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25 <br />Attachment A <br />The plan attempts to balance community, conservation <br />and development objectives within the Transition Areas and <br />extraterritorial jurisdiction that lie to the north of <br />Carrboro's town limits. Community and conservation <br />objectives include: allowing patterns of growth which <br />minimize negative impacts and maximize positive impacts on <br />the community; allowing for the efficient provision of town <br />services; the provision of a variety of housing types and <br />styles; development of a multi -modal transportation system; <br />and the conservation of natural and environmentally <br />sensitive areas. <br />The Facilitated Plan places primary emphasis for <br />development in the study area on residential activity, <br />although no site - specific proposals are included. The Plan <br />proposes the use of net, rather than gross, residential <br />density calculations, with reductions based on natural <br />constraints such as floodplains, steep slopes, and utility <br />easements. The plan also proposes to cluster a bulk of the <br />new residential development by encouraging village -scale <br />development, conservation of environmentally sensitive <br />areas, density bonuses for affordable housing meeting <br />certain development criteria, and neighborhood and <br />community -scale commercial centers. <br />The overall target density for the study area is <br />approximately the same as the current density of the town: <br />2.1 dwelling units per acre. The target density for mixed - <br />use areas is approximately five dwelling units per acre. <br />These development management options have been selected in <br />order to minimize the negative impacts of new development on <br />environmental quality, transportation, taxation, and <br />existing neighborhoods. These elements should discourage a <br />sprawled pattern of monotonous development, preserve <br />Carrboro's unique, small town character, and allow for the <br />creation of new, neighborhood - scale communities which can be <br />connected to existing and new areas via a network of open <br />space corridors. <br />The mixed -use and office /assembly districts described <br />in the plan allow for small -scale commercial and light <br />manufacturing activities to occur in the study area. <br />Conditional -use, floating zones in both categories are to be <br />established, which will require that rezoning requests for <br />these uses be supported by master plans for site <br />development. The plan proposes no changes to the small <br />commercial node at Calvander. <br />mydocuments /carrboroatt.doc <br />