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O.C. NSA Plan Comment/Content/ Response(NSA Ordinance Section Reference is underlined,if applicable) <br /> Comment Section# Page# Issue/Goal <br /> important vistas in the areas in Section 3. Proposed VMU districts must demonstrate compliance with the <br /> Study Area should be first objective of Section 4 "the preservation of open space,scenic vistas.:.:' Road <br /> explored and and street layouts, also included in Section must "secure the view to prominent <br /> implemented. natural vistas." Objective 6 in Section 17 states that preliminary plans must."leave <br /> scenic views and vistas unblocked or uninterrupted, particularly as seen from <br /> public roadways." Section 21 requires• that undisturbed protective buffers <br /> (combined in some places with screening requirements) must be maintained along <br /> most major roads in the Town's jurisdiction. <br /> 25 9 67 Farmland preservation— The establishment of the JPA and associated measures (OWASA boundary, urban <br /> work with the county to services area concept) seem to have been the first steps in this direction, clearly <br /> encourage the developed through joint efforts of the County and Town. Urban-level development <br /> preservation of active was proposed in the Transition Areas -to balance out rural development (lower <br /> farmland and to limit the density) in the rural buffer. Further steps in this direction will require additional <br /> conversion of farmland work to develop a viable,multi-faceted farmland preservation program. <br /> to developed uses <br /> outside of the Transition <br /> Areas,as a trade-off for <br /> accommodating new <br /> development within the <br /> Transition Areas. " <br /> N <br /> N <br /> Carrboro Planning Staff Response to OC Staff Comments—Plan Recommendations Not Reflected in NSA Ordinance Page 5 <br /> Revised-04/13/99 <br />