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O.C. NSA Plan Comment/Content/ Response (NSA Ordinance Section Reference is underlined, if applicable) <br />Comment Section # Page # Issue/Goal <br />important vistas in the areas in Section 3. Proposed VMU drstncts must demonstrate compliance with the <br />Study Area should be .first objective of Section 4. "the preservation of open space, scenic vistas.:.." Road <br />explored and and street layouts, also included in ecti 4 must "secure the view to prominent <br />~ ~ ~ implemented. natural vistas." Objective 6 in eetion 1 states that preliminary plans must. "leave <br />scenic views 'and vistas unblocked or uninterrupted, particularly as seen from <br />public roadways." Section 21 requires • that undisturbed protective buffers <br />(combined in some ,places with screening requirements) must be maintained along <br />• most major roads in the Town's jurisdiction. <br />~... . vi i a+uaawauyiw~.tvauVU- aua c~t2LU1L711iAGUt ul LIIe ctrl aIIa aS30Claiea measures (UWA1A boundary, Urban <br />work with the county to services area concept) seem to have been the first steps in this direction, clearly <br />encourage the developed through joint efforts of the County and Town. Urban-level development <br />• preservation of active was proposed in the Transition Areas ~to balance out rural development (lower <br />farmland and to limit the density) in the rural buffer. Further steps in this direction will require additional <br />conversion of farmland work to develop a viable, multi-faceted farmland preservation program. <br />to developed uses <br />• outside of the Transition <br />- Areas, as a tradeoff for <br />accommodating new . <br />development within the <br />. Transition Areas. • ~ . <br />~' N <br />Carrboro Planning Staff Response to OC Staff Comments -Plan Recommendations Not Reflected is NSA Ordinance ~ "' <br />Revised - 04/13/99 ~ ~ Page S <br />