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19 <br />PLANNING FRAMEWORK AND APPLICATION <br />Organizing Concepts <br />3. The existing open space system in Chapel Hill Township, <br />including the area north of the Joint Planning Area, which <br />includes Duke Forest, existing agricultural and forest lands, as <br />well as areas identified in the New Ho a Corridor Open S ace <br />Master Plan, should be protected from intrusion by incompatible <br />land uses. <br />Distribution of Land Use Plan Categories <br />Land in Chapel Hill Township north of the Joint Planning Area <br />falls into six land classifications. <br />RESOURCE PROTECTION AREAS <br />AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION AREAS <br />PUBLIC INTEREST AREAS <br />NEW HOPE CREEK CORRIDOR OPEN SPACE AREAS: New Hope Creek <br />Corridor Open Space Areas include same of the Resource Protection. <br />Areas and a mortion of the Public Private Open S ace Areas which <br />were desi nated as significant and worthy of protection <br />according to the New Ho Re Corridor Open Space Master Plan <br />completed in A ril of 1991. See Master Plan May in the <br />A endices . The areas are part of a system of Open space in <br />Durham and OrgDc L Counties along New Ho Re Creek and its <br />tributaries between Eno River State Park and U.S. Army corps of <br />En ineers land north of Jordan Lake. This category is made up of <br />critical govironmental areas such as stream beds, floodpla,ins, <br />steep slopes, and larger tracts of historic, educational, or <br />recreational value. <br />[See attached revision to the Chapel Hill Township, North of the <br />Joint Planning Area, Land Use Plan Map following page 3.12 --10 in <br />the Land Use Element] <br />SECTION 4.1 OVERVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES <br />