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1. Patterns ofgrowth which minimize negative impacts and maximize positive impacts on the <br />community. <br />2. Patterns of growth which allow for the efficient provision of town services <br />3. Conservation of natural and environmentally sensitive areas, and the protection of <br />environmental quality. <br />4. A variety of housing types and price levels. <br />S. A variety of transportation routes, which allow for bus, automobile, bicycle, and pedestrian <br />modes of transportation. <br />6 Adequate provision ofpublicly accessible parks and recreation facilities. <br />7. Continuation of Carrboro 's small -town character and preservation of its existing <br />neighborhoods. <br />8. A pedestrian -scale <br />community. <br />9. Continuation of the <br />character and natural <br />beauty of the study area <br />10. Encourage active farmland <br />preservation. <br />Governmental Coordination <br />and Action Required <br />The town's planning <br />jurisdiction over much of the <br />study area was established by <br />the 1987 Joint Planning <br />Agreement between Carrboro, <br />Chapel Hill and Orange <br />County. The agreement is <br />linked to the Joint Planning <br />Area Land Use Plan, adopted <br />in 1987. The terms of this <br />agreement require joint <br />approval by all three <br />governments for any changes <br />to the plan or agreement, joint <br />approval by Orange County <br />and Carrboro of all rezoning <br />RECOMMENDED <br />SMALL AREA PLAN <br />within the transition areas, and allow objections by Orange County to any land use ordinance <br />amendments to disallow any proposed changes <br />M <br />Facilitated Small Area Plan and Implementation Strategy - Executive Summary Page 3 <br />