Agenda - 02-22-1993 - C-2-a, 3-a, 4

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EXCERPT - SECTION 3 . 12 CHAPEL HILL TOWNSHIP PLAY 1 pistribution of Land Use Plan Categories 1 Amended 2/3/92 Land in Chapel Hill Township north of the Joint Planning Area falls into six land classifications . The distribution is based on expressed policies outlined in the land use plan for the area, the location criteria contained in the Land Use Component of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan, and the potential effects of projected growth on the area. RESOURCE PROTECTION AREAS: Land classified as such consists primarily of slopes greater than 15% and floodplains. This land is considered unsuitable for most development activity. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION AREAS : The classification refers to land assessed under County provisions for use value taxation of farm and managed forest lands , as well as for active agricultural lands not enrolled in the use value taxation program. PUBLIC INTEREST AREAS: Public Interest Areas are public or quasi- public lands , such as Duke Forest, that provide significant educational and recreational opportunities . The Couch Mountain tract of Duke Forest, in the eastern portion of the area is also an important component of Orange County' s open space system. NEW HOPE CREEK CORRIDOR OPEN SPACE AREAS: New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space Areas include some of the Resource Protection Areas and a portion of the Public/Private Open Space Areas which were designated as significant and worthy of protection according to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan completed in April of 1991. (See Master Plan Map in the Appendices) . These areas are part of a system of open space in Durham and Orange Counties along New Hope Creek and its tributaries between Eno River State Park and U.S . Army Corps of Engineers land north of Jordan Lake. This category is made up of critical environmental areas such as stream beds, floodplains, steep slopes, and larger tracts of historic, educational, or recreational value. RURAL RESIDENTIAL: Most of the land in Chapel Hill Township north of the JPA is classified as Rural Residential. The predominant use under this classification is low density, non-farm residential development. TWENTY YEAR TRANSITION AREA: Approximately fifty acres north on the Southern Railroad, along the border with Eno Township, lies in an area that could be served by public water and/or sewer within the next twenty years. The area is within the Durham Urban Growth Area, as defined in the Durham 2005 Comprehensive Plan. There are no activity nodes in Chapel Hill Township north of the JPA. A commercial-industrial transition node in Eno Township, however, extend as far south as the Southern Railroad in the northeastern corner of the area. 3 . 12-10