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Orange County Comprehensive Plan Principles, Goals and Objectives Maintain the rural, low-density land surrounding Chapel Hill and Carrboro Transition Areas as Rural Buffer land, as designated on the Land Use Plan. Future consideration should be given to designating Rural Buffer areas around other municipalities where such interest exists. Objective LU-2.2: Continue to protect valuable resource land such as productive agricultural areas, natural areas, historic sites and properties, and potential reservoir sites through the County’s Lands Legacy Program, and by directing incompatible development away from these areas through land use and zoning policies and regulations. (See also Natural Areas Objectives NA-5 and NA-17, and Water and Wastewater Objective WW-14.) Objective LU-2.3: Require non-residential and higher-density residential developments within Transition Areas to use Best Management Practices (BMP’s) for stormwater control, as outlined within the Orange County Zoning Ordinance and Sedimentation Control Ordinance, to ensure that potential adverse impacts on the water quality of existing and proposed reservoir sites are avoided. (See also Erosion Control EC-1 and Natural Areas Objective NA-4.) Objective LU-2.4: Evaluate the development potential in rural crossroads communities to identify whether current regulations permit appropriate development that is in character with these communities, and whether potential development in these areas would require significant expansions or cause depletions of public services. Objective LU-2.5: Adopt and implement policies that specify appropriate land uses and intensities of development in Protected and Critical Water Resource Areas that will not have potential adverse impacts on water resources. (See also Water and Wastewater Objective WW-15.) Objective LU-2.6: Protect prime reservoir sites from adverse development impacts and ensure that regulations for these areas are appropriate. Objective LU-2.7: Refine green building standards to guide the design, siting, construction, and management of publicly owned and managed buildings in a manner that conserves energy and/or uses non- polluting renewable energy sources. Explore the development of green building standards for private development. (See also Air and Energy Objective AE-11.) Objective LU-2.8: Develop performance standards for development on lands with non-renewable resources to ensure a sufficient level of environmental protection for these resources. Objective LU-2.9: Evaluate the carrying capacity of groundwater and surface water resources of the 15 watersheds in Orange County. (See also Water Resources Objective WR-7.) Objective LU-2.10: Develop design standards or guidelines that address scale, density, and aesthetic considerations for residential, mixed-use, industrial, and commercial land uses to promote community aesthetics and the protection of the visual and cultural environment of the County. (See also Housing Objective H-3.1.) Land Use Goal 3: A variety of land uses that are coordinated within a program and pattern that limits sprawl, preserves community and rural character, minimizes land use conflicts, supported by an efficient and balanced transportation system. 33