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d d <br /> PUBLIC SERVICES/UTILITIES. Located in areas where urban-type <br /> services, especially water and sewer lines, are not needed and <br /> should be discouraged. <br /> COMPLIES. No water and sewer service extension is proposed <br /> for the Rural Buffer. On this basis, it. would appear that <br /> this request complies with the basic criterion of the PUBLIC <br /> SERVICES/UTILITIES section for both Rural Industrial Activity <br /> Node and Extractive Uses. The applicant intends to use this <br /> property as an expansion of an existing quarrying operation, <br /> with a proposed future use of a raw water storage facility <br /> once quarrying operations have ceased. <br /> TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. Located on or near areas with access to <br /> roads that are designed for heavy vehicle operation. <br /> COMPLIES.• This site has access from NC 54 and Bethel-Hickory <br /> Grove Church Road, both designated Major Urban Thoroughfares <br /> on the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Thoroughfare Plan. The <br /> site fronts approximately 2200 feet along the north side of NC <br /> - S4# and approximately 2900 feet along the east side of Bethel- <br /> Hickory Grove Church Road and 3600 feet along the west side of <br /> Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road. As part of this proposal, <br /> Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road is to be realigned along the <br /> northern and eastern portions of the property to divert <br /> traffic away from the quarrying operations. Road relocation <br /> will be coordinated with the NCDOT. <br /> EXISTING LAND USE. Located in areas where the prevailing activity <br /> is agriculture, and outside of non-farm clusters of population. <br /> COMPLIES. This property is consistent with the requirements <br /> for existing land use for the Extractive Uses request. <br /> Currently, the predominant land use in this area is rural <br /> residential with some agricultural uses. This is typical of <br /> land uses within the Rural Buffer area (located in areas <br /> outside of Transition and Urban areas where prevailing uses <br /> are rural residential and agricultural in nature) . <br /> AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. See Existing Land Uses. <br /> COMPLIES. This site is currently developed as a quarry <br /> operation and a raw water storage facility. The rural <br /> residential, agricultural, and forestry uses which exist in <br /> the vicinity have continued and expanded while this quarry has <br /> been in operation. The applicant proposes to expand this <br /> quarry operation within the present site, providing buffering <br /> 9 <br />