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ATTACHMENT <br /> Q r RURAL BUFFER ISSUES <br /> (As identified at the Public Hearing to be st'tdied <br /> by the Planning Board.) <br /> A. Concepts - <br /> 1. Growth Strategies <br /> a. "Urban containment" strategy -- 2+ acre lots <br /> b. "Holding zone" strategy - 10+ acre lots <br /> c. "Low-density residential" strategy -- 1+ acre lots <br /> 2. Design standards <br /> B. Concerns <br /> 1. Affordable housing <br /> a. Development costs <br /> b. Purchase price (home/lot) <br /> 2. Environmental impacts <br /> a. Private wells/septic tanks <br /> (1) Failure potential <br /> ' (2) Dual drain fields - alternative <br /> b. Public water/sewer <br /> (1) Density considerations - <br /> (2) Extensions in emergency situations <br /> (3) Easement provisions <br /> (4) Carrying capacity/density ceilings <br /> (5) Extension cost escalation <br /> 3. Municipal/County service implications <br /> a. Annexation limitations <br /> b. Service expansion/provision costs <br /> c. Cost/benefit disparity <br /> 4. Pre-existing conditions <br /> a. Dimensional requirements <br /> b. Continuous frontage provisions <br /> 5. Expansion of Rural Buffer concept <br /> a. Definition of urban services districts <br /> b. Countywide or limited basis <br /> C. Relationship to Joint Planning <br /> 1. Conformity of Zoning Ordinance/Land Use Plan <br /> 2. Water/sewer extension policy <br /> 3. Cluster provisions <br /> 4. Impact fees/transferable development rights <br /> 5. Watershed protection (University Lake) <br /> 6 . Joint Planning Agreement <br /> 7 . Land Use Plan considerations <br /> a. Definition - Transition/Rural Buffer/Activity Nodes <br /> b. Chapel Hill/Carrboro dividing line <br /> c. Transition area extension - Bolin Creek basin <br />