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Exhibit A (SECTION V - JOINT PLANNING OPERATING PRINCIPLES) 9 The portion of the Transition Area located north of Carrboro has been further divided into Transition Area I and Transition Area H designations on the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. Transition Area I may be developed at densities and for uses identified in the underlying land use plan categories described below. Within Transition Area II, however, no tract may be approved for development at a density that exceeds one (1) housing unit per gross acre until at least seventy -five percent (75 %) of the gross land area of Transition Area I consists of any combination of the following: 1. Lots containing one (1) acre or less; 2. Residential developments approved for development at a density of at least one (1) unit per acre; 3. Streets, roads, and utility easements located outside of lots containing one (1) acre or less; 4. Lots or tracts that are used for commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental purposes; and 5. Tracts that are owned by the University of North Carolina or other non -profit entities and that are not available for development. This density limitation does not apply to Village Mixed Use districts or Office/Assembly districts as provided for in the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area. The underlying or more detailed land use plan categories include: Resource Protection; Public- Private Open Space; New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space; Suburban Residential; Urban Residential, Office - Institutional; Future UNC Development; Retail Trade; Light Industrial; and Disposal Use. These categories are described below. Resource Protection Areas designated within Transition Areas of the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan include floodplains, wetlands along drainage tributaries, and steep slope areas (15% or greater). The areas form the basis for a parks and open space system (see Strategy Maps) which provides the framework within which other land uses are situated. Public- Private Open Space Areas in the Transition Areas include UNC lands (excluding Horace Williams Airport and adjacent tracts), the 100 -foot buffer along I -40, and a tract connecting the two landfill sites. These sites provide open space in the midst of areas planned for urban expansion. New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space Areas include some of the Resource Protection Areas and a portion of the Public/Private Open Space Areas which were designated as significant and worthy of protection according to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan completed in April of 1991. (See Master Plan Map following Strategy Maps). The areas are part of a system of open space in Durham and Orange Counties along New Hope Creek and its tributaries between Eno River State Park and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land north of Jordan Lake. This category is made up of critical environmental areas such as stream beds, floodplains, steep slopes, and larger tracts of historic, educational, or recreational value. 59 Joint Planning Land Use Plan