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1 <br /> t <br /> 73 <br /> 3 . 3 LAND USE PLAN CATEGORIES <br /> One of the fundamental methods used to achieve the stated Goals <br /> and Policies of. the Land Use Plan is the design and application <br /> of a land classification system. Each category of the land <br /> classification system is designed to accommodate certain uses <br /> throughout the County to achieve a desired pattern of <br /> development. Land in the County was classified into these <br /> categories according to the public policies expressed in the Land <br /> Use Element, the set of locational criteria defining the <br /> appropriateness of the physical environmental context and the <br /> projected population change and resulting land requirements in <br /> the County. <br /> The land use categories contained in the Orange County Land Use <br /> Element are based on five basic categories which have been <br /> refined into a more detailed classification system to meet the <br /> specific needs of the County. These categories are presented <br /> below: <br /> BASIC CATEGORY ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN CATEGORIES <br /> DEVELOPED Urban <br /> Existing Urban Activity -Node <br /> Proposed Urban Activity Node <br /> TRANSITION 10-Year Transition <br /> 20-Year Transition <br /> Commercial Transition Activity Node <br /> Commercial-Industrial Transition <br /> Activity Node <br /> COMMUNITY Rural Community Activity Node <br /> RURAL Rural Buffer <br /> Rural Residential <br /> Agricultural-Residential <br /> Rural Neighborhood Activity Node <br /> Rural Industrial Activity Node <br /> Agricultural Areas <br /> CONSERVATION Public Interest Area <br /> Water Supply Watershed <br /> Water Quality Critical Area <br /> Resource Protection Areas <br /> New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space <br /> Amended <br /> 4/2/84 <br /> 8/1/89 <br /> 2/3/92 <br /> A description of each land use plan category is contained on the <br /> following pages. <br /> 3 . 3-1 <br />