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22 <br />iConservation; Extractive Use; and the overlay district <br />designated Water Quality Critical Area. <br />ura Residential Areas are low- density areas consisting <br />of single -- family homes situated on large lots two acres in <br />size or greater. In that respect, Rural Residential Areas are <br />' identical to the definition of the Rural Buffer. <br />Agricultural Areaft include land areas currently in use <br />for farming and forestry operations and which qualify for, or <br />are listed for, use value taxation purposes. <br />Pub c- Private oven Sna_ce Areas include major land areas <br />owned or controlled by public and private interests in the <br />Rural Buffer. Such holdings as Duke Forest, Camp New Hope, <br />U.S. Government lands' associated with Jordan Lake, and <br />Orange Water and Sewer Authority lands adjacent to University <br />' Lake and the quarry site on N.C. Highway 54 provide open <br />space through research, educational, forest management, and <br />recreational functions. <br />' Rest Conservation Are a in the Rural Buffer are <br />identical to those in Transition Areas; i.e., floodplains, <br />wetlands along drainage tributaries, and steep slope areas <br />(15% or greater). The areas form the basis for a parks and <br />open space system (see Strategy Maps) which provides the <br />framework within which other land uses are situated. <br />Extractive Use Areas encompass mining and quarry <br />operations. Only one such site exists in the Rural Buffer, <br />the American Stone Company quarry on N.C. Highway 54 west of <br />' Carrboro. <br />I <br />I <br />7 <br />I <br />E <br />Retail Trade Areas in the -Rural Buffer include low <br />intensity neighborhood centers which serve the immediate area <br />and generate low traffic volumes. Only one such area is <br />designated in the Rural Buffer - Blackwood Station on N.C. <br />Highway 86. <br />Vatgr Quality Gritica], Ageas include all lands which <br />drain directly to a reservoir and to trunk streams feeding a <br />reservoir--z Only low- density residential uses are permitted at <br />densities = ndt to exceed one dwelling per two acres of land. <br />Only one --auch area exists in the Rural Buffer, the critical <br />area adjacent to University Lake. <br />go <br />60 -a <br />