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locational criteria were used. These are explained more fully in the County- <br /> wide Summary. <br /> Distribution of Land Use Plan Categories in Cheeks Township <br /> Land in Cheeks Township has been classified into the Land Use Plan <br /> categories according to the set of locational criteria which define the environ- <br /> mental context and according to public policy as expressed in the Orange County <br /> Land Use Goals and Potties section of the Plan. The purpose of this approach is <br /> to account for both environmental factors (natural and social) and for public <br /> values regarding the future of Orange Cnunty. <br /> Cheeks Township is classfied into the following Land Use Plan categories: <br /> Urban, 10-Year Transition, 20-Year Transition, Rural Residential , Agricultural <br /> Residential , Public Interest Area, Environmentally Sensitive, Reservoir Protec- <br /> tion, Urban Activity Node, Commercial Transition Activity Nodes , Industrial <br /> Transition Activity Nodes and Rural Commercial Activity Nodes, <br /> Urban. All of the area within the portion of Mebane's corporate and planning <br /> jurisdiction which is located in Orange County has been classified as Urban. <br /> 10-Year Transition. For the Mebane area the 10-Year Transition category is <br /> entirely contained with the planning jurisdiction. In the Efland area, the 10 <br /> Year Transition Area is generally focused on the Commercial area along US 70 <br /> and the rail lines. <br /> 20-Year Transition. The 20-Year Transition Area for the Mebane vicinity extends <br /> a short distance beyond the Mebane planning area along US 70 and 1-85. Around <br /> the Efland area the 20-Year Transition area extends south to 1-85 and west along <br /> US 70 to Richmond Road (SR 1312) . <br /> Rural Residential . A comparatively small part of the Township, located in the <br /> southeastern section, adjacent to Hillsborough Township has been designed as <br />