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adverse development impacts affecting the water quality of public water <br /> supplies. <br /> In addition to classifying the land in the County, the County's land use <br /> planning strategy has been to identify and evaluate potential and existing <br /> activity nodes in the Township. The purpose of this activity is to direct <br /> commercial and industrial activities to the most appropriate area in the <br /> Township, preventing strip-type development, and promoting a more compact <br /> and, efficient land use pattern focused an major intersections in the <br /> Township. <br /> A total of seven activity nodes have been designated in Chapel Hill Township. <br /> Those activity nodes south of the Duke Forest tracts and directly north of <br /> the Town's planning jurisdictions, are capable of sustaining more intensive <br /> commercial and residential development than other nodes in the Township. <br /> These nodes represent the core elements of a transition area between the <br /> urbanizing area focused on Chapel Hill-Carrboro and the rural area to the <br /> north. This area is in a process of transition from rural level densities <br /> and characteristics to urban level densities, including the need for urban <br /> services such as centralized sewage treatment. <br /> The following is a description of the various activity nodes designated in <br /> Chapel Hill Township. <br /> REFERENCE: CHT-1, Timberlyne <br /> LOCATION: N.C. 86 and Weaver Dairy Road (SR 1733) <br /> PLAN CATEGORY: Commercial Transition <br /> ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION: The Chapel Hill Land Use Plan designates this <br /> area as an "activity center". The node is located at the intersection of <br /> an arterial (N.C. 86) and a collector (Weaver Dairy Road). Commercial uses <br /> and medium density residential uses presently exist within the area focused <br /> on this node. There are no environmental constraints which would severely <br /> limit commercial or medium density residential development. Sewer lines <br /> have been extended to this area making the development of medium to higher <br /> density uses more feasible. This node is located in the 10-Year Transition <br /> area. <br /> REFERENCE: CHT-2, North Office Park <br /> LOCATION: Homestead Road (SR 1777) and N.C. 86 <br /> PLAN CATEGORY: Commercial Transition <br /> ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION: This node is located at the intersection of an <br /> arterial (N.C. 86) and a collector (Homestead Road). Commercial uses exist <br /> in the area. No environmental constraints exist which would prevent com- <br /> mercial development. Sewer line extensions to this area will increase the <br /> scale and density levels of commercial development. This node is located <br /> in the 10-Year Transition area. <br /> REFERENCE: CHT-3, Homestead Road <br /> LOCATION: Homestead Road (SR 1777), near Chapel Hill High School <br /> PLAN CATEGORY: Commercial Transition <br /> ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION: This node is located at the intersection of two <br /> collectors. There are no environmental constraints. Because there are no <br /> major residential areas nearby, continued commercial or business develop- <br /> ment would be minimal. Future sewer line extprisinns 4.4„ <br />