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O.C. NSA Plan CommenbContent/ 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 districts 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 Section 4, must "secure the view to prominent <br />implemented. natural vistas." Objective 6 in Section 17 states that preliminary plans must "leave <br />scenic views and vistas unblocked or uninterrupted, particularly as seen from <br />i 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 />25 9 67 Farmland preservation - The establishment of the JPA and associated measures (OWASA 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 trade-off for <br />accommodating new <br />development within the <br />Transition Areas. <br />Carrboro Planning Staff Response to OC Staff Comments -Plan Recommendations Not Reflected in NSA Ordinance Page 5 ~ <br />Revised -04/13/99 <br />