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InA <br /> consultant, and consistent with current environmental <br /> standards. The petitioners additionally state that runoff <br /> from operations can be controlled on site. <br /> HIGHER INTENSITY USES/TRANSITION AREAS <br /> 1) The more intensive uses are most appropriately located within <br /> the Towns and then the areas adjacent to the Towns likely to <br /> become urban. (OC) <br /> 2) A transition area should be designated, between existing <br /> developed areas and the rural buffer, as a target for new <br /> development to occur. (C) <br /> NOT APPLICABLE. This development is proposed to occur in the <br /> Rural Buffer. <br /> RURAL AREAS <br /> 1) The rural residential and agricultural character of the <br /> Township outside the Towns and adjacent transition areas <br /> should be maintained. (OC) <br /> OUESTIONABLE. The development on this site, both existing and <br /> proposed, must be closely monitored to prevent negative <br /> impacts on adjoining residential and agricultural land uses. <br /> The current uses on this site, due to their intensity, could <br /> negatively impact the surrounding rural area without controls <br /> offered under the Zoning Ordinance and the Rural Industrial <br /> Activity Node classification. <br /> The Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, which <br /> designates the extractive use designation to the American <br /> Stone quarry operation, sought answers to the possible re-uses <br /> of this site in a manner acceptable to meet the Land Use Goals <br /> of the Joint Planning Area and the County. This site, if <br /> properly developed and monitored, may present a viable reuse <br /> option for the existing quarry and asphalt plant. <br /> 2) Rural lands currently existing between the Chapel <br /> Hill/Carrboro urban area and Hillsborough should be preserved. <br /> NOT APPLICABLE. This site does not lie between the Chapel <br /> Hill/Carrboro Urban area and Hillsborough. <br /> URBAN FORM <br /> 1) A compact form of development should be achieved avoiding <br /> urban sprawl. (OC) <br /> 16 <br />