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3 <br /> TABLE 1 <br /> CURRENT AND PROJECTED JPA POPULATION <br /> AREA 1979 2000 NUMERIC PERCENT <br /> ESTIMATED PROJECTED INCREASE INCREASE <br /> POPULATION POPULATION <br /> N.CHAPEL HILL 4,993 ' 12,147 7,154 143% <br /> UNIVERSITY LAKE 3,643 18,412 14,769 405% <br /> S. TRIANGLE 746 3,771 3,025 405% <br /> TOTAL 9,382 34,330 24,948 266 <br /> Land Use <br /> The major current, and projected, demand for land in the <br /> JPA is for residential purposes. Assuming that residential <br /> development in the JPA is currently at R-1 densities (1 dwell- . <br /> ing unit per acre with on-site water and sewer) with 2.72 <br /> persons per household, and that future development will occur <br /> at this level results in a figure of 3,449 current residential <br /> acres6 and a figure of 12,621 total acres for the year 2000. <br /> While residential development is expected to be the dominant <br /> land use in the JPA, commercial and service uses will occur <br /> too. The adopted Orange County Land Use Plan uses 5% of <br /> residential acreage to account for these uses. Table 2 gives <br /> a generalized overview of current and projected demands for <br /> land in the JPA. <br /> 6 Computations currently underway on recently collected' <br /> land use data will provide more accurate figures. <br />