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040 6 conducted on moving the Transition Area boundary north of Carrboro back to the position proposed in the Joint Planning . Area Land Use Plan of January 14. 1986 . Coupled with the Work Group proposal was a recommendation to clearly delineate Transition Area and Rural Buffer boundaries. The proposal is consistent with Joint Planning growth ,strategies. provides for the economical extension of gravity sewer systems. removes existing and proposed developments from a nonconforming status. and is in keeping with Calvander area concerns about high density housing and commercial/industrial development. The proposal would not be consistent with Duke Forest recommendations that property adjacent to that facility be left in a rural state with densities lower than one dwelling unit per acre. Designation of Transition Areas and the Rural Buffer boundaries would clarify jurisdictional interests with respect to project review and approval procedures under the terms of existing or proposed Joint Planning Agreements. Collins stated that the Planning Staff recommends approval of extension of the Transition Area to the full extent of the Bolin Creek basin. The staff position agrees with the OWASA recommendation that sewer be extended to serve the whole Bolin Creek basin. He did emphasize. however, that Duke Forest and those properties bordering it would not be included. He also recommended that timing of development be a consideration in the designation of Transition Areas. Two designations of the Transition Area are recommended for consideration - Transition I and II. Transition Area I would include that area previously designated for urban expansion. Transition Area II would include the extended area. Within Transition Area I. densities ranging from one to five units per acre would be permitted. Within Transition Area II. densities would limited to one unit per acre until such time as Transition Area I was at least 75% developed. The latter standard is based on the infill development policy contained in the Land Use Plan. Walters inquired as to whether we may see a request later on from Chapel Hill for northward extension of the Transition Area. Collins said it was very doubtful. He stated that Chapel Hill had defined a fixed boundary. I- 40. to separate Transition and Rural Buffer Areas. He also referenced concerns expressed by Chapel Hill over several small properties east of Rogers Road that were recommended for Transition as part of the Carrboro request. These were included so as not to create a Rural