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2 6 <br /> Land Use Distribution and infrastructure <br /> The bulk of the suburbanization that the Township has <br /> experienced in recent years has occurred in the southern ,and <br /> eastern portions, closest to Durham and to Hillsborough. The <br /> northern tier of the Township, which includes the largest of <br /> the County I s Eno River Stgte Park tracts, retains a more <br /> agricultural and rural quality, characterized by low density <br /> residential development and very few commercial activities. <br /> Eno Township is not currently served by a public sewer <br /> system. Sewer mains from the Town of Hillsborough and City of <br /> Durham,, however,, come within a few hundred feet of - the <br /> Township and both municipalities do have plans for extension <br /> of sewer service into the area. The Greater Durham 201 <br /> Facilities Plan, first adopted in the. mid 19701s, proposed <br /> extensions of the City's sewer system to provide sdf Vice n <br /> the UM 7-1-85 -corridor as far east as Stoney Creek by -the <br /> year 2005. Hillsborough has proposed sewer or force mains <br /> ai.ong a portion of 9-t. Mary's Road during the same time <br /> ttame. <br /> Water lines from the Town of Hillsborough do extend into 'Eno <br /> Township. North of 1-85, water lines with a diameter of six <br /> inches or greater extend as far east as Piney Grove ChurcH ' Aft, <br /> Road (SR1711) . South of the Interstate, lines with a six inch <br /> diameter I or greater extend as far east as the junction of Old <br /> NC10 (SR1716) and the Southern Railroad right-of-way. City of <br /> Durham water lines extend into Orange County for about one- <br /> half mile along US70. * The extension was made , to serve <br /> residences of mobile home parks and other residences in the <br /> area whose water supplies had been contaminated by <br /> malfunctioning on-Bite sewage disposal systems. <br /> Insofar as the Hillsborough water system is concerned,- excess <br /> capacity is rapidly diminishing and will require_-enlargemen <br /> before 7—major-expansions can take place. Further extensions <br /> from the I Y of Durham should also be expected during. the <br /> an period. A roximatel 1,400 acres of Eno Townshi <br /> roug y bordered by the Eno River, Stoney Creek, and the <br /> Southern Railroad line, lies -within the Durham Urban Growth <br /> Area as defined in the goo Durham 2005 Cppr-ehensive <br /> Rted p. <br /> kl_an, the area for which Durham ex ects to eventually provide <br /> public services. <br /> Household Size and MgMaAag Stock <br /> The housing stock of Eno Township consisted in 1980 of 1,770 <br /> units. Seven years later that number had increases aimosE`23T <br /> to an estimate 2,186_ units. Manufactured housing made up a Ask <br /> large majority of that increase. <br /> 2 <br />