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Section 20 - Clearcutting prohibits clearcutting within the Transition Area portion of the Carrboro Joint Development Area. Section 22 -Plant Species deletes two types of plants, which are currently on the recommended list of trees and shrubs because they are considered invasive plants. Section 23 -List of Invasive Plants adds a list of invasive plant species to the Ordinance. Section 24 -Northern Transition Area Advisory Committee (page 31 -33) establishes this committee. Section 25 through 29 -Issues of Clean up are simply issues of clean up. Section 21 -Protective buffers along the major roads requires that there be a 100 foot protective buffer along Old 86, Dairyland Road, Union Grove Church Road, Homestead Road, Eubanks Road and Smith Level Road. QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OR BOARD OF ALDERMEN: Commissioner Brown asked if a natural constraints map is included as part of this document. McGuire stated that there is one in the Ordinance and it is referenced in the Small Area Plan. In response to a question, she also stated that the 40% open space applies to residential areas but not to Office/Assembly (OA's) areas. Commissioner Brown asked if Carrboro had ever adopted the County's Inventory of Natural Resources. Mr. Williford stated that it has been adopted and incorporated into their existing Ordinance. Commissioner Brown asked if the Wildlife Corridor proposal would become a part of this document. Williford indicated that the buffer requirements along the streams are quite extensive and are similar to those required in the Wildlife Corridor proposal. He felt that the Wildlife Corridor proposal could be adopted if the Town Board chose to do so. Commissioner Brown asked for clarification about the Master Plan approval process. Carrboro's Attorney Mike Brough stated that the Master Plan approval process recognizes that this would be a substantially sized development by definition. If a situation arose where there was virtual discretion about whether to decide to rezone or not, one option for the developer would be to apply for rezoning and a conditional use permit at the same time. The developer would have that as an option. They would also have the option of doing what Chapel Hill does for their major mixed use developments where a rezoning is applied for together with a master plan that would have a considerable amount of detail but less detail than that required for a Conditional Use Permit. Essentially when looking at the master plan you would know exactly what is being proposed with a great deal of detail. The concept is that the developer would either submit a master plan together with a rezoning or a conditional use permit with a rezoning. If they felt comfortable that they are going to get approval they would submit the Conditional Use Permit at that time. If they were uncertain about whether or not their proposal would be approved, they would submit a Master Land Use Plan for the project together with a rezoning. He stated that in the Conditional Use Permit process there are four (4) general criteria that have to be met. Those are that it has to be in harmony with the area, consistent with public health and safety, cannot depreciate the property values and must be in conformity with the land use plan. This is saying that if you receive approval in the Master Plan process for a project,