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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

TEN-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS PLAN

CHAPTER 1: OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES

APPROVED 2003 - 2012 PLANTABLE OF CONTENTS

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I.INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................1-1

A.Plan Goals and Objectives................................................................................................................1-1B. Purpose.........................................................................................................................................1-1C. Legal Requirements...........................................................................................................................1-2D. Government Responsibilities for Water Supply and Sewerage System Service...............................1-21.Montgomery County Government...............................................................................................1-3a. County Council........................................................................................................................1-3b. County Executive....................................................................................................................1-3i. Department of Environmental Protection...........................................................................1-3(a) Water and Sewer Plan Administration........................................................................1-3(b) Related Water Quality and Resource Programs.........................................................1-4ii. Department of Permitting Services...................................................................................1-5iii. Department of Public Works and Transportation..............................................................1-5iv. Department of Housing and Community Affairs...............................................................1-5v. Office of Management and Budget...................................................................................1-52. Municipalities................................................................................................................................1-63. Bi-County Agencies........................................................................................................................1-6a. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission..........................................................................1-6b. Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission....................................................1-84. State of Maryland...........................................................................................................................1-9a. Maryland Department of the Environment..............................................................................1-9b. Maryland Department of Planning...........................................................................................1-9c. Montgomery Soil Conservation District...................................................................................1-95. Regional Agencies.........................................................................................................................1-9a. District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority ....................................................................1-9b. Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments...............................................................1-10c. Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.............................................................1-10E. Plan Structure and Content

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II. POLICIES FOR THE PROVISION OF WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICE........................................1-11

A. Water and Sewer Service Area Categories........................................................................................1-111. Numbered Service Area Category Definitions.............................................................................1-112. Service Area Special Conditions and Restrictions.......................................................................1-12B. Water and Sewer Service Development Policies by Service Area Designation................................1-131. Categories W-1 and S-1..............................................................................................................1-13a. Community Service is Inadequate........................................................................................1-13b. Community Service is Not Available.....................................................................................1-13c. Public Health Hazards...........................................................................................................1-132. Categories W-2 and S-2..............................................................................................................1-133. Categories W-3 and S-3..............................................................................................................1-13a. Area-Wide Public Health Hazards.........................................................................................1-14b. Individual Public Health Hazards..........................................................................................1-144. Categories W-4 and S-4..............................................................................................................1-14a. Area-Wide Public Health Hazards.........................................................................................1-14b. Individual Public Health Hazards..........................................................................................1-145. Categories W-5 and W-6, and S-5 and S-6.................................................................................1-14a. Area-Wide Public Health Hazards.........................................................................................1-14

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b. Individual Public Health Hazards..........................................................................................1-14C. Water and Sewer Service Planning in the Development Review Process........................................1-151. Development Plan Review..........................................................................................................1-152. Record Plat Review and Approval Process.................................................................................1-15D. General Policies for Water and Sewer Service.................................................................................1-151. General Policies for Community Water Service..........................................................................1-152. General Policies for Community Sewer Service..........................................................................1-173. Water and Sewer Service Policies for Non-Residential Zoned Areas..........................................1-174. Consistency with Comprehensive Planning Policy......................................................................1-17E. Special Policies for Water and Sewer Service..................................................................................1-181. Master Plan Recommended Exceptions......................................................................................1-192. Community Service to Relieve Public Health Problems..............................................................1-203. Community Service for Properties Abutting Existing Mains........................................................1-21a. Single Hookups Only.............................................................................................................1-21b. Single Hookups for Residual Properties................................................................................1-21c. Single Hookups for Combined Properties..............................................................................1-22d. Multiple Sewer Hookups........................................................................................................1-22e. Abutting Mains Land Use Policy Issues.................................................................................1-22

4. Community Service for Private Institutional Facilities..................................................................1-22 a. Facilities Located Within the Community Service Envelopes................................................1-23b. Facilities Located Outside the Community Service Envelopes.............................................1-23i. Sites Abutting Existing Water and/or Sewer Mains..........................................................1-23ii. Sites Requiring New Water and/or Sewer Mains Extensions..........................................1-23iii. Sites Zoned Rural Density Transfer................................................................................1-23c. Main Extensions for PIF Uses...............................................................................................1-24d. PIF Uses in Existing Residential Structures..........................................................................1-24e. PIF Policy Directions.............................................................................................................1-24

