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RELATIONSHIP OF THE LAND USE PLAN TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE - A matrix has been designed to assist decision-makers in comprehending the relationship between the Land Use Plan and the key implementation tool, the Zoning Ordinance. The Land Use Plan Categories, as shown on the Land Use Plan Map, serve as the official long range planning guide for land use development in the County by type, density and form. The Land Use Plan Map determines the zoning districts that may be applied to a specific site within each designated plan area consistent with the broad definition of land use patternn in each plan area. In the case of activity nodes the Plan seeks to concentrate commercial and industrial development within limited areas. The applied zoning districts reflect the level of intensity of these activities permitted in a given node, The zoning districts applied to each of the Land Use Plan Categories are as follows: COUNTY RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION. Identifies areas changing from rural to urban in form and density. Al]. densities of residential development would be appropriate. The applied zoning districts include: R-1 (low density); R-2, R-3, R-4 (medium density) : and R-5, R-8, R-13 (high den- sity) residential uses. COUNTY COMMERCIAL TRANSITION. Identifies areas changing from rural to urban in form and density. A full range of intensities of commercial development would be appropriate. The applied zoning districts include: LC-1 (Local Commercial); NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial); CC-3 (Community Commercial); GC-4 (General Commercial); OI (Office and Institutional) ; and ED (Economic Development) . COUNTY INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION. Identifies areas changing from rural to urban in form and density. A full range of industrial activities would be appropriate and allowed. The applied zoning districts include: I-1 (Light Industrial); 1-2 (Medium Industrial) ; 1-3 (Heavy Industrial) ; and ED (Economic Development) . CARRBORO TRANSITION. In the Carrboro Transition area, the full. cle- ment of Residential, Commercial and Industrial uses are appropriate except for General Commercial (GC-4); Light Industrial (1-1) ; and economic development nodes. CHAPEL HILL TRANSITION. In the Chapel Hill Transition area, a full range of Residential densities are appropriate, complemented with commer- cial development at the level of intensity provided for in the following zoning districts: NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial) ; CC-3 (Community Commercial); and OI (Office/Institutional) . RURAL BUFFER. Only very low density Residential uses and Agricultural uses appropriate in the Rural Buffer. The approved zoning districts include: AR (Agriculture Residential) and R-1 (low density) Residential. RURAL RESIDENTIAL. Identifies rural areas to be developed as low in- tensity and low density residential. The applied zoning districts is K-1 (low density) Residential.