements of Subsection "Connection' of this Section, and the County owned or operated water supply and distribution system to which the development would connect shall be of insufficient capacity to permit the the delivery of water to said development, the subject development shall be relieved of the requirement to connect to such County system. In no case shall capacity be guaranteed until such time that plans have been approved and permitted by DENR and system development fees are paid in full. 6.3 Sewage Disposal System 6.3.1 Connection C. Subject to Capacity Sufficiency Harnett County Board of Commissioners In the event that a development should meet the distance specification requirements of Subsection "Connection" of this Section, and the County owned or operated sewage disposal system to which the development would connect shall be of insufficient capacity to permit the collection and treatment of sewage from said development, the subject development shall be relieved of the requirement to connect to such County system. In no case shall capacity be guaranteed until such time that plans have been approved and permitted by DENR and system development fees are paid in full. ARTICLE XIV. DEFINITIONS & CERTIFICATIONS 2.2 General Definitions System Development Fee Requirement of the developer to dedicate or pay for all or a portion of land or costs of public facilities as a condition of development approval.