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Chapter 6: Land Use Element <br />ChaptP,~' 6. Lar~cc~Z~~i~I~nes2t <br />6.1. Summary <br />^ Overview <br />^ Description of Land Use Planning jurisdictions in Orange County. <br />^ Planning efforts: 1981 Comprehensive Plan, joint Planning <br />Agreement, Rural Character Study, Shaping Orange County's <br />Future, Orange County/Town of Hillsborough Urban Transition <br />Area Task Force Report, Hillsborough Strategic Growth Plan, Stoney <br />Creek Basin Small Area Plan, Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan, and <br />the NC Highway 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan. <br />^ Key Issues: land use for areas outside the joint Planning Area <br />agreement, Economic Development Districts, reconciling future <br />land use map and water/sewer agreement map, rural community <br />activity nodes. <br />6.2. Purpose <br />^ Description of element purpose: provide direction and guidance <br />regarding future land use planning and zoning decisions in the <br />unincorporated portions of the County and the joint planning <br />areas. <br />6.3. Historic Data, Current Data and Evaluation of <br />Trends <br />^ Assessment of information included in County Profile Element. <br />^ Acres of Farmland Harvested Cropland, 1967-1996 <br />^ joint Planning Area Maps (1987) <br />^ Acreage of farmland and farmland converted to urban/rural <br />development (1997). <br />^ Hillsborough Area Strategic Growth Plan Map (2007) <br />^ Key development activity and trends (1987-2004) <br />6.4. Needs Assessment <br />6.5. Future Land Use Plan <br />^ Description of purpose of Future Land Use Plan <br />^ Description of the County's currently official Future Land Use Map <br />O-~aNU,~ co-cavity co,~iv-e;~~rn~w~ Law o~aFr ~ ~-2~1-0~ .~ 4 <br />