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o .Ben beim- Tract --this 90 acre tract is part of the Rio River State Park and is located between I-85" and Willet Road. (SR 1568) _ U b i in Eno Township. _ ( •o University Lake --• the Lake and land immediately surrounding it are owned by the University of North Carolina. It is a.rela tively undisturbed area that contains interesting flora. This area is in Chapel Hill Township- Me presence of unique- natural features in Crake County suggests that special efforts should be made to n nag these areas so as to conserve and protect their natural characteristics. • Historic Sites Alt aou i historic sites are- part of the man-made environment and. not natural features? they require sir rt 1 ar treatment- too the unique natural features and deserve consideration in this -section. County- is an area rich in history. Roe• Chapel Hill Historic District and. the Hillsborough Historic District are both on the National Register. of Historic. Places.. Outside of these built-up areas the - Couniy contains one- privately owned home which is on the National Register.. It is Mooreflelds r the former home of _Alfred Moore, U.S. - - _ Supreme Court Justice.. It was built in 1785-as his summer house and is - - . . located in. Cheeks Township on mocks Mill Road (SR 11314). In addition,, there are over a dozen sites in the County which have-been identified by the State of North Carolina as places of historic Interest but which are not yet on the National Historic Register. _ PLAN INMEECEIMAzECN . ( To facilitate the land use decision-mating- process in which n r i • features come into play, it is useful to divide such features into two • categories: critical features and sensitive features. _ Critical features are those which can tolerate only minimal int iii . - by��myan's activities either because of their fragile y,nature or �_ they are hazardous to people and, development. Of the environmental features discussed, the 100-year floodway, the unique natural azeas and the historic sites seen to meet this criteria. - Sensitive features are somewhat more tolerant of intrusion and alter ation.. . They may- require special development restrictions or design standards to insure that the detrimental effects- of develop-malt are minimized and./or that problenmatic environmental conditions are adequately considered to reasonably assure good development practices - and.results. This category covers most of the environmental features.. _ - Combinations of sensitive features may warrant desigation as a critical feature:I Decisions are necessary to determine if such features combine in an t.itiitive Harmer which 1 significant h compounds t he negative impacts cts of improper development activities. Such gray require and analysis. ' 2.2-7• • • •