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310 t a M chap 5d and Use EVerdeng *i Extractive Use Land designated to ncomp ss operations designed primarily for the mining and quarrying of those substances which are legally removable from the ground and substrata. Agricultural Areas Land which is actively being used for farming an forestry purposes and which qualify for or are listed for, use value taxation purposes. Stoner Creek Basin Land within the boundaries of the 4,696 acre Storey Creek Drainage Basin southeast of the Town of Hillsborough in portions of Hillsborough, Eno, and Chapel Dill Townships. The area is triangular in shape and is bound generally by 1-85 to the north, the University Spur of Southern Railroad to the east, and NC Highway 86 to the west. CONSEI-MAT MM LAND USE CATEGORIrES (Amended 06/01 /10) Public Interest Area Land which contains public or quasi- public uses such as publicly owned land, research forests or known archaeological or historical sites. Water Supply r Watershed Land draining to existing reservoirs which serve as public water supplies, or to potential reservoir sites or stream intakes for drinking water withdrawal which have been designated for protection against threats to the water quality of future water supplies, in accordance with County watershed protection programs and the North Carolina water Supply Watershed Protection Act of 1989. Watershed Critical Area, County [designated The land area within one -half rile of the normal pool elevation or designated elevation of an existing Class 11 water supply reservoir, or the ridgeline of the watershed, whichever is less; and the land area within one - half idle of the normal pool elevation or designated elevation) of a proposed water supply reservoir, or the ridgeline of the watershed, whichever is less; and the area within one -half (rile on each side of streams flowing into Class I reservoirs, as designated for protection within the Zoning Ordinance. Watershed Critical Ars_tate Required The lard area within ore -half mile of the normal pool elevation of public wafter supply reservoirs in which are intle is located i.e., Class I reservoirs), or the ridge line of the watershed, whichever is closest to the normal pool elevation of the reservoir. Reservoir. Class I A body of water, such as a pond or lake, confined by a dam or other barrier to be used for public water supply from which water flows by gravity or is pumped directly t'o a treatment plant or to r all intervening storage basin and thence to a treatment plaint.