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A compact ' form of development should be achieved avoidin <br /> urban sprawl , (CH) g <br /> The urbanizing areas of the Towns are the major growth <br /> centers in the Township . The "infill" of existing urban <br /> areas is the guiding principle upon which the Chapel Hill <br /> Township Plan is based . "Infill" development of suitable <br /> vacant Land within the Towns at existing or projected <br /> densities , llas set forth in the Towns ' 1977 Land Use Plans <br /> should be encouraged . (The Chapel HiLL Township Land Use <br /> Plan will be based on the assumption that development at a <br /> level of 75% infill will occur during the period 1980--2000 . <br /> The infiLL goal , however, will remain at 100% infill and all <br /> relevant polLicias will be directed toward achieving a maximum <br /> infill) . (0C) <br /> It is important to distinguish between the policy <br /> development and the density at which that development takes <br /> place . A policy of infill development means that development <br /> should take p Lace first within the urban area where public <br /> services are available , rather than " leapfrogging" into rural <br /> areas, thereby consuming farmland and open space and making <br /> the extension of public services expensive or impossible . <br /> What is "filled in" depends on the Land use plan and zoning <br /> ordinance, and it could include residential , commercial , <br /> industrial , lop recreational uses . The density of development <br /> also depends on the land use plan and zoning , <br /> jurisdiction determines the densities allowed in itsaplanniing <br /> area . <br /> Utility Extensions <br /> The timing of utility extensions and the pace of ro <br /> should be coordinated . (CH) 9 wth <br /> Water and sewer service should not be extended outside the <br /> boundaries of the Joint Planning Area . (CH) <br /> Areas where facilities and services ere available <br /> should be developed before areas where such services are not <br /> yet available . (CH) <br /> No "spillover" growth from the two Towns will occur <br /> Chatham or Durham Counties or in Bingham Township . In other <br /> words , ell "spillover" development will be absorbed within <br /> the boundaries of Chapel HiLL Township . <br /> ( "Spillover" <br /> development refers to that <br /> growth which overflows s into the <br /> land adjacent to the Towns ' current planning jurisdiction <br /> boundaries after 75% of the suitable vacant land within the <br /> Towns ' jurisdiction has been absorbed at densities set out in <br /> the Towns ' Land Use Plans) . (0C) <br /> 51 <br />