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0Th Roger Weldon, Chapel Hill Planning Director 8 Perspective on Rural Buffer Issues. presented Chapel Hill ' s Weldon began his presentation by commending the Orange County Planning Department on the Rural Buffer Study document. He indicated that felt the of key points of the Rural Buffer recommen- dations. He stated that from a c some good policy s in staff perspective, Chapel Hill is in support of the recommendations as presented by Collins and that adoption of those recommendations would achieve the successful implementation of the Rural Buffer concept. Weldon stated that the Chapel Hill Land Use Plan and the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan have as a foundation the concept of urban area surrounded by a low-density rural buffer. n a fixed such a concept would encourage urban development to occureinndareasdwhich that can be most easily served by the urban services it will require. Such plans preserve the low-density nature of Central Orange County. Weldon listed four points in answer to the question of "Why a 2-acre minimum lot size?" 1 ) When water and sewer are extended, development at urban occur; ban type 2) the concept of a low-density rural buffer demands that - and sewer not be extended into the Rural Buffer; 3) water a two-acre minimum lot size will insure that water and sewer are not extended, that the character of Central Orange County will be preserved and that there will be ample land for individual wastewater disposal systems now and in the future; 4) If the minimum lot size requirement was one-acre, this would create a sprawling development pattern at such a density which would demand urban services. Mary Ellen Priestly Mrs. Priestly stated that she owners and taxpayers in Orange County and her husband had been.. property for being able to live in a rural sett ingcwith97treeshandotwildlife. She expressed concern with the impact that will be created by the opening She She encouraged maintaining the rural atmosphere of those rural of the Count Y. She continued citing examples of the loss of rural commun- itiee"she had witnessed in other areas. e the growth and she felt that the creation of the She and then acre of twoi re minimum lot size to be a good step forward in this effort. John P. Sherron Mr.. Sherron asked that the reduction of the minimum lot size re quir- anent be reduced to one acre.