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3.3 LAND USE PLAN CATEGORIES, <br /> One of the fundamental methods used to achieve the stated Goals and <br /> Policies of the Land Use Element is the design and application of a <br /> land classification system. Each category of the land classification <br /> system is designed to accommodate certain uses throughout the County <br /> to achieve a desired pattern of development. Land in the County was <br /> classified into these categories according to the public policies <br /> expressed in the Land Use Element, the set of locational criteria <br /> defining the appropriateness of the physical environmental context and <br /> the projected population change and resulting land requirements in the <br /> County. <br /> The land use +/- categories contained in the Orange County Land Use <br /> Element are based on five basic categories which have been refined into <br /> a more detailed classification system to meet the specific needs of the <br /> County. These categories are presented 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 /> Amended <br /> 4/2/84 <br /> A description of each land use plan category is contained on the <br /> following pages. <br /> 4 <br />