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51 <br />9/18/91 <br />OTHER GENERAL ISSUES OR COMMENTS <br />• The Planning Board agrees with the approach suggested by <br />Durham City /County staff to ask the EMC to protect the Eno <br />emergency water intake (in north Durham) in manner more <br />reflective of its emergency role, i.e. through using buffers <br />in Durham along the area immediately adjacent'to the intake, <br />rather than WS -IV classification. <br />• The Planning Board recognizes that the Commercial and <br />Industrial nodes at Buckhorn Road in Cheeks and NC 49 in Cedar <br />Grove will be affected by these watershed minimums. However, <br />the recommended classification for both relevant watersheds <br />would appear to be able to provide for substantial non- <br />residential development, without adversely affecting watershed <br />status or water quality. <br />The Planning Board recommends that future consideration be <br />given to "allotments" of non - residential development to be <br />focused on existing nodes such as the two mentioned above. It <br />should be noted if all the nodes were built out completely for <br />non - residential purposes (beyond current acreage limits) , they <br />would still comply with WS -II standards by comprising less <br />than 10% of the watershed. <br />It should further be noted that the proposed regional transit <br />corridor concept could be compromised by the lower density of <br />residential development required for a WS -3 watershed. <br />• The mandated watershed standards will require zoning of Cedar <br />Grove and Little River Townships. The Planning Board <br />recommends that integration of the watershed classifications <br />and other related studies (such as the Rural Character Study) <br />be completed prior to zoning of these townships in order to <br />ensure that once zoning is applied it will not be altered <br />.substantially by the recommendations of other studies. <br />• The Planning Board recognizes the reservations of the <br />University of North Carolina administration about the proposed <br />Jordan Lake WS -IV protected area which covers much of the <br />"south campus" area. However, since Jordan Lake is a future <br />water supply source for Orange County, Hillsborough, and <br />OWASA, the Planning Board is hesitant to recommend relaxing <br />the WS -IV standards in this area. <br />11 <br />