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cad G 30 <br /> ` ORANGE C3 - -_. <br /> 2727$ . <br /> . Ya <br /> ur . <br /> ,, <br /> 4..- . <br /> ti • <br /> November 271, 1885 -_..._ - <br /> . _ TO: December S, Joint Planning Participants -� <br /> - - " - .:7 - --. <br /> FRAM: _F <br /> , =- <br /> 6 n•e Belt, Planner _ <br /> s <br /> RE: L cation Standards _ -- y: <br /> -. . . The attached sheet _ <br /> presents in a tabular form;- the <br /> . • ,p.m:Ri.eed match-up between Joint Planning Lernid=: irae datego-r fee = ' <br /> - and the natural and man--made features whi ch characte�ri xe the• <br /> - . _ p Lanining a•rela. The intent of this approaelt� is t - _ _ <br /> to say rhi cyt Land uses should twofold; [1 ' ; <br /> compatibility of proposed go where, and {2] ti: defie- -= ; :=10, —e . • <br /> P with existing uses.' <br /> The question of which Land uses shasutd <br /> - - upon the LAND SUITABILITY end TRANSPORTATION.categoriea.baThe' - ` - <br /> sub•-categories under Lend Suitability are '"tho•ee employed in - - <br /> the "Devetopjant Characteristics Planning Approach* which has <br /> been utiLited to essese the opportuniti,ec/conetrainta to <br /> davetopmeint I presented by the ' natural environment.' <br /> Transportation categories are based upon the four eujap <br /> cleeeificeti no of street type. Hatching Land use to tend "' - <br /> suitability and transportation Is based upon stander <br /> defined in punning Literature, standards applied in rus • <br /> plans, and p ,afessiona t Judgment. Pp previous <br /> Compatibility of existing and proposed ^ <br /> • Likewise based upon the rationale mentionedsabove. The Lend ' <br /> uae ctaasifi' etion system employed is one developed Jointly <br /> by Chapel. HILL and Orange County staffs. Most categories are <br /> setf-explanatory, but the following three require further <br /> explanation: <br /> uu. the four residential cleasi•fications -are <br /> based on density: <br /> • <br /> (1 ) IRural = one or fewer units per acre; <br /> [2] Suburban one to' five units per acre; - <br /> (3) Urban = five to thirteen units per acre; and <br /> • I , <br />