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5 In the existing Plan, there is a large Rural Residential area designated along the Guess Road Corridor to Caldwell. There are also five activity nodes: two Rural Community Nodes (1/2 mile radius) at Caldwell and Schley and three Rural Neighborhood Nodes (1/4 mile radius) at Berry' s Grove, Harris Crossroads and Underwood' s Store. There is also a large area designated Agricultural Residential. III. Draft Plan The same organizing concepts were used as in the 1981 plan with the addition of the following: Existing water supply watersheds in the Township should be developed in a way that will minimize impacts on water quality and not conflict with agricultural uses. Bell noted concerns from questionnaires and indicated they were incorporated in the Plan as appropriate, considering the limited response. Bell explained the Plan beginning with the Rural Residential designation. He indicated it was scaled down in size from the 1981 Plan, and there are two primary areas. One is the southeastern part of the township which reflects historical development and the trends discussed earlier. The second is the central township area south of Caldwell and is based on the lack of environmental constraints, development trends previously discussed, and the general lack of agriculture. In both cases, the Staff has tried to orient Rural Residential on arterial highways to provide good access to Hillsborough and Durham and also around encroachment on the agricultural areas. Both of the areas are in general conformity with the questionnaire results. The Agricultural Residential areas are interspersed in existing agricultural areas. The primary use is residential although the lot size often exceeds ten acres. Some examples include the Worth Lutz property, Little River Ranches and Little River Farms. The agricultural areas are not so much a designation as a reflection of existing conditions. The areas shown as Agricultural on the Plan were identified through a combination of field survey and review of agriculture use value taxation files and include managed forest lands. Protection of agricultural lands in the Township is the first operating principle. By identifying them on the plan, it is easier to assess the potential impacts when adjacent areas are proposed for residential or other development and, at least to some extent, try to mitigate the potential impacts on the agricultural areas. Resource Protection Areas are composed of two limiting environmental features - flood prone areas and steep slopes