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00706 <br /> 8,9tj <br /> densities; and the presence_ <br /> of historic or cultural <br /> features. <br /> 5.2 Guide growth to achieve a <br /> maximum amountof infill develop- <br /> ment in the urbanizing areas <br /> of the County while maintaining <br /> the integrity of the existing <br /> and future open space and re-' <br /> creational system. The purpose 11\ <br /> of infill will be to gdnimize <br /> sprawled development and pro- <br /> mote a more compact urban farm. <br /> Secondary pruposes will be to <br /> reduce transportation energy <br /> costs in addition to reducing <br /> public services costs. The <br /> Chapel Hill Township component <br /> of the Land Use Plan will be <br /> based on the assumption that <br /> 75% of the suitable vacant land <br /> in the Towns' existing urban <br /> • <br /> area will be developed; however <br /> the goal will be to achieve <br /> 100% infill. <br /> 5.3 Direct intensive land uses <br /> to existing urban areas and <br /> areas designated Transition <br /> Areas and away from areas <br /> suitable for continued agri- <br /> cultural uses and protected as <br /> water supply watersheds. <br /> 5.10 Designate land in areas <br /> where the prevailing land use <br /> activities consist of agri- <br /> culture and forestry and which <br /> should continue in these <br /> uses as Agricultural Residential. <br /> 5.11 Designate activity nodes <br /> of various types and functions <br /> at the intersections of major <br /> arterials and collectors in <br /> order to accomodate different <br /> intensity levels of comgercial <br /> and industrial development. <br /> 5:T2oUtilize activity nodes to <br /> promote clustered development <br /> and to discourage strip develop- <br /> _ <br /> meat. <br /> • 5.13 Identify activity nodes as <br /> the only places appropriate for <br /> tC. <br />