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4 <br /> buildings and land use intensity, lot coverage, and building <br /> setbacks within those districts. Most zoning ordinances <br /> divide land uses into general categories of residential, <br /> commercial, and industrial use and specify the areas (or <br /> districts) where each of these uses is permitted. <br /> On September 2, 1981, the Board of Commissioners adopted a <br /> revised version of the Zoning Ordinance for Orange County. <br /> The Zoning Ordinance currently applies in five townships: <br /> Chapel Hill, Eno, Bingham, Hillsborough, and Cheeks. Chapel <br /> Hill and Eno Townships were zoned in 1967 and 1970, <br /> respectively. The extension of zoning to Hillsborough and <br /> Bingham Townships was approved on September 2, 1981. Zoning <br /> was extended to Cheeks Township on October L.. 1984. No <br /> proposal exists at this time for extension of zoning to the <br /> two northern townships, Little River and Cedar Grove. <br /> A matrix has been designed to assist decision-makers in <br /> comprehending the relationship between the Land Use Element <br /> of the Comprehensive, Plan and the key implementation tool, <br /> the Zoning Ordinance. The Land Use Element categories, as <br /> shown on the Land Use Element Map, serve as the official long <br /> range planning guide for the type, density, and form of land <br /> use development in the Count . The Land Use Element, Map <br /> determines the zoning districts that may be applied to a <br /> specific site within each designated Element area. In the <br /> case of activity nodes, the Land Use Element seeks to <br /> concentrate commercial and industrial development within <br /> limited areas. The applied zoning districts reflect the <br /> level of intensity of these activities permitted in a given <br /> node. <br /> The zoning districts applied to each of the Land Use Element <br /> categories as presented in the Land Use Element-Zoning <br /> Districts Matrix are as follows: <br /> COUNTY RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION. Identifies areas changing from <br /> rural to urban in form and density. All densities of <br /> residential development would be appropriate. The applied <br /> zoning districts include: R-1 (low-density); R-2, R-3, and <br /> R-4 (medium density); and R-5, R-81 and R-13 (high density) <br /> residential uses. <br /> COUNTY COMMERCIAL TRANSITION. Identifies areas changing from <br /> rural to urban in form and density. A full range of <br /> intensities of commercial development would be appropriate. <br /> The applied zoning districts include: LC-1 (Local <br /> Commercial); NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial); CC-3 (Community <br /> Commercial); GC-4 (General Commercial); OI (Office and <br /> Institutional); and ED (Economic Development) . <br /> COUNTY INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION. Identifies areas changing from <br /> rural to urban in form and density. A full range of <br /> industrial activities would be appropriate and allowed. The <br />