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o Development at intensity levels which would create negative impacts on public interest areas should be directed away from those areas. In light of these allocation guidelines, information about land in Hills- borough Tonwhsip was "filtered" through the set of locational criteria in order to evaluate the suitability of certain locations to contain various land uses. This information was then utilized in the classification of land throughout Hillsborough Township. Distribution of Land Use Plan Catee•ries Land in Hillsborough Township has been classified into the following Land Use Plan categpries according to the public policies expressed in the Plan, the set of locational criterria,defining the appropriateness of the physi- cal environmental context for future development and, the Township's pro- jected population change and resulting land requirements: URBAN. All of the area within the Town of Hillsborough's corporate limits and extraterritorial planning jurisdiction has been classified as Urban. In effect, this means that the Land Use Plan for the Town will shape the development pattern in that area. Given the policy of encouraging infill development, most of the higher intensity growth during the plan period should occur within the designated Urban area. 10-YEAR TRANSITION. The external boundary of the Town of Hillsborough's extraterritorial planning juriddiction generally coincides with the designated 10-Year Transition. Some subdivisions adjacent to, but outside of,the Town's planning jurisdiction have also been designated 10-Year Transition. 20-YEAR TRANSITION. Land to the east of Hillsborough's planning jurisdic- tion, which includes land area currently served by the municipal water and sewer system or could be efficiently served at some time in the future when the demand is sufficient is designated 20 Year Transition. This area is bounded on the north by St. Mary's Read, to the east by the Township boundary and to the south by the railroad tracks. RURAL RESIDENTIAL. All of the land designated Rural Residential occurs in the southern tier of the Township where rural, non-farm residential uses would be the most suitable land use. AGRICULTURAL-RESIDENTIAL Except for sue01 areas in southern and western Hillsborough Township, most of the land designated Agricultural Residential is located in the northern tier of the Township where farming and associ- ated agricultural activities are the most appropriate land uses. PUBLIC INTEREST AREAS. The Duke Forest tracts, located in the southeast and west-central portion of the Township, are designated Public Interest Areas. WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED. A small portion of the Upper Eno water supply watershed which lies along the western boundary of the Township is classi- fied as water supply watershed.