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:~ d border. The following additional provisions are also recommended: 1. That a 100-foot natural buffer be retained or installed on each new -~ lot adjacent to the Duke Forest border; j 2. That the 100-foot buffer may be disturbed only when necessary to install a septic tank and/or nitrification field, and only to the extent necessary to install such facilities; and 3. That public sewer service be permitted for new lots where it is proven that the property is unsuited for septic tank use. Change designation of Horace Williams Airport and the adjacent UNC property from "Public-Private Open Space" to "Future UNC Development" When the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan was adopted on August 19, 1986, and subsequently amended on October 13, 1986, the University of North Carolina lands extending beyond the Chapel Hill and Carrboro extraterritorial jurisdiction boundaries were designated as "Public-Private Open Space". The status of the UNC holdings was uncertain at that time, and the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan suggested that all or portions of the land be secured for recreational purposes if the use; i.e., Horace Williams Airport, changed. The Chapel Hill Interim Land Use Plan, in preparation at the same time as the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan, designated the site as "University" or lands awned by the University of North Carolina. The text indicated that a long-term goal was the relocation of Horace Williams Airport. In the event that should occur, the site was considered desirable for expansion of the UNC campus; i.e., a "second campus" concept. + i E:: The inconsistency in the two Land Use Plans was recognized during the development of zoning plans for the Transition Areas. The University was subsequently contacted to determine its position with respect to the site, and Vice chancellor Farris Womack responded, requesting a Land Use Plan designation more suited for the future use of the property for. institutional purposes. The proposed designation of "Future UNC Development" recognizes the potential of the site for campus expansion and other institutional uses, providing the airport is relocated. The designation is also consistent with the Chapel Hill Land Use Plan. At its March 1, 1988 meeting, the Chapel Hill. Planning Board voted to recommend approval of the proposed change. At its March 3, 1988 meeting, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a resolution which stated concurrence with the UNC request that a mare appropriate land use designation be provided. The Orange County Planning Staff recommends approval of changing the designation of Horace Williams airport and adjacent UNC property from "Public-Private Open Space" to "Future UNC Development".