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• • 051 <br /> ' 410 planned for urban expansion. • <br /> Suburban Residential Areas are designated for housing <br /> densities ranging from one (1) to five (5) dwelling units per <br /> acre. Such areas in located where land is changing from rural <br /> to urban, suitable for urban densities., and to be provided <br /> with public utilities and services. Housing types ran . <br /> single-family homes to duplexes to multi-family dwellings.. <br /> Urban Residential Areas are similar to Suburban <br /> Residential Areas in terms of both housing types and public <br /> service availability. However, densities are higher, ranging <br /> from six (6) to thirteen (13) dwelling units per acre. <br /> Office-Institutional Areas is a cateuoryconsisting of <br /> establishments which offer an array of financial, insurance, <br /> real estate, legal, medical, and business services. Such <br /> areas generally have public utilities and services, available <br /> and are located adjacent to heavily traveled streets. <br /> Future UNC Development is a category established for <br /> lands owned by the University of North Carolina, including <br /> Horace Williams Airport and adjacent parcels. Such lands are <br /> contemplated for expansion of the UNC campus. provided the <br /> Airport is relocated. <br /> 410 Retail Trade Areas are limited in Transition Areas, <br /> including existing establishments at Starpoint and Calvander. <br /> Modest room for expansion is available in both areas. <br /> Light Industrial Areas are singular, consisting of the <br /> Chapel Hill Industrial Park on Eubanks Road., No additional <br /> industrial growth was projected in Transition Areas. <br /> Disposal Use Areas consist of landfill sites, either <br /> existing or future. The existing landfill on Eubanks, Road and <br /> the proposed site between Eubanks Road and Homestead Road are <br /> included in this category. <br /> Rural Buffer and Conservat*on. The basic categories of <br /> Rural Buffer and Conservation have been combined in the Joint, <br /> • Planning Area Land Use Plan to form a single land use <br /> classification Rural Buffer. <br /> The Rural Buffer is gefj.ned, as being a low-density area <br /> consisting of single-family homes situated on large lots <br /> having a minimum size of two (2) acres. The Rural Buffer is <br /> further defined as land whichl_ although adjacent to an Urban <br /> or Transition Area. is rural in character and which will <br /> remain rural, contain low-density residential uses, and not <br /> require urban services (public utilities and other Town <br /> services). The Rural Buffer consists of the following Joint <br /> _.-.--Paanning Area-Land Use Plan, categories: Rural Residentialt <br /> Agricultural; Public-Private peen Space; Resource <br />