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M M a ff 7 41 N 1 Towns and OWASA. A minimum tract size of 200 acres would be required. 2 3 In order to augment the package proposed by the Committee, they 4 identified several issues for further study. (1) the potential use of 5 a Transfer of Development Rights System, (2) the endorsement of a 6 Purchase of Development Rights system where agricultural and natural 7 sites might be preserved (3) the endorsement of the proposed County 8 Monitoring and Maintenance for wastewater systems and others. 9 David Stancil concluded the slide presentation by stating that 10 the Rural Character study Committee has attempted to propose a package 11 that recognizes both resource protection and private property rights 12 for what they are, and identified a first step toward peaceful 13 coexistence of these two land concepts as Orange County approaches the 14 21st Century. 15 16 STAFFS RECOMMENDATIONS 17 All three staffs are in consensus on the positive aspects of the 18 concepts that have been identified by the study committee in their 19 strategy. In the agenda is a joint staff report. Four areas have 20 been identified as concerns by the governing boards: 21 22 (l) EXTENSION OF PUBLIC SEWER TO RURAL VILLAGES 23 Currently water and sewer is not present in the buffer. 24 By extending water and sewer into these areas, '125 development may be encouraged at densities in the ,..26 future beyond those seen in the Joint Land Use Plan. 27 The study committee has recommended that these lines be 28 designed to service these villages only. 29 (2) OVERALL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BASIS 30 The Rural Character Study Committee proposed that the 31 overall minimum lot size calculations for developments 32 in the RB revert back to a 1180,000 square footage" base 33 rather than the current 112.0- acre" base. The concern 34 of Chapel Hill and Carrboro staff is that reducing the 35 minimum lot'size from 2.0 acres to 1.84 acres will 36 result in a greater number of dwellings in the Rural 37 Buffer than was envisioned by the Joint Planning 38 Agreement and Land Use Plan. Orange County staff feels 39 the increase that might be seen in number of dwellings 40 is very slight, and that any increase would be offset 41 by the flexibility granted - yielding more sensitive 42 site design. 43 (3) MINIMUM LOT SIZE VERSUS AVERAGE LOT SIZE 44 The Rural Character Study Committee has recommended 45 allowing the use of "average" lot sizing rather than 46 "minimum" lot sizing for non - sewered residential 47 developments in the Rural Buffer. The Chapel Hill 48 staff is concerned that this flexibility would be 49 achieved at the expense of increased densities and .50 number of dwellings over what was envisioned in the )51 Joint Planning Agreement and Joint Planning Area Land 52 Use Plan. The position of Orange County and Carrboro