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101 <br /> research forest, public reservoirs, and State <br /> parklands; and the life expectancy of such facilities <br /> would be less than 20 years. The PID-1 designation <br /> matches up with Class 1 Duke Forest land. PID-2 matches <br /> with the Class 2 designation. <br /> Concurrent with this request, the Town of Carrboro has <br /> requested that the property in question be rezoned from <br /> Rural Buffer to Rural Residential (See 2-5-89) . To <br /> address concerns regarding natural areas, the Duke <br /> Forest Study, and the PID proposals, the Town has <br /> indicated a 100-foot undisturbed naturally vegetated <br /> setback would be retained along the Duke Forest border. <br /> proposed for designation as a PID-1 zoning district. <br /> The Carrboro Board of Aldermen originally supported the <br /> proposed change on March 1, 1988. At its March 30, 1989 <br /> meeting, the Carrboro Planning Board approved the <br /> proposal, including the designation of a 400-foot <br /> naturally vegetated setback in the areas west and east <br /> of N.C. Highway 86 and north of Eubanks. Road. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Orange County Planning Staff recommends approval of <br /> the request that the 400-foot Rural Buffer area located <br /> between Carrboro's Transition Area II and Duke Forest <br /> be removed and that the area be designated as <br /> Transition Area II on the Joint Planning Area Land Use <br /> Plan. <br /> An Orange County Planning Board recommendation will be <br /> prepared on May 15, 1989; The Board of Commissioners <br /> will consider the proposal for decision on June 5, <br /> 1989. <br /> • <br />