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Of the single-family residential development, the housing stock and architectural styles range from post-World War II frame housing to recent Williamsburg-style homes. The 1940's era housing is located in close proximity to the hosiery mill, and is somewhat reminiscent of "mill villages" found elsewhere along rail lines in Piedmont North Carolina. The density of residential development ranges also from large-lots to lots of less than one-acre that pre-exist local building codes, and are provided with sewer service. The provision of sewer service to a portion of the community, and plans to extend it throughout Efland, has a significant impact on residential development patterns. Efland is zoned in accordance with the Orange County Land Use Plan, which recognizes the village as 10 and 20-Year Transition Area within which urban services will be made available and higher land use densities thereby possible. In addition, the core area of Efland is also designated Commercial/Industrial Activity Node - which allows non-residential activities with appropriate standards. As might be expected from the development pattern, the majority of Efland is zoned for low-density residential (R1) , which also serves as a holding zone until adequate community services enable moderate residential densities. In addition, selected areas are zoned for commercial and industrial activities (LC1, NC2, EC5, EI and I1) . Efland is surrounded on the north, south and east by agricultural land uses. The area to the west of Efland, which was mentioned by many residents as an extension of the community, is designated within this document as "West Efland" . Although not a part of this study, the West Efland area is worthy of note because of linkages present between this subarea and the core of Efland. West Efland, which stretches from the Efland-Cheeks School west to the City of Mebane jurisdiction, is linked to Efland because of topographic and transportation reasons. West Efland is similar in development pattern to Efland, although there is no "community core" as is present in Efland. Most importantly, the West Efland area is located in the same drainage basin as Efland. Water and Sewer facilities developed in Efland could also serve West Efland. Buckhorn Road, which serves as the boundary for west Efland from the Mebane area, is also the ridge line between two of the state's major river basins, with Mebane and points south and west lying in the Haw (Cape Fear) basin, and West Efland, Efland and points east in the Eno (Neuse) basin. For these reasons, West Efland is so designated to show the linkage to Efland rather than Mebane. In addition, areas due south and west of Efland (the I-85/Buckhorn Road interchange and the US-70/Buckhorn Road intersection) are suitable for some commercial and industrial uses. These areas are referenced in the County Land Use Plan as the Efland Center, Miles 10