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0F0 - an Urban or Trantifion area which is rural in character and which should remairr-xerftl ; contain very low-densitY residential Uses; and not require urbarige7rViCes (water and sewer) during the Plan period. • To the north of Chapel Hill and Carrboro in the New Hope Creek drainage basin, low-density residential development has taken place along Whitfield Road, Sunrise Road and Erwin Road. Residential developments similar to Sedgefield, Stoneridge, Oak Hills, Birchwood Lake Estates and Falls of the New Hope are expected to continue, relying on wells and septic tanks for water supply and sewage disposal. To the west of Carrboro, Rural Residential development is also expected in University Lake Watershed. Adopted County policies prohibit the extension of public water and sewer services into the watershed except in emergency situations. For this reason, residential development will continue to rely on wells and septic tanks. Initially, a two-acre minimum lot size requirement applied in designated Water Quality Critical Area. A one-acre minimum lot size requirement applied in the remainder of the watershed. With the adoption of the Rural Buffer zoning district and its application in the Joint Planning Area, the minimum required lot size became two acres throughout University Lake watershed as well as the rest of the Rural Buffer. The remaining area designated for Rural Residential development is the Southern Triangle area in the extreme southeastern portion of the County. The area drains to the southeast toward Jordan Lake and is beyond the ridge line of the Morgan Creek basin, an area which can be served by gravity sewer lines. The Southern Triangle is also 111 characterized by environmental constraints such as steep slopes, flood plains and soils with poor stability, so low-density development is projected. There are approximately 9,260 acres of land designated for Rural Residential purposes in the Land Use Plan. If developed at an average density of one dwelling unit per two acres with 15% of the area subtracted out for streets and roads, the holding capacity of the area in terms of dwellings is 3,935. If multiplied by the 1980 Census figure for population per household (2.6) , the estimated population would be 10, 231. Retail Trade Areas No new retail areas have been designated in the Rural Buffer, Any substantial increase in retail acreage is expected to take place in the planning jurisdictions of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The existing activity node at Blackwood Station has been retained, 411 „_ _