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1 ) Rural non-farm commercial development will be allocated so as to <br /> avoid negative environmental or economic impacts on agriculture. <br /> 2) Commercial development will be allocated to designated activity <br /> nodes chosen because they meet specified locational criteria. <br /> 3) Industrial and high intensity commercial and non-farm residential <br /> development will be directed away from areas that, if developed at <br /> those intensities, would create negative impacts on the Upper Eno water <br /> supply watershed. <br /> Locational 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 <br /> various land uses. Locational criteria were developed and used in each of <br /> the following areas: <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 /> These criteria were derived from the Community Profile because of their <br /> importance in determining the best locations for new land uses. Certain measures <br /> for each locational criteria were used) <br /> Distribution of Land Use Plan Categories in Cedar Grove Township <br /> Land in Bingham Township has been classified into the Land Use Plan categorie <br /> according to the set of locational criteria which define the environmental context <br /> and according to public policy as expressed in the Orange County Land Use Goals <br /> 1County-wide Summary <br />