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I - Two categories of commercial land have been depicted on the Land Use Plan — retail and office/institutional . These categories are discussed below . Office/Institutional . The first of the categories is Office/Institutional , areas consisting of establishments which offer an array ,of financial , insurance , real estate, legal. , medical and business services . These types of uses are to be found primarilylin Transition areas where public utilities and services are available . However , they have also been designated in rural areas where water supply and sewage disposal needs would be met by wells and septic tanks . In the latter situation , though , development would generally occur at a much lower intensity than would normally be found in Transition areas . Office/Institutional areas have been depicted on the Land Use Plan in conjunction with Activity Nodes at the following Locations: 1 . Intersection of Interstate 40 and New Hope Church Road ; 2. Intersec',tion of N .C . Highway 86 and Mt . Sinai Road [Blackwood Station ) ; 3 . Intersection of N .C . Highway 86 and Interstate 40 ; 4. Intersection of existing Homestead Road and the proposed realignment of Homestead Road ; 5 . Intersecttion of Old N .C . Highway 86 and existing Homestead Road (Calvander) ; and 6 . Intersection of Smith Level Road and U .S . Highway 15-501 [Star Point ) . Office/Institutional areas were located adjacent to arterial and collector streets to reduce traffic congestion on local streets and travel times for customers and employees . Such areas have also been used to provide a land use buffer or step—down between more intensive retail areas and Lower density residential neighborhoods . Flat and moderate slopes , soils with few stability problems and arees generally clear of vegetation were the principal environmental determinants in locating office/institutional uses . Approximately 246 acres of land have been designated Office/Institutional on the Land Use Plan . The amount is equivalent to providing 6 .6 acres of office/institutional Land per 1 , 000 population , based on the projected holding capacity of residential areas (37 , 480) . The ratio is almost identical to the current figure (6 . 5/1 , 000) for the entire Joint Planning Area , including Chapel IHi 11 and Carrboro . Retail . Retail areas have been designated in the same general Locations as described above for Office/Institutional 70