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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO JPA LAND USE PLAN <br />The following are amendments to the Joint Planning Area Land <br />Use Plan and Agreement that represent changes that would be <br />necessitated by the Conceptual Guidelines for the Rural <br />Buffer. adopted in final form by the Rural Character Study <br />Committee on May 24, 1990. <br />The specific changes to <br />order. The paragraph in <br />proposed new text shown <br />are indicated by the t> <br />the actual pages from <br />the Joint Planning Area <br />in the current form. <br />18 <br />text are shown below in chronological <br />question has been provided,' with <br />in boldface. Deleted words or phrases <br />symbol. Attached to this document are <br />Land Use Plan that would be amended, <br />1. SPECIFIC CHANGES TO TEXT OF JPA LAND USE PLAN <br />Pa a 32 "Water and Sewer Issues..." last paracTraph <br />"The New Hope Creek Basin <> is "over the ridge" from the <br />existing wastewater collection system and treatment plant. <br />Limited expansion of utility service to a specific corridor <br />is feasible, however. <br />Such expansion would only be permitted in the development of <br />a "Rural Village ", which would involve service to a <br />clustered, self- contained village within a predefined service <br />area only. Any such extensions would be sized to service <br />only the corridor where Rural Villages are permitted. <br />Alternative means... <br />Pacze 60 "Rural Buffer and Conservation" <br />The Rural Buffer area is defined as being a low- density area <br />consisting primarily of single - family homes situated on lots <br />having an average lot size of 1.92 acres or greater, or lots <br />within planned developments that provide 40 -80% open space <br />with a density of between 0.5 and 0.84 units per acre. The <br />Rural Buffer is further defined as....... <br />Page-83, "Rural Residential" <br />The Rural Residential category represents a low- density area <br />consisting primarily of single- family homes. The average lot <br />size in this category varies depending on the amount of open <br />