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Reservoir Protection (RP) This district includes lands that drain to <br /> existing reservoirs which are public water <br /> supplies for Orange County or to the <br /> watersheds of potential reservoir sites <br /> which have been designated for protection. <br /> These watersheds need to be protected from <br /> the impacts of development which could cause <br /> water quality problems for existing public <br /> water supplies or preempt the future <br /> utilization of potential reservoir sites. <br /> Obviously, all these land use plan classifications will not apply to any one <br /> township. Orange County's diversity does, however, dictate that a broad range <br /> of classifications be made available for application where appropriate. <br /> Location Criteria <br /> Land in the Township was subjected to or "filtered through" a series of <br /> criteria designed to evaluate locations for their suitability to contain various <br /> land uses which would occur in each plan category. The following locational <br /> criteria were derived from the Community Profile because of their importance <br /> in determining the best locations for new land uses: <br /> topography <br /> hydrology <br /> population density <br /> energy use <br /> existing land use <br /> historic and cultural characteristics <br /> public services and utilities <br /> transportation system <br /> agriculture and forestry <br /> Measures of each locational criteria were developed for the various land use <br /> plan categories. <br /> Distribution of Land Use Plan Categories <br /> Land in Chapel Hill Township has been classified into land use plan <br /> categories according to the set of locational criteria which define the <br /> environmental context and according to public policy as expressed in the Orange <br />