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19 <br />space provided, but shall not exceed a density of 0.84 <br />lots /units per acre. This category is identical to the Rural <br />Buffer category contained in the current Land Use Element of <br />the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. The Rural Buffer <br />category is described in the element as land adjacent to an <br />Urban or Transition area which is rural in character and <br />which should remain rural; contain t> low- density residential <br />uses; and not require urban services (water and sewer) <br />during the Plan period - except in a predefined corridor in <br />close proximity to existing service areas where the <br />development of planned Rural Villages is encouraged. <br />To the north of Chapel Hill and Carrboro in the New Hope <br />Creek drainage basin, low density.... Residential developments <br />similar to Sedgefield, Stoneridge, Oak Hills, Birchwood Lake <br />Estates and Falls of the New Hope are expected to continue, <br />relying either on wells and septic tanks; or county- approved <br />monitored and maintained alternatives for water supply and <br />sewage disposal. <br />Page 84 "Rural Residential" cont. • toR of Da e <br />There are approximately 9260 acres of land designated for <br />Rural Residential purposes in the Land Use Plan. If developed <br />at an average density of 0.473 dwelling units per acre of <br />land, with 15% of the land subtracted out for streets and <br />roads, the holding capacity of the area in terms of <br />residential dwellings is 3,723. If multiplied by the 1990 <br />estimated population per household (2.52), the population <br />would be 9,382 at buildout. <br />Page 84 "Retail Trade Areas" category <br />Add third paragraph.. <br />The potential for limited retail areas, only as designed as <br />a component of a planned Rural Village, does exist in the <br />defined service corridor. Such a retail area would be <br />permitted according to standards defined in the Orange County <br />Zoning ordinance, and would be designed at a pedestrian - <br />scale to serve only the Rural Village area, discouraging <br />external passer -by traffic from entering the community. <br />Page 90 Water and Sewer Extension Policy <br />The Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) is the provider <br />of water and sewer in the JPA. OWASA policy is to extend <br />