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01 227 <br />Chapter 5: Land Use Element <br />Land Use Goal 2: Land uses that are appropriate to on -site <br />environmental conditions and features, and that protect natural <br />resources, cultural resources, and community character. <br />Objective LU -2.1: <br />Maintain the rural, low- density land surrounding Chapel Hill and <br />Carrboro Transition Areas as Rural Buffer land, as designated on the <br />Future Land Use TP an Map. Future consideration should be given to <br />designating Rural Buffer areas around other municipalities where such <br />interest exists. <br />Objective LU -2.2: <br />Continue to protect valuable resource land such as productive <br />agricultural areas, natural areas, historic sites and properties, and <br />potential reservoir sites through the County's Lands Legacy Program, <br />and by directing incompatible d.evelopment away from these areas <br />through land use and zoning policies and regulations. (See also <br />Natural Areas Objectives NA -5 and NA -17, and Water and Wastewater <br />Objective WW -14.) <br />Objective LU -23: <br />Require non - residential and higher- density residential developments <br />within Transition Areas to use Best Management Practices (BMP's) for <br />stormwater control, as outlined within the Orange County Zoning <br />Unified Development Ordinance and Sedimentation Control „_a:____. <br />to ensure that potential adverse impacts on the water quality of <br />existing and proposed reservoir sites are avoided. (See also Erosion <br />Control EC -1 and Natural Areas Objective NA -4.) <br />Objective LU -2.4: <br />Evaluate the development potential in rural crossroads communities to <br />identify whether current regulations permit appropriate development <br />that is in character with these communities, and whether potential <br />development in these areas would require significant expansions or <br />cause depletions of public services. <br />Objective LU -2.5: <br />Adopt and implement policies that specify appropriate land uses and <br />intensities of development in Protected and Critical Water Resource <br />Areas that will not have potential adverse impacts on water resources. <br />(See also Water and Wastewater Objective WW -1 5.) <br />Objective LU -2.6: <br />Protect prime reservoir sites from adverse development impacts and <br />ensure that regulations for these areas are appropriate. <br />Objective LU -2.7: <br />Refine green building standards to guide the design, siting, <br />construction, and management of publicly owned and managed <br />buildings in a manner that conserves energy and /or uses non- <br />polluting renewable energy sources. Explore the development of green <br />building standards for private development. (See also Air and Energy <br />Objective AE -1 1.) <br />Oranvge,Ccv+ity Co npre4i.ev«we PIa w Page 5 -42 <br />