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• § 13.05 GROWTH MANAGEMENT 13-33 sprawl" and assuring provision of adequate municipal facilities and services for such developments.39 Under Ramapo's adopted plan and regulatory structure, persons desiring to develop land for residential purposes were required to obtain special permits.Standards for permit issuance were framed in terms of the availability to the proposed subdivision plat of five essential facilities or services: (1)public sanitary sewers or approved substitutes;(2)drainage facilities;(3)improved public parks or recre- ation facilities, including public schools; (4) state, county, or town roads, major, secondary or collective; and (5) firehouses. No special permit was to be issued unless the proposed residential development had accumulated 15 development points. The points were to be computed on a sliding scale of values assigned to the specified im- provements,and credited when the specific improvement was com- pleted or when it was scheduled for completion within one year from the date of the application for the permit.Where services would not be available for a period of time under the plan,a developer had two options: (1) postpone development until the area was scheduled to receive service extension; or (2) provide the missing facilities and services at the property owner's expense.4° • [3] Types of Facilities [a] Water and Sewer Services • Adequacy of water and sewer services may be specified as a con- sideration in local development review. Inadequate water supply41 may be a basis for denying development permission. Present 3$ Id. at 302. "Its [the ordinance's] obvious purpose is to prevent premature subdivision absent essential municipal facilities and to ensure continuous develop- ment commensurate with the Town's obligation to provide such facilities." Id. 39 Id. at 295-96. 4o Id. at 304. Whether the actual essential services were furnished or not, the developer was credited the points for the service when the period specified in the capital program for its completion had passed.Additionally,applicants were author- ized to apply for a reduction of the assessed valuation of properties pending the period of"temporary"inability to utilize the land. Id. 41 See,e.g.,Chase Manhattan'Mortgage&Realty Co.v.Wacha,402 So.2d 61(Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)(availability of potable water); Chase Manhattan Mortgage and Realty Co.v.Wacha,402 So.2d 61,63(Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1981)(availability of potable water);Ungar v.State,492 A.2d 1336,1341(Md.Ct.Spec.App. 1985)(water supply). (Release #25, 7/87) •