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development types that will not create negative impacts on the watersupply <br /> watershed should be located 'in Efland's 10 and 20 year Transition Areas in <br /> proximity to the designated activity nodes. <br /> 3) Most of the areas to the north and south of the 1-85-US 70 transportation <br /> corridor are best suited for agricultural purposes as well as needing <br /> protection of the watersupply watershed and should be designated as <br /> Agricultural Residential . <br /> 4) A small area in the southeastern part of the Township adjacent to Hills- <br /> borough Township and the area focused on 1-85-US 70 corridor between Mebane <br /> and Efland are best suited for low density, rural non-farm residential <br /> growth. <br /> 5) Low intensity rural commercial land uses should when they occur away from <br /> the Urban and Transition Areas, be located in proximity to the Rural Com- <br /> mercial Activity nodes to prevent strip-type development. <br /> Locational Criteria <br /> Information about land in Cheeks Township was "filtered through" a series <br /> of criteria designed to evaluate locations for their suitability to contain <br /> various land uses, Locational Criteria were developed and used in each of the <br /> 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 import- <br /> ance in determining the best locations for new land uses. Measures for each <br />