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7). The downtown and the Duke University and Medical Center areas (Districts 1 <br /> and 4) are also major employment bases, together accounting for nearly 47,800 jobs, <br /> or 51 percent of the County's employment total. Other employment centers are <br /> generally focused around commercial corridors, such as the South Square Mall <br /> anchoring the Chapel Hill Boulevard corridor, and the Northgate and North Duke <br /> Malls anchoring the Duke Street-Roxboro Road Corridor. <br /> General Assumptions <br /> Below are listed the general assumptions that guided the development of housing <br /> and employment projections. <br /> (1) The projections of housing and employment are based upon the written <br /> policies and future land use maps of the Durham 2005 Comprehensive Plan <br /> and the draft Durham County General Development Plan, 2005. <br /> (2) The urban growth area (UGA) as defined in the City's Plan represents the <br /> outer limited of sewer and water line extensions. <br /> (3) Urban intensity land uses will occur inside the UGA boundary. <br /> (4) Development will be restricted on publicly-owned land, floodplains, and <br /> other environmentally sensitive areas. <br /> (5) Intense pressure for growth and development will generally follow public <br /> infrastructure investments in Durham County, as follows: <br /> a. Downtown and southern Durham between 1985 and 1995; <br /> b. Downtown and northern Durham between 1990 and 2000; <br /> c. Downtown and eastern Durham between 2000 and 2010. <br /> (6) Southern Durham County and adjoining Wake County will continue to be the <br /> largest employment center in the region with research, office, and <br /> industrial activities. <br /> (7) Treyburn will develop as a major employment center in northeastern <br /> Durham and will stimulate housing demand in northern Durham. <br /> (8) Downtown Durham will experience moderate but steady increase in office, <br /> commercial and housing development <br /> (9) The Glenn School/I--85 area and the Hamlin Road area will develop as <br /> major industrial employment center in the latter portion of the 25-year <br /> planning horizon. <br /> (10) The persons per unit will decrease from 2.62 in 1985 to 2.5 in the year <br /> 2000 and 2.4 in the year 2010. <br /> 4.2 <br />