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~. jt a ~;.; ~.~' ~ ~~ <br />... ..~?JS ~~'t. ~.ry. .. • <br />:,1„ ;pt /~ <br />• •... •~ <br />~.=:~r rah .':. 5:' ~ y~ <br />. ~ t', '4a ur„~G <br />~,~; <br />••,~,~, <br />,s. , ,. . <br />~• l <br />Lr~Y~~4~lf ~1 r~+~'+~~ ~~~ ~CM~~f~YF4~ <br />Extra+ct~ue Use <br />Land designated Co encompass apprations designed primarily fdr the <br />mining and quarrying of those substances which are legally removable <br />from the ground and substrata. <br />A ricuitural Areas <br />Land which is actively being used for farming an forestry purposes and <br />which qualify far or are listed far, use value taxation purposes. <br />Staney Creek Basin <br />Land within the boundaries of the 4,~g~ acre Stoney Creek Drainage <br />Basin southeast of the Town of Hillsborough In partiar~s of <br />Hlilsbaraugh, Eno, and Chapel Hill Townships. The area is triangular <br />in shape and is bound generally by IMS5 to the north, the University <br />Spur of Southern Railroad to the east, and NC hiighway B~ to the west. <br />C(~NSER~{ATi4N LAND USE CATECQRtES <br />Public interest Area. <br />Land which contains public ar quasi-public uses such as publicly <br />awned land, research forests or known archaeological yr historical <br />~E1.e r~R , <br />Vllater ~u 11atershed <br />Land draining to existing reservoirs which serve as public water <br />supplies, ar to potential reservoir sites or stream intakes for drinking <br />water withdrawal which have been designated far prptecti+un ~.gainst <br />threats to the water quality of future water supplies, in accordance <br />with County watershed protection programs and the North Carolina <br />'water Supply 1N~tershed Protection Act of 1 g8g, <br />watershed ~rlticaf Area <br />The land area within one-half mile of the normal pawl elevation of an <br />existing ar prappsed public water supply impoundrnen~, or the ridge <br />line of the watershed, whichever is closest to the normal pool <br />elevation of the reservair~ . <br />Reservoir <br />Land which can~al~s a public water supply source, ar the necessary <br />attributes fog placement of a water supply irnpoundment to supply an <br />adequate quality of water for public purposes. . <br />Resa~urce Protectiar~ Area. <br />Land designated as Primary Conservation Area which contains <br />sensitive environmental resources, historically significant sites, and <br />features eansider~d unlauildable because of their Ilrnitatians or <br />unsuitability far development. This includes wetlands and fCoodplains <br />along drainage tributaries, steep slope areas, ~~ S~ or greaten, natural <br />areas, wildlife habitats and corridors, and significant historic and <br />archaeological sins, These areas form the basis for a conservation <br />network within which other land uses are situated, <br />New ~a a creek Corridor ~ en S ace . ,. , .. .., _. . <br />Sorne of the land in the Resource Protection Areas and a portion of the <br />i~ublic interest Area designated a significant and worthy of protection <br />according to tide blew Hape Corridor open Space Master Plan <br />t~~~~Cc~~ Cc~r'e~~~~~ I~~ge 5~~~' <br />.~ . <br />