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levels and an assumption about the compactness of settlement. For Chapel Hill Township the stated policy is to encourage "infill" development of suitable vacant land within the existing corporate limits of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. This is land which is not constrained by the presence of environmentally sensitive or public interest Lands. If totally successful, the effect of this policy would be to achieve 100% infill of vacant urban land. As this level of 100% infill is very optimistic and not likely to be achieved, the Chapel Hill Township Land Use Plan will be based on the assump- tion that development at a level of 75% infill will, occur during the period 1980-2000. The infill goal, however, will remain at 100% and all relevant policies will, be directed toward achieving maximum infill. The Land Use Plan for Chapel Hill Township distinguishes between two cate- gories of residential development in the Township outside the Town's plan- ning areas. "Spillover" development refers to that growth which overflows into the land adjacent to the Towns current planning jurisdiction boundaries after 75% of the suitable vacant land within the Towns' jurisdiction has been absorbed at densities set out in the Towns' Land Usa Plan. "Scattered" development refers to a constant, minimum amount of growth that will occur in the rural areas of the Township, regardless the amount of "infill" of vacant land within the Towns' jurisdictions. Scattered develop- ment reflects the fact that some people prefer to live in the rural areas and total control of this factor is not possible, in spite of a policy directed at infill development. This constant for "scattered" development, based on the estimated percentage of the 1980 Township population residing outside of the Towns' planning areas, has been projected to be the land required to settle 9% of the future Township population. It is assumed that this constant rural density growth will be equally distributed through- out the rural areas of the Township. Based on the policy of "infill" development in the urban areas, the amount of land required to accomodate growth not absorbed within the Towns can be estimated from the amount of vacant land available within the Towns that is suitable for residential development. As shown in Table 3-165, an in- crease in population during the plan period of 33,350 persons in Chapel Hill and 12,720 persons in Carrboro can be accomodated through 75% infill develop- ment of suitable vacant land in the Towns. This is a total of 46,070 persons. 164