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9 ° ChapteY 5: Land Clse Etentertt~ ^~•., ., Rural Neighborhood Activity Node Land focused on designated road intersections within a Rural Residential or Agricultural-Residential area that is appropriate for small-scale commercial uses characteristic of "Mom and Pop" convenience stores and gas stations. Rural Industrial Activity Node Land focused- on designated road intersections within a Rural Residential or Agricultural-Residential Area that is appropriate for small .scale industrial uses which do not require urban type services. Extractive Use Land designated to encompass operations designed primarily for the mining and quarrying of those substances which are legally removably from the ground and substrata. Aaricultural Areas Land which is actively being used for farming an forestry purposes and which qualify for or are listed for, use value taxation purposes. Stoney Creek Basin Land within the boundaries of the 4,696 acre Stoney Creek Drainage Basin southeast of the Town of Hillsborough in portions of Hillsborough, Eno, and Chapel Hill Townships. The area is triangular in shape and is bound generally by I-85 to the north, the University Spur of Southern Railroad to the- east, and NC Highway 86 to the west. CONSERVATION LAND USE CATEGORIES (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 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 mile of the normal pool elevation (or designated elevation) of an existing Class II water supply reservoir, or the ridgeline of the. watershed, whichever is less; and the land area within one- half mile 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 mile on each side of streams flowing into Class I reservoirs, as designated for protection within the Zoning Ordinance. Watershed Critical Area. State Required The land area within one-half mile of the normal pool elevation of public water supply reservoirs in which an intake is located (i.e., Class I O~°px~c~.Ct~._~v~.ty Ccr~v~r-eh~~v~i~law Page .S-~.7