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PUBLIC INTEREST AREA The'Duke Forest tract located on the eastern boundary of the Township along U.S. 70 has been designated a Public Interest Area. WATER. SUPPLY WATERSHED. This category applies to both existing and pro- posed water supply watersheds for purposes of providing water quality pro- tection for water draining into a supply source. In Cheeks Township, this classification applies to the Eno River watershed which includes the sub- basins of McGowan Creek, north of the I-85/U.S. 70 corridor, and Seven Mile Creek,, south of the corridor. In addition to classifying the land in the County, the County's land use planning strategy has been to identify and evaluate potential activity nodes in the Township. The purpose of the activity is to direct commercial and industrial uses to the most appropriate areas in the Township, prevent- ing strip-type development, and promoting a more compact and efficient land use pattern focused on major intersections in the Township. A total or seven activity nodes have been designated in CheeksoTownship: REFRNCE: CK-1, Efland Center LOCATION: Efland Commercial Area PLAN CATEGORY: Commercial-Industrial Transition ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION: An existing commercial/industrial node. is located in Efland, focused on the intersection of Southern Drive and Mt. Willing Road. This node currently serves as a ,fbcal point for lower and medium intensity residential, commercial and industrial uses. As Efland develops, new growth should "infill" suitable vacant land within the immediate area to take advantage of the existing infrastructure which includes the water supply from a central system. Due to the location of this node entirely within a water supply reservoir, industrial and commercial uses should be limited to these types which have a demonstrated record of not generating pollutants, either through the industrial process or the size of the opera- tion, which are known to degrade or harm water quality. Those uses which do meet this initial criteria should be designed and built in ways to mini- mize any other potential negative impacts on the quality of wate draining from the Eno River watershed. REFERENCE: CK-2, Miles north LOCATION: U.S. 70 and Buckhorn Road (SR 1114) PLAN CATEGORY: Commercial-Industrial Transition ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION: This node is located at the intersection of an arterial (U.S. 70) and a collector. Existing commercial uses at or near this site include a small mill outlet and two gas stations one of which is also a small store. There are no environmental constraints imposed by sensitive lands or water-supply watersheds. A rail line is nearby. This site is presently served by a central water system with possible future sewer line extensions. These facts, combined with its proximity to Mebane, create the potential for fairly intensive comgercial and industrial uses during the later phase of the Plan. In fact, this node falls within the 20-Year Transition Area that extends slightly beyond the Mebane l0-Year Transition Area. As this site becomes more intensively developed, care should be taken to ensure that the highway intersection is upgraded suffi- ciently to handle the increased load.