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46 <br />There are approximately 9,260 acres of land designated for Rural <br />Residential purposes in the Land Use Plan. If developed at an average <br />density of one dwelling unit per two acres with 15% of the area <br />subtracted out for streets and roads, the holding capacity of the area <br />in terms of dwellings is 3,935. If multiplied by the 1980 Census <br />figure for population per household (2.6), the estimated population <br />would be 10,231. <br />Retail Trade Areas <br />No new retail areas have been designated in the Rural Buffer. Any <br />substantial increase in retail acreage is expected to take place in the <br />planning jurisdictions of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. <br />The existing activity node at Blackwood Station has been retained, <br />and there is room for modest expansion of low intensity commercial and <br />service uses. The approximate retail acreage at Blackwood Station is <br />16.1 acres. <br />Extractive Uses <br />This Land Use Plan category, along with Disposal Uses in <br />Transition Areas, has been established to identify sites which pose <br />problems in terms of planning for appropriate land uses. One such site <br />has been identified in the Rural Buffer, the American Stone Quarry west <br />of Carrboro on N.C. Highway 54. <br />84 <br />