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EXISTING LAND USE PLAN — JOINT PLANNING AREA The Joint Planning Area is currently covered by the Orange County Land Use PLan adopted by the Board of Commissioners in September, 1981 . The adopted Plan contains land use goals and policies for the County , as well as designates Land use pLan categories for 'development applicable county--wide . In addition to classifying the Land in the County , the land use planning strategy of Orange County has been to identify and eIveluate potential and existing activity nodes in each Township . The purpose of this strategy is to direct commercial and 'industrial activities to the most appropriate area in each Township , preventing strip—type development and promoting a more compact and efficient Land use pattern focused on major intersections in each Township . The following Land Use Plan categories are currently designated for the Joint Planning Area : Urban .ban . Land that is within the corporate limits of the Towns of Chapel. Hill and Carrboro . Ten—Year Transition . Land Located in areas that are in the process of changing from rural to urban , that are suitable for urban—type densities and should be provided with public utilities and services within the first ten—year phase of the PLan . Twenty—Year Transition . Land Located in areas that are in the process of changing from rural. to urban , that are suitable for urban type densities and should be provided with public utilities and services within the second ten—year phase of the Plan . Rural Buffer, . Land adjacent to an Urban or Transition area which is rural in character and which should remain rural , Contain very Low--density residential. uses and not require lurban services during the planning period . Public Interest Area . Land which contains public or quasi--public uses such as pub LicaLLy--owned Land , research forests or known archaeological or historic sites . Water SuppLy, Watershed . Land draining to existing reservoirs which serve as public water supplies for the County , or to potential reservoir sites which have been designated for protection against threats to the water quality of future water supplies . (University Lake Watershed) . Commercial Transition Activity Node. Land focused on designated road intersections within either a 10—Year or 20—Year Transition Area that is appropriate for retail and other commercial uses . (Current nodes of this type rA