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10 <br />°••• <br />° Chc;tpter 5: Lind Use Etenzent <br />,.., <br />reservoirs), or the ridge line of the watershed, whichever is closest to the <br />normal pool elevation of the reservoir. <br />Reservoir. Class I <br />A body of water, such as a pond or lake, confined- by a dam or other barrier <br />to be used for public water supply from which water flows by gravity or is <br />pumped directly to a treatment plant or to a small intervening storage <br />basin and thence to a treatment plant. <br />Reservoir, Class II <br />A body of water, such as a pond or lake, confined by a dam or other barrier <br />to be used for public water supply from which water flows by gravity or is <br />pumped to a Class I reservoir prior to final entrance to a water treatment <br />plant. <br />Resource Protection Area <br />Land designated as Primary Conservation Area which contains sensitive <br />environmental resources, historically significant sites, and features <br />considered unbuildable because of their limitations or unsuitability for <br />development. This includes wetlands and floodplains along drainage <br />tributaries, steep slope areas, (15% or greater), natural areas, vvildlife <br />habitats and corridors, and significant historic and archaeological sites. <br />These areas form the basis for a conservation network within which other <br />land uses are situated. <br />New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space <br />Some of the land in the Resouxce Protection Areas and a portion of the <br />Public Interest Area designated as significant and worthy of protection <br />according to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan completed in <br />April of 1991. This classification is part of a system of open space in <br />Durham and Orange Counties along New Hope Creek and its tributaries <br />between Eno River State Park and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land north <br />of ,Jordan Lake. The New Hope Corridor Open Space is made up of critical <br />environmental areas such as stream -beds, floodplains, steep slopes, and <br />larger tracts of historic, educational, or recreational value. <br />For each land use classification, sets of criteria have been developed that describe the <br />physical and environmental context, the projected population change, and resulting <br />land requirements. (See Appendix G: Land Use Plan Category Locational Criteria.) <br />Map 5-4: Land Use Map, designates the areas where these classifications are applied. <br />O~-c~vu~Ccru.~.ty Co-~vc~iY~.~~.ve~Pla.,Y~ Page 5-18 <br />