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SECTION VI <br />FUTURE LAND USE - JOINT PLANNING AREA <br />In this section, anticipated patterns of future land development are outlined for the <br />Joint Planning Area, exclusive of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. The future land use patterns <br />described in this section are based, in part, on the population, economic and existing land <br />use trends identified in background studies. Also considered in the formulation of these <br />patterns were environmental features, infrastructure and service concerns, operating <br />principles, locational standards and concept/strategy maps developed for the Joint <br />Planning Area or currently existing in the Orange County Land Use Plan. Finally, <br />comments received at public hearings, public information meetings, and the <br />recommendations of town and county advisory and governing boards were considered in <br />the formulation of the plan. The discussion of the Plan centers on two broad categories of <br />land use - Transition Areas and the Rural Buffer. <br />*TRANSITION AREAS <br />*Amended <br />2/3/92 (effective 2/24/92) <br />Transition areas are located adjacent to the urban areas of Chapel Hill and <br />Carrboro. They are in the process of changing from rural to urban uses or are already <br />urban in use; are developed at or suitable for urban-type densities; and are now provided <br />or are projected to be provided with urban services. <br />develepme-HA n de- n—sity thM a Beds e e (1) l.e,.siag u p, 4 per- «4;1 at ie��4 <br />Ten categories of Transition Area have been depicted on the Joint Planning Area <br />Land Use Plan. These categories include Resource Protection, Public- Private Open <br />Space, New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space; Suburban Residential, Urban Residential, <br />Office - Institutional, Future UNC Development, Retail Trade, Light Industrial, and <br />Disposal Use. These categories are described below. <br />Resource Protection Areas <br />Resource Protection Areas in Transition Areas have been designated on the Land <br />Use Plan to include flood plains, and wetlands along drainage tributaries and steep slope <br />areas (15% or greater). These areas form the basis for a comprehensive parks and open <br />space system which provides the framework within which other land use categories are to <br />function. Parks have been generally located throughout the Joint Planning Area using a <br />71 Joint Planning Land Use Plan <br />9 <br />