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5 <br /> 10 <br /> amm_Eura . IP <br /> The existing open space system in Chapel Hill Township. which Includes <br /> Duke Forest Lands. the UNC buffer around University Lake, the Morgan <br /> Creek Wildlife area, and existing agricultural and forest land . should IP <br /> be protected from Intrusion by incompatible land uses. (OC) <br /> University Lake Watershed II <br /> University Lake water supply watershed should be developed In a manner <br /> which will protect the quality of the water supply. Very low density <br /> residential . low intensity commercial and agricultural land uses are <br /> appropriate in this area, (OC) <br /> The University Lake Watershed Area should be protected for reasons of <br /> water quality; development should occur only at low densities. and water <br /> and sewer lines should not be extended into this watershed. (CH) I <br /> NOTE:. The Town of Carrboro supports low-density development to the <br /> watershed but proposes that it be accomplished through cluster develop- <br /> ment served by central water and sewer. <br /> Higher IntensJty Usesllransltion Areas <br /> . The more intensive land uses are most appropriately located within the <br /> Towns and then within the areas adjacent to the Towns likely to become <br /> urban;. (OC) <br /> A transition area should be designated, between existing developed areas <br /> and the rural buffer, as a target area for new development to occur. I <br /> (CH) <br /> • Rural Areas <br /> The rural residential and agricultural character of the Township outside <br /> the Towns and adjacent transition areas should be maintained. . (OC) <br /> Rural' lands currently existing between the Chapel Mili/Carrboro urban I <br /> area 'and Hillsborough (rural buffer) should be preserved. (CH) <br /> Qrbae Form I <br /> A compact form of development should be achieved avoiding urban sprawl . <br /> (CH) <br /> The .urbanizing areas of the Towns are the major growth centers In the <br /> Township. The " lnfill" of existing urban areas is the guiding principle <br /> ' upon which the Chapel Hill Township Plan is based.. " lnfill" development . <br /> of suitable vacant land within the Towns at existing or projected <br /> densities. as set forth In the Towns' 1977 Land Use Plans should be <br /> encouraged. (The Chapel Hill Township Land Use Plan will be based on <br /> . the .assumption that development at a level of 75% lnfill 'will occur <br /> during the period 1980-2000. The infill goal , however, will remain at <br /> 100% ' infill and all relevant policies will be directed toward achieving <br /> • <br /> a maximum inflll ) . (0C) <br /> 52 <br /> I <br />