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w `s <br /> 01S <br /> where necessary to lessen development impact. <br /> POPULATION DENSITY. Located in areas of very low population density <br /> which is dispersed in a manner typical of rural areas. <br /> COMPLIES. This area is sparsely developed with single family <br /> homes and manufactured housing. <br /> HISTORIC AND CULTURAL. Located away from areas where extractive <br /> uses would have a detrimental impact on state or federally <br /> acknowledged historic/cultural sites or County-identified Public <br /> Interest Areas. <br /> COMPLIES. There are no state or federally acknowledged <br /> historic/cultural sites or County-identified Public Interest <br /> Areas in the vicinity of the proposed amendment. There are <br /> however, .2 churches, one cemetery, and one community site in <br /> the area as identified in the 1986 "Inventory of Sites of <br /> Cultural, Historical, Recreational, Biological, and Geological <br /> Significance in the Unincorporated Portions of Orange County". <br /> Hickory Grove Baptist Church and Bethel Baptist Church are <br /> located one-half mile northeast of the proposed operation. <br /> The Tarheel Sertoma Club and an unnamed cemetery are located <br /> approximately three-fourths of a mile west of this site. <br /> The following section analyses the Rural Industrial Activity Node <br /> portion of this property (CP-3-91) against locational criteria, <br /> again with an assessment of how the area complies. <br /> RURAL INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY NODE <br /> SLOPE. Located on land with less than 15% slope. <br /> COMPLIES. Topographic mapping of the area indicates that the <br /> majority of this property was originally slightly sloped. The <br /> original features of the area have been drastically altered by <br /> the existing extractive land uses. Topography has been <br /> altered to divert the majority of all runoff into the quarry <br /> area. The alignment of Phil's Creek has been changed from its <br /> original course diagonally crossing the site from northwest to <br /> southeast to the perimeter of the site. <br /> HYDROLOGY. Located outside of 100-year flood prone areas as <br /> identified by the Corps of Engineers. <br /> QUESTIONABLE. Phil's Creek is shown on the 1983 FEMA <br /> floodplain maps as having a 100 year floodway approximately <br /> 10 . <br />