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SOIL CONDITIONS. Certain soils in the Township have poor building develop- ment potential. The extreme eastern portion of the Township along the Durham County line and the area know as the "southern triangle" contain soils which have limitations for development because of erodability, shallow depth to bedrock and high runoff potential. The University Lake watershed area is comprised of generally poor soils in ter nm of development potential . North of Chapel Hill and Carrboro soils are more suitable for various types of development. Similar to steep slopes, poor soil conditions do not neces- sarily represent prohibitive constraints on development. Rather, they indi- cate the need for appropriate design standards. PLAN FRAMEWORK AND ANALYSIS Organizing Concepts The following Township statements represent the organizing concepts around which the Land Use Plan for Chapel Hill Township is constructed: 1) The urbanizing areas of the Towns are the major growth centers in the Township. The " fill" of existing urban areas is the guiding principle upon which the Chapel Hill Township Plan is based. "Infill" development of suitable vacant land within the Towns at existing or projected densities as set forth in the Towns' 19.77 Land Use Plans should be encouraged. 2) The more intensive land uses are most appropriately located within the Towns and then within the areas adjacent to the Towns likely to become urban. 3) The rural residential and agricultural character of the Township outside the Towns and adjacent transition areas should be main- tained. 4) The existing open space system in Chapel Hill Township, which in- cludes the Duke Forest Lands, the UNC buffer around University Lake, the Morgan Creek Wildlife area, and existing agricultural and forest land, should be protected from intrusion by incompatible land uses. 5) University Lake water supply watershed should be developed in a manner which will protect the quality of the water supply. Very low density residential, low intensity commercial and agricultural land uses are appropriate in this area. Population Projections and Land Requiremtnts: 1980-2000 One of the initial and fundamental steps in the land use planning process is the calculation of the amount of land required to accomodate projected growth in an area. Generally, the amount of land required for residential and associated non-residential and commercial uses is directly related to the size of the population. However, the forecast of the amount of land required to accomodate future population growth must rely upon both a projection of future population