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25 WITH SPOTTY DEVELOPMENT AND INADEQUATE POPULATION DENSITY, WHICH RESULTS IN UNREASONABLE COSTS FOR URBAN SERVICES. THE KEY TO AN EFFICIENT PROVISION OF CITY SERVICES 15 THE LOCATION OF POPULATION. ~N CHARLOTTESVILLE THE SCATTERING OF POPULATION IS ONLY BEGINNINGS THE PRESENT URBAN AREA tS, FOR THE MOST PART, DEVELOPED WITH A SOUND POPULATION DENSITY. ALTHOUGH MANY REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF URBAN POPULATION, THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS HAS BEEN THE CONTROL OF URBAN UTILITIES AND SERVICES. ~N THE PAST CHARLOTTESVILLE HAS BEEN CAUTIOUS IN EXTENDING WATER AND SEWER LINES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS WITH THE RESULT THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO SERVE ITS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY EC_^t10MiCALLY AND EFFICIENTLY. ~F THE CITY IS TO GROW IN AN ORDERLY FASHION - ACCORDING TO PLAN - THE SAME CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THE MOST REASONABLE AREA OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT MUST BE CONT{NUED. RECOGNIZING THAT THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE WILL BE FACED WITH MANY SUGGESTED POLICY CONCERNING THE EXTENSION REQUESTS TO EXTEND SERVICE AND IN ORDER TO GIVE PROPER CONSIDERATION TO ALL OF CITY UTILITIES INTO OUTLYING AREAS. SUCH REQUESTS, THE FOLLOWING POLICY HAS BEEN FORMULATED. ~, ALL REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION OF EITHER WATER OR SEWER MAINS SHALL BE CONSIDERED PRIMARILY AS TO THEIR EFFECT ON THE POPULATION PATTERN OF THE FUTURE CITY. UTILITY EXTENSION SHALL BE CONFINED TO AREAS WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN ORDERLY AND PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION USED AS THE BASIS FOR THE CITY PLAN. 2. REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION OF UTILITY SERVICE SHALL BE CONSIDERED ON THE BASIS OF AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE. THIS AVAILABILITY OR SERVICE POTENTIAL SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AREAS OF ANTICIPATED DEVELOP- MENT IN WHICH THE CITY HAS INDICATED ULTIMATE RESPONS161LITY, REQUESTED EXTENSIONS SHOULD NOT OVERTAX OR REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WATER TREATMENT OR SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES. 3, ~N ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING C{TY ORDINANCE, EXTENSION OF SEWERAGE SERVICE SHALL BE CONFINED TO AREAS SERVED BY CITY WATER. 4, ALL REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION OF UTILITY SERVICE SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR STUDY AND REPORT, SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE CURRENT DATA ON THE DESIRABLE DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY OF FUTURE POPULATION IN THE ADJACENT AREA AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PROPERTY IN WHICH CITY SERVICE IS REQUESTED TO THE ANTICIPATED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, ON MOTION BY MR, ti~EINBERG, SECONDED BY MR,COLEMAN, THE FOREGOING POLICY WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION: OCTOBER 3, 1957 CITY COUNCIL REPORT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA RE: SEWERAGE IN BERKLEY SUB. GENTLEMEN: AS REQUESTED IN YOUR LETTER OF DULY 1, 1957, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A STUDY OF THE ENCLOSED BERKLEY REQUEST FOR CITY SEWERAGE. IN MAKING THIS STUDY, A PROPOSED POLICY WAS DRAFTED GOVERNING THE EXTENSION OF CITY UTILITIES INTO OUTLYING AREAS AND IS SUBMITTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION UNDER SEPARATE COVER, BASED ON THIS FOLfCY, THE CDMMI$51DN, AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1957, VOTED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL DENY THE BERKLEY REQUEST FOR CITY SEWERAGE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: 1 THE POPULATION AND ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE MASTER PLAN SHOW5 A