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5S <br /> EXCERPT - SECTION 3 . 8 CHEEKS TOWNSHIP PLAN <br /> south of the I-85 corridor are suitable for medium <br /> V <br /> and higher intensity residential, commercial, and <br /> industrial development toward the end of the plan <br /> period. <br /> o Low intensity rural commercial land uses , occurring <br /> outside of the Urban and Transition Areas, should <br /> be located in proximity to activity nodes to <br /> minimize and prevent strip development. <br /> o The area of the Township which contains the Eno <br /> water supply watershed and Back Creek Water Supply <br /> watershed should be afforded the protection <br /> necessary to minimize adverse development impacts . <br /> In light of these allocation guidelines , information about <br /> land in Cheeks Township was "filtered" through the set of <br /> locational criteria in order to evaluate the suitability of <br /> certain locations to contain various land uses . This <br /> information was then utilized in the classification of land <br /> throughout Cheeks Township. <br /> Distribution laf Land Use Plan Categories <br /> Land in Cheeks Township has been classified into the <br /> following Land Use Plan categories according to the public <br /> policies expressed in the Plan, the set of locational <br /> criteria defining the appropriateness of the physical <br /> environmental context for future development and the <br /> Township' s projected population change and resulting land <br /> requirements . <br /> RESOURCE PROTECTION AREAS: Land classified as such consists <br /> primarily of slopes greater than 15% and floodplains . This <br /> land is considered unsuitable for most development activity. <br /> AGRICULTURAL AREAS: The classification refers to land <br /> assessed under County provisions for use value taxation of <br /> farm and managed forest lands, as well as for active <br /> agricultural lands not enrolled in the use value taxation <br /> program. These lands are evenly distributed to the north and <br /> south of the U.S. 70/I-85 corridor outside the Ten and Twenty <br /> Year Transition Areas . <br /> PUBLIC INTEREST AREAS: Public Interest Areas are Public or <br /> quasi-public lands, such as Duke Forest, County owned lands <br /> in the Seven Mile Creek watershed, and the Moorefields Estate <br /> `that are significant from an educational, historic, <br /> biological, or scientific standpoint. These lands also form <br /> a crucial component of the County' s open space system. <br /> AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL: The southern areas of the Township <br /> where agriculture and forestry are important land uses are <br /> 3 . 8-13 <br />