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'119 IMPLEMENTATION First, we must establish the Transition Zone's (Joint Planning Areas) total area and boundaries. This can be done by staff or by some other mechanism. Our methodology to do this should take the following into account; future land needs, population, the future need for commercial, industrial, recreation, public and residential land, your policy of in-fill of undeveloped land inside the present Town limits, a land development inefficiency multiplier, a multiplier to prevent land monopoly, etc., plus other factors. Our methodology could be similar to that used by Triangle J Council of Governments in their Land Classification Plan. A outer boundary line and an inner boundary line ( this could be the Town limits or anywhere beyond that) would be the site for joint planning. A specific, clear and concise land use plan must be developed by either the staff or by some other mechanism for the area. One alternative already proposed is that this area be residential with gradually decreasing density the greater the distance from the Town limits. The land use plan needs to clearly specify all Towns and the County's transportation plans and a water and sewer plan. Both Town and County land development ordinances need to contain sections that would mandate implementation of the land use plan, the transportation plan, and the water and sewer plan. Each plan must be precise, clear, definite and as unambiguous as humanly possible in delienation of standards, acreage, distances, etc. The primary and most important plan for joint planning would be the land use plan. However, if the New Hope basin is included in the Transition Zone, then the land use plan and (resultant) :rater and sewer plan becomes critically important. Areas that might need special attention are around the Proposed I-40 interchange(s), if that road is ever built. Another potential concern is protection of Duke Forest land in the Transition Zone. As critically important as it is to initially plan these areas, another equally critical factor is the continual, periodic, update and adoption of all plans that impact these joint areas. Without this continual update and adoption, good plans will soon become obsolete and make implementation difficult, if not impossible. The ALI Model Land Development Code proposes a two year update cycle, Atlanta, Georgia updates and readopts its comprehensive plan annually and Seattle mandates a two year cycle for their policy plan. The State Land Policy Council recommended a five year update cycle for the "Land Classification Plans". Five years is too infrequent and a one or two year cycle more reasonable. The current informal review process by the Technical Review Committee is very important. This process should be formal by amending the land development or zoning ordinance accordingly and officially create a Technical Review Committee. In area C the Orange County Planning Board would formally review the Technical.Review Committee's recommendations. If any of its recommendations are ignored or overturned, then the Planninn Rnard wotild have to formally state reasons whv_ In area C, Orange County's land development ordinance would be the enforcing ordinance. The key is that we would be implementing the jointly agreed upon land use plan and subdivision standards. The County's subdivision regulations would have to be amended to implement Town standards in this area. Attachment A from the North Carolina Model Subdivision Regulations (1977) gives us an example of the kinds of standards that could be added to Orange County's subdivision regu- lations. For the Planned Development Districts, Special Use Districts or Con- ditional Uses, minimum standards can be stated for streets, curb and gutter, etc.