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■ T , <br /> 054 - <br /> 410 <br /> areas form the basis for a comprehensive parks and open space system <br /> which provides the framework within which other land use categories are <br /> to function. Parks have been generally located throughout the Joint <br /> Planning Area using a neighborhood park one-half mile service radius. <br /> The parks are linked together by a system of greenways extending along <br /> drainageways, and pedestrian routes (sidewalks) along thoroughfares. <br /> Public/Private Open Space Areas <br /> Land areas owned or controlled by both public and private <br /> interests in the Transition Areas have been designated on the Land Use <br /> Plan. These areas include UNC lands (excludinu Horace, Williams Airport, <br /> and adjacent tracts) and a tract connecting the two landfill sites. <br /> These sites provide open space in the midst of areas planned for urban <br /> expansion. <br /> A Public/Private Open Space Area has also been designated along <br /> Interstate 40 in both Transition and Rural Buffer Areas to recognize <br /> the Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) district established to provide <br /> a 100-foot buffer along that route. The Plan recommends utilization of <br /> portions of the buffer to link proposed park and ureenway areas <br /> together. <br /> Suburban Residential Areas • <br /> Suburban Residential Areas include single-family homes, duplexes, <br /> apartments, condominium and townhouse projects. Areas designated as <br /> Suburban Residential are located where land is in the process of <br /> changing from rural to urban, suitable for urban-type densities and <br /> should be provided with public utilities and services. Housing <br /> densities in the Suburban Residential category range from one (1) to <br /> five (5) units per acre. <br /> The majority of land designated for Suburban Residential is <br /> situated in the Bolin Creek drainage basin north of Carrboro and Chapel <br /> Hill. Gravity sewer lines can be extended from existing lines to the <br /> south to service the area without a need for sewage pump stations. The <br /> Suburban or medium-density residential areas provide a step-down <br /> between higher densities to the south within municipal jurisdictions <br /> and lower density Rural Residential areas to the north. Such areas <br /> were initially located where stable soils exist, ' slopes range from 7- <br /> 1/2 to 15 percent and tree cover present, but were revised to reflect <br /> citizen comment at public hearings and neighborhood meetings. <br /> 410 <br /> • __ <br />