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92 APR 1Z 1994 According to DCA, the proposed changes to policy 6.1 would ensure that the plan would maintain its internal consistency by referencing Potable Water Sub -Element Policy 5.9 and Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element Policy 5.9 within Future Land Use Element Policy 6.1. Staff's position is that incorporating the referenced changes in policy 6.1 would clarify the intent of the policy. For that reason, staff feels that it would be appropriate to make the referenced changes to policy 6.1. As indicated in the Description and Conditions section of this staff report, DCA's ORC Report did not contain any objections to the Capital Improvements Element changes in the proposed amendment. Potable Watei The corridor analysis prepared by staff pursuant to the requirements of Future Land Use Element Policy 1.37 contained several important findings and conclusions. First, the analysis found that it was necessary to use the roadways programmed for utility line installation to accommodate the lines because other rights-of-way were already too crowded. Second, the analysis found that it would be cost effective if utility service were made available to those lands adjacent to roadways serving as utility corridors. This report, however, noted that comprehensive plan policies currently prohibit provision of utilities service outside the USA. Consequently, staff sought to address this issue through a comprehensive plan amendment expanding the USA to include those lands adjacent to roads serving as utility corridors. Since land within the USA qualifies for urban development, USA expansion is usually accompanied by a land use map change redesignating land added to the USA. For that reason, such a land use map change was part of the comprehensive plan amendment expanding the USA. In preparing the corridor study and developing the associated comprehensive plan amendment recommendations, staff focused primarily on USA expansion and land use redesignation. There arer. however, other mechanisms by which service can be provided to land adjacent to roadways serving as utility corridors. One such mechanism is to modify three policies of the comprehensive plan. By so doing, the issue of providing utility service to land adjacent to roadways serving as USA boundaries where those roads also accommodate major utility lines can be resolved. The proposed amendment revises the referenced policies to allow the limited expansion of utility services outside of the USA only for those parcels fronting roads which serve as a USA boundary (see attachment 3). With this approach, the issue of utility service extension to lands adjacent to roads serving as USA boundaries and having utility lines within their rights-of-way can be resolved. At the same time, the geographic scope of the utility service extension can be limited, and any expansion would necessarily occur in a logical and rational manner. In accordance with several comprehensive plan policies, only agricultural land use designations may exist outside the USA. Therefore, the effect of the proposed amendment would be to allow owners of agriculturally designated land fronting roads which serve as a USA boundary to obtain centralized utility services. Agricultural land uses in affected areas include groves, pastures, and agricultural businesses such as packinghouses. Much of the 88