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office , school, or other similar institutional uses <br /> and one or more commercial uses . <br /> Rural Residential - Land ih the rural areas of the county <br /> that is an appropriate location for low intensity and <br /> low density residential developed which are not de- <br /> pendent on urban services . <br /> Agricultural Residential - Land in areas where the prevailing <br /> land use activities consist of agriculture or forestry <br /> and is appropriate location for these uses to continue. <br /> Rural Neighborhood <br /> Activity Node - Land focused on designated road intersections <br /> within a Rural or Agricultural Residential area that <br /> is appropriate for small-scale industrial uses . <br /> Rural Buffer - Land adjacent to an Urban 10- or 20-Year <br /> Transition Area that is rural in character and should <br /> remain rural and not require urban services . <br /> Public Interest <br /> Area - Land which contains public or quasi-public uses such <br /> as state parks , research forests or known archeological <br /> or historical sites . <br /> Environmentally <br /> Sensitive Areas - Land which is subject to special natural <br /> environmental conditions such as flooding that pre- <br /> sent significant constraints to built development . <br /> Reservoir Protection - Land that drains to existing reservoirs <br /> which are public water supplies for the county or to <br /> potential reservoir sites which have been designated <br /> for protection. <br />