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29 <br /> west adjacent to the I-40/Old NC 86 EDD. Intermediate Intensity Areas cover <br /> approximately 1,210 acres of the planning area. <br /> Lower Intensity Areas: These areas comprise a substantial part of the planning <br /> area and contain most of the "Resource Areas" delineated on the draft plan. The <br /> current character of these areas is residential development on relatively large lots, a <br /> considerable number of large undeveloped tracts (both open and forested), and the <br /> only active farm in the area. Lower Intensity Areas best typify the area's remaining <br /> rural character. These are the areas where many of the plan's protection goals <br /> (natural resource, visual, and neighborhood) will be achieved. Lower Intensity <br /> Areas are proposed to have the lowest average development densities in the future, <br /> to be determined in part by the character of existing development. Implementation <br /> tools that may be applied will probably go beyond limitations on density and could <br /> include features such as buffers and easements. Extension of water and sewer <br /> service to these areas is=envisioned. <br /> Lower Intensity Areas lie in the central and southern part of the study area adjacent <br /> to Duke Forest, the Strayhorn farm, New Hope Church Road, and the Rural Buffer <br /> area to the southwest, south, and southeast. A portion of the area also extends north <br /> to I-85 in the undeveloped area east of Strayhorn Hills to provide a low-density <br /> separation between the future urban expansion of Durham and Hillsborough. Lower <br /> Intensity areas cover approximately 2,500 acres of the planning area (this includes <br /> approximately 750 acres contained in Duke Forest and the Stoney Creek wildlife <br /> corridor). Note: The southern tip of the planning area is located in the Rural <br /> Buffer and contains approximately 270 acres; plan recommendations will not <br /> be applicable there unless an amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use <br /> Plan is presented at public hearing and approved by the governing boards of <br /> Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County. <br /> Features From Other Plans <br /> Two features from other plans covering the area are retained in the draft small area <br /> plan: <br /> Community Park: A recommendation of the Orange County Master Recreation <br /> and Parks Plan (1988) is a "community park" in the vicinity of New Hope Church <br /> Road and Old NC 10. Such a park would contain areas for active (athletic fields and <br /> courts) and passive (wooded areas and trails) outdoor recreation, generally some <br /> 15 <br />