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(Page 3.8-13) 0 8 • The undeveloped areas south of McGowan Creek and south of the I-85 corridor are suitable for medium and higher intensity residential, commercial, and industrial development toward the end of the plan period. • Low intensity rural commercial land uses, occurring outside of the Urban and Transition Areas, should be located in proximity to activity nodes to minimize and prevent strip development. • The area of the Township which contains the X.44:**00 water supply watershed, the Back Creek water supply watershed, the C reek water±auppiy 00.4.****4 should be afforded the protection necessary to minimize adverse development impacts. In light of these allocation guidelines, information about land in Cheeks Township was "filtered" through the set of locational criteria in order to evaluate the suitability of certain locations to contain various land uses. This information was then utilized in the clb-gification of land throughout Cheeks Township. Distribution of Land Use Plan Categories Land in Cheeks Township has been r1AQsified into the following Land Use Plan categories according to the public policies expressed in the Plan, the set of locational criteria defining the appropriateness of the physical environmental context for future development and the Township's projected population change and resulting land requirements. RESOURCE PROTECTION AREAS: Land c1Aagified as such consists primarily of slopes greater than 15% and floodplains. This land is considered unsuitable for most development activity. AGRICULTURAL 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. These lands are evenly distributed to the north and south of the U.S. 70/1.85 corridor outside the Ten and Twenty Year Transition Areas. PUBLIC INTEREST AREAS: Public Interest Areas are Public or quasi-public lands, such as Duke Forest, County owned lands in the Seven Mile Creek watershed, and the Moorefields Estate that are significant from an educational, historic, biological, or scientific standpoint. These lands also form a crucial component of the County's open space system. AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL: The southern areas of the Township where agriculture and forestry are important land uses are r1R Rifled in this manner. Areas adjacent to the Upper Eno Water Quality Critical Area are also c1Asaifted in this manner as a means of buffering existing and potential reservoir sites. RURAL RESIDENTIAL: Much of the land in the northern third of the Township is clAssified as Rural Residential, which indicates a predominant land use of low density non-farm residential development. Rural Residential land has been designated in the area north of Lebanon Road and to a lesser extent, south of West Ten Road. These areas are being designated in response to expected demand for such land pending the completion of I-40. The designation also reflects emerging development patterns and a general lack of identified agricultural lands in these areas. TEN YEAR TRANSITION: Land in the U.S. 70/I-85-corridor north of I-85 and extending from the Mebane ETJ to the Upper Eno Water Quality Critical Area is classified in this manner. The area already has limited water and sewer service and additional capacity is expected in the first ten years of the plan period. 11