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129 RU AL BUFFER STUDY POLICY ANALYSIS - PHASE 1 Compilation of Policies, Goals. Objectives. Proposals. & Standards ELEMENT: LAND USE • The numbers in parentheses following the policies. goals. objectives, proposals. and standards are keyed to the list of references at the end. POLICY (1) Designate the rural. low density land surrounding the urban areas, but beyond the Transition Areas. as Rural Buffer. This area will remain rural in character. will not require urban services and will maintain farming or rural non-farm residential development as the most appropriate land use. Future consideration will be given to designating Rural Buffer areas around other Towns in the County. (1) p. 3.5-3. (2) Prohibit new industrial uses in the area designated Rural Buffer. (1) p. 3.5-4. (3) The following Rural Neighborhood Activity Nodes have been designated: Toler's Store (CG-3) ; Villine' s Store (CG-4) ; 'Walnut Grove (CG-5) ; Underwood's Store (LR-3) ; Berry's Grove (LR-4) ; Harris Crossroads (LR 5) ; Fairfield (CK-4) ; Lighthouse Church (CK 5) ; Bowman (CK-6) ; Buckhorn (CK-7) ; Coleman Loop (HB-1) ; Law' s Store (ENO-1) ; Adam and Eve (BH-1) ; Haw River (BH-3) ; Frog Level (BH-4) ; Oak Grove (BH-5) ; Calvander (CHT 6) ; and Blackwood Station (CHT-7) . (1) p. 3.5-5. (4) The "southern triangle" area will develop only after all the suitable land south of and between the Duke Forest tracts has been developed. (1) p. 3.12-10. (2) p. 53. (5) The rural residential and agricultural character of the Township outside the Towns and adjacent transition areas should be maintained. (1) p. 3.12-5, (2) p. 52. (1) The management of growth so that it is directed to areas where growth is desirable and can be accommodated. (1) p. 3.5-2. (2) A land use planning process which is responsive to the citizens and communities of Orange County. (1) p. 3.5-11. (3) Orderly development which protects the natural environment and provides for attractive. appropriate location and compatibility of land uses with respect to each other. (3) p. 6. OBJECTIVE (1) Discourage development of land which is: 1) not contiguous to existing developed areas; 2) which would require significant extensions of water and sewer lines across undeveloped tracts; and 3) which would exceed existing capacities of public facilities and infrastructure. (3) p. 7. (2) Rural lands currently existing between the Chapel Hill/Carrboro urban area and Hillsborough (rural buffer) should be preserved. (2) p. 52.