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5) Areas to the north and south of the 1-85 - U.S. 70 corridor <br /> should remain agricultural and rural/low-density residential <br /> and commercial in use. <br /> 6) Developtent in the portion of the Township within the Eno water <br /> supply watershed should be subject to standards and land use <br /> restrictions directed at maintaining the quality of the water <br /> draining into the existing water supply reservoirs of Lake Orange, <br /> Lake Ben Johnson and Corporation Lake and into the proposed Seven <br /> Mile Creek reservoir. <br /> Population Projections and Land Requirements: 1980-2000 <br /> One of the initial and fundamental steps in the land use planning process <br /> is the calculation of the amount of land required to accomodate projected <br /> growth in, an area. Generally, the amount of land required for residential <br /> and associated non-residential and commercial uses is directly related to <br /> the size of the population. The following tables summarize the population <br /> projections and estimated land requirements for Cheeks Township during the <br /> plan period: <br /> TABLE 3-125 <br /> POPULATION PROJECTIONS: 1980-2000 <br /> 1980 1990 2000 1980-2000 <br /> TOTAL POPULATION 4821 1 5400 2 5950 2 --- <br /> POPULATION CHANGE <br /> (NUMBER) 579 1119 1698 <br /> 11980 U.S. census figure. <br /> SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census <br /> 2 Projected population based on the LINAVE method. Explanation of <br /> methodology can be found in Appendix A. <br /> SOURCE: Orange County Planning Department. <br /> 125 <br />