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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> Trurz.snoporrou <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 27278 <br /> ,6116L% <br /> tc. <br /> 4„,„ asoe <br /> April 29, 1985 <br /> TO: Planning Board <br /> 0-6 <br /> FROM: Gene Bell, Planner <br /> SUBJECT: Update on Joint Planning <br /> At the February 18, 1985, Long Range Planning meeting <br /> 4111 staff presented the desired planning approach for use in <br /> preparation of the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Land Use Plan. <br /> This was the same approach as used by the Baltimore Regional <br /> Planning Commission and is referred to as the Development <br /> Characteristics Planning Approach. Central to the approach <br /> is defining Development Intensity Type classifications for <br /> all properties in the study area. A Development Intensity <br /> Type is a classification applied to a discrete area of land <br /> and is an expression, in numerical form, of the amount of <br /> development that land can support. Development Intensity <br /> Types are determined by mapping and overlaying selected <br /> environmental parameters. The districts that emerge in the <br /> overlay process and the combinations of parameters that <br /> define them, determine the Development Intensity Type. <br /> Development Intensity Types are expressed in Roman numerals, <br /> the higher the number the greater the amount of development <br /> that can be supported. <br /> Contained herein are updates on the mapping element of <br /> the Development Characteristics Planning Approach along with <br /> progress in other JPA related activities. <br /> Mapping of Environmental Parameters <br /> Four environmental parameters were defined for mapping. <br /> These are slope, soils, vegetation, and slope orientation. <br /> Considerable mapping has been done since the February <br />