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078 <br /> the Rural Bu fer has f i l e d a petition to have h i s c l i e n t s' - <br /> property rme-Fpded In Transition Area II . The properties I n <br /> question e& t °Duke Forest and there is currently a one- lot <br /> ( lot sizes and shapes vary considerably) separation between <br /> Duke Forest and properties designated Transition Area iI . To <br /> address development impacts on Duke Forest, amendments to the <br /> Zoning Ordinance requiring buffers between Transition Area it <br /> lands and Duke Forest would be required. <br /> '14ga,p,d. unz-tger Reayest (Map amendment) <br /> To address potential development impacts In the northern <br /> part of the University Lake Watershed, Randy Danziger has <br /> proposed that the narrow strip of Transition Area 1 south. of <br /> Dairyland Road and west of Old N.C. 66 in Calvander, be <br /> replaced with Rural Buffer which would extend to the right- <br /> of-way of the above-mentioned roads. The lots currently <br /> shown as Retell Trade on the adopted Joint Planning Area Land <br /> Use Plan Map would not be changed. <br /> Binztasn TQXns u I p end Use F Larl (Map amendment) <br /> No substantive changes are proposed in the Bingham <br /> Township portion of the Joint Planning Area. There are some <br /> minor changes which involve more tracts being designated as <br /> Agricultural Areas as well as some differences in the <br /> configurations of resource protection areas (due primarily to <br /> new base maps being used) , <br /> tacace bfJJms Airncr*tIJNC Lands (Map amendment) <br /> These lands are shown as Public/Private Open Space on <br /> the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan Map. UNC has <br /> requested that these lands be designated Transition Area or <br /> Transition Area 1 as appropriate to reflect future develop- <br /> ment plans of the University. The sixty acre tract of UNC <br /> land north of Homestead Road is to be left as Public/Private <br /> Open Space. <br /> fireenways/Recreational Trails (Map and text amendment) <br /> Greater definition of the greenways system in the Joint <br /> Planning Area is desired as it relates to which greenways ' <br /> would eventually be developed as recreational trails. These <br /> trails would connect with those defined In the County's <br /> Master Park Plan for areas outside the Joint Planning Area <br /> and with trails being planned or considered by the Towns of <br /> Carrboro and Chapel Hill . Protection of greenways not <br /> designated as recreational trails would be sought through <br /> restrictive covenants, conservation easements, and other <br /> similar methods. <br /> cc: Marvin Collins, Orange County Planning Director <br /> Roy Williford, Carrboro Planning Director <br />