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I <br /> s <br /> PAGE 60-a-JPA LAND USE PLAN <br /> The Rural Buffer is defined as being a low-density area consisting of single-family homes situated on <br /> large lots having a minimum size of two(2) acres. The Rural Buffer is further defined as land which, although <br /> adjacent to an Urban or Transition Area, is rural in character and which will remain rural, <br /> res;deRtma uses and not require urban services (public utilities and other Town services). The Rural Buffer is <br /> expected to contain low density residential uses as well as agricultural uses The Rural a„ o.and consists of <br /> the following Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan categories: Rural Residential and Agricultural; Z <br /> Public-Private Open Space; Resource Conservation; New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space; Extractive Use; <br /> and the overlay category designated University Lake Watershed Area. <br /> Rural Residential and Agricultural Areas are low-density areas consisting of single-family homes <br /> situated on large lots two aGreg an size or weater with a minimum lot size of two acres, except when part of a <br /> cluster subdivision and then adhering to a density limit of 1 unit for every 2 acres of property. Cluster <br /> subdivisions, reducing parcels to at least 1 acre in area, are allowed so long as density limits for the entire <br /> subdivision are maintained. s In that respect, Rural Residential Areas are identical to the definition of the <br /> Rural Buffer. The area includes property supporting farming operations, including forestry activities, <br /> established in accordance with the provisions of the North Carolina General Statutes. <br /> Qualify for, or are 1*6ted f-,, use .-I-- a+m„ <br /> Public-Private Open Space Areas include major land areas owned or controlled by public and <br /> private interests in the Rural Buffer. Such holdings as Duke Forest, Camp New Hope, U.S. Government <br /> lands associated with Jordan Lake, the 100-foot buffer along 1-40, and Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br /> lands adjacent to University Lake and the quarry site on N.C. Highway 54 provide open space through <br /> research, educational, forest management, and recreational functions. <br /> Resource Conservation Areas in the Rural Buffer are identical to those in the Transition Areas; i.e., <br /> floodplains, wetlands along drainage tributaries, and steep slope areas (15% or greater). The areas form the <br /> basis for a parks and open space system (see Strategy Map)which provided the framework within which <br /> other land uses are situated. <br /> New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space Areas include some of the Resource Protection Areas and <br /> a portion of the Public/Private Open Space Areas which were designated as significant and worthy of <br /> protection according to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan completed in April of 1991. (See <br /> Master Plan Map following Strategy Maps). The areas are part of a system of open space in Durham and <br /> Orange Counties along New Hope Creek and its tributaries between Eno River State Park and U.S. Army <br /> Corps of Engineers land north and south of Jordan Lake. This category is made up of critical environmental <br /> areas such as steam beds, floodplains, steep slopes, and larger tracts of historic, educational, or recreational <br /> value <br /> Extractive Use Areas encompass mining and quarry operations. Only one such site exists in the <br /> Rural Buffer, the American Stone Company quarry on N.0 Highway 54 west of Carrboro. <br /> z II <br /> County governments do not have the authority to restrict the location of agricultural activities while <br /> municipalities can regulate farms located within their corporate limits. Agricultural activities, as defined within <br /> State law, are allowed in all areas subject to the Plan Staff is clarifying existing language accordingly and <br /> eliminating references to `Agricultural Areas' as being a separate Plan land use category and combining it <br /> with the Rural Residential Land Use Category. <br /> 3 Cluster subdivisions are allowed throughout the County, including the University Lake Watershed Area, with <br /> the exception of the Rural Residential area of the Rural Buffer We are modifying existing language to allow <br /> cluster subdivisions in the Rural Buffer, outside of the University Lake Watershed Area, so long as a density <br /> limit of 1 dwelling unit per 2 acres is maintained. This proposed amendment does not impact existing density <br /> limits in the University Lake Watershed Area, which only allows 1 dwelling unit for every 5 acres of land area. <br /> Staff has incorporated comments received by the County Attorney's office as well as Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br /> Planning staff. <br /> 4 This information has been captured within the renamed `Rural Residential and Agricultural Areas' land use <br /> category. <br />
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