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32 <br />1. SPECIFIC CHANGES TO TEXT OF JPA LAND USE PLAN <br />SECTION III. INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICE'S <br />Pace 32 "Water and Sewer Issues..." last cranh <br />"The New Hope Creek Basin <DELETE> is "over the ridge" from <br />the existing wastewater collection system and treatment <br />plant. Limited expansion of utility service to a specific <br />corridor 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 />SECTION V. JOINT PLANNING OPERATING PRINCIPLES <br />'Pa a 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 />SECTION VI. FUTURE LAND USE--- JOINT PLANNING AREA <br />Pace 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 />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 <DELETE> low- density <br />residential uses; and not require urban services (water and <br />sewer) during the Plan period - except in a predefined <br />corridor in close proximity to existing service areas where <br />the 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 />