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Exhibi t A 10 SECTION VI FUTURE LAND USE - JOINT PLANNING AREA In this section, anticipated patterns of future land development are outlined for the Joint Planning Area, exclusive of Carrboro and Chapel Hill- The future land use patterns described in this section are based, in part, on the population, economic and existing land use trends identified in background studies. Also considered in the formulation of these patterns were environmental features, infrastructure and service concerns, operating principles, locational standards and concept/strategy maps developed for the Joint Planning Area or currently existing in the Orange County Land Use Plan. Finally, comments received at public hearings, public information meetings, and the recommendations of town and county advisory and governing boards were considered in the formulation of the plan. The discussion of the Plan centers on two broad categories of land use - Transition Areas and the Rural Buffer. *TRANSITION AREAS *Amended 2/3/92 (effective, 2/24192) Transition areas are located adjacent to the urban areas of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. They are in the process of changing from rural to urban uses or are already urban in use; are developed at or suitable for urban - type densities; and are now provided or are projected to be provided with urban services. The portion of the Transition Area located north of Carrboro has been further divided into Transition Area I and Transition Area U 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 H, 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 has developed. (See Section V for specific details.) The density limitations detailed in this paragraph do 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 Ten categories of Transition Area have been depicted on the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. These 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. The Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area supersedes the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan in the Carrboro Transition Area to the extent that it is inconsistent with the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. Resource Protection Areas Resource Protection Areas in Transition Areas have been designated on the Land Use Plan to include flood plains, and wetlands along drainage tributaries and steep slope areas (15 % or greater). These areas form the basis for a comprehensive parks and open space system which provides the framework within which other land use categories are to function. Parks have been generally located throughout the Joint Planning Area using a 71 Joint Planning Land Use Plan