5. Community Service for Public Facilities......................................................................................1-256. Community Service for Properties Affected by Public Improvements.........................................1-257. Community Service for Community Development Projects........................................................1-268. Community Service for Transferable Development Right Receiving Areas................................1-269. Community Water Service for Child Lots....................................................................................1-2610. Community Service Due to Individual On-Site Systems Regulations Changes........................1-2611. Reverse Category Changes.......................................................................................................1-2712. Special and Restricted Community Service Areas....................................................................1-27a. Oaks Landfill Special Water Service Area............................................................................1-27b. Piney Branch Restricted Sewer Service Area.......................................................................1-28c. Riverwood Drive Restricted Sewer Service Area..................................................................1-29d. Redland Park (Sheffield) Special Sewer Service Area..........................................................1-29e. Jonesville and Jerusalem Special Sewer Service Area........................................................1-30f. Hyattstown Special Sewer Service Area................................................................................1-30g. Laytonsville Restricted Water Service Area..........................................................................1-3013. Pending Capital Projects............................................................................................................1-31a. Conditional Approvals............................................................................................................1-31b. Direct Approval with Capital Project Dependency.................................................................1-31c. Capital Projects and Master Plan Staging.............................................................................1-3114. Community Service Errors.........................................................................................................1-31

III. GENERAL POLICIES FOR WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS FACILITIES...................1-31

A. Community Systems Facilities...........................................................................................................1-321. Advance Acquisition of WSSC Sites and Buffer Planting............................................................1-32

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2. Limited Access Water and Sewer Mains......................................................................................1-323. Capital Projects ..........................................................................................................................1-324. Dry Community Systems.............................................................................................................1-325. Environmental Considerations for Community Systems Construction........................................1-336. Facility Planning..........................................................................................................................1-33a. WSSC and Interagency Coordination...................................................................................1-33b. Public Outreach Program......................................................................................................1-34c. Implementation through the Capital Improvements Program................................................1-34B. Individual and Multi-Use On-Site Systems........................................................................................1-341. General Conditions for Interim Individual Systems.....................................................................1-35

2. General Policies for Multi-Use Systems......................................................................................1-35 a. Multi-Use System Flow Requirements..................................................................................1-35 b. Design Capacity Restrictions in the Rural Density Transfer Zone.........................................1-36 c. Exemptions from Design Capacity Restrictions.....................................................................1-36

3. Non-Potable On-Site Water Supply Systems..............................................................................1-37

IV. WATER AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS FINANCING..............................................................................1-37

A. Washington Suburban Sanitary District.............................................................................................1-371. Major Facilities Program..............................................................................................................1-37a. Water Consumption and Sewer Usage Charges...................................................................1-37b. Systems Development Charge .............................................................................................1-38c. State Grants..........................................................................................................................1-382. Local Service Extension Programs..............................................................................................1-38a. Developer Financing.............................................................................................................1-38b. Front Foot Benefit Assessment.............................................................................................1-39c. Service Connection Fees......................................................................................................1-40B. City of Rockville................................................................................................................................1-40C. Town of Poolesville...........................................................................................................................1-40D. Individual Systems Financing............................................................................................................1-41

V. PROCEDURES FOR ADOPTING AND AMENDING THE WATER AND SEWER PLAN........................1-41

A. Plan Amendment Actions...................................................................................................................1-411. Approval......................................................................................................................................1-412. Conditional Approval....................................................................................................................1-423. Deferral......................................................................................................................................1-424. Denial......................................................................................................................................1-435. Appeals......................................................................................................................................1-43B. Water and Sewer Category Map Updates..........................................................................................1-43C. Comprehensive Amendments Related to Master Plans....................................................................1-43D. Filing Individual Service Area Category Change Requests...............................................................1-441. General Application Requirements..............................................................................................1-442

. Application Requirements for PIF Category Change Requests...................................................1-45

E. Refiling of Denied or Withdrawn Amendments..................................................................................1-45F. Administrative Delegation...................................................................................................................1-451. Administrative Policies: Public Hearing Process.........................................................................1-45a. Consistent with Existing Plans...............................................................................................1-46b. Properties Abutting Existing Mains: Residual and Combined Properties..............................1-46c. Public Facilities......................................................................................................................1-46d. Individual Systems Regulations Changes.............................................................................1-46e. Community Development......................................................................................................1-46

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