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21 <br />planned for urban expansion. <br />Suburban Residential Areas are designated for housing <br />densities ranging from one (1) to five (5) dwelling units per <br />acre. Such areas in located where land is changing from rural <br />to urban, suitable for urban densities, and to be provided <br />with public utilities and services. Housing types range from <br />single - family homes to duplexes to multi - family dwellings. <br />Urban Res&dential reas are similar to Suburban <br />Residential Areas in terms of both housing types and public <br />service availability. However, densities are higher, ranging <br />from six (6) to thirteen (13) dwelling units per acre. _ <br />O ce- nstitutional Areas is a category consisting of <br />establishments which offer an array of financial, insurance, <br />real estate, legal, medical, and business services. Such <br />areas generally have public utilities and services available <br />and are located-adjacent to heavily traveled streets. <br />Future t}C Development is a category established 'for <br />lands owned by the University of North Carolina, including <br />Horace Williams Airport and adjacent parcels. Such lands are <br />contemplated for expansion of the UNC campus, provided the <br />Airport is relocated. <br />Retail Tra a Areas are limited in Transition Areas, <br />including existing establishments at Starpoint and Calvander. <br />Modest room for expansion is available in both areas. <br />Light Industrial eas are singular, consisting of the <br />Chapel Hill Industrial Park on Eubanks Road. No additional <br />industrial growth was projected in Transition Areas. <br />Dis osa Use eas consist of landfill sites, either <br />existing or future. The existing landfill on Eubanks Road and <br />the proposed site between Eubanks Road and Homestead Road are <br />included in this category. <br />Rural Huffer and Conservation. The basic categories of <br />Rural Buffer and Conservation have been combined in the Joint <br />Planning -Area Land Use Plan to form a single land use - <br />classificmt on - Rural Buffer. _ <br />The Rural Buffer is defined as being a low - density area <br />consisting of single - family homes situated on large lots <br />having a minimum size of two (2) acres. The Rural Buffer is <br />further defined as land which, although adjacent to an Urban <br />or Transition Area, is rural in character and which will <br />remain rural, contain low- density residential uses, and not <br />require urban services (public utilities and other Town <br />services). The Rural Buffer consists of the following Joint <br />Planning Area Land Use Plan categories: Rural Residential; <br />Agricultural; Public- Private Open Space; Resource <br />:r <br />60 <br />