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6,1 DE FACTO PRINCIPLES OF AGREEMENT <br />1. Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough should jointly contract the services of <br />consultant to prepare a Joint Strategic Growth Plan for Hillsborough and the surrounding <br />urban service ortren�itionare��ofC)ronge(�ount� _ <br />__ ' / <br />2. Tha Ultimate �xt�n1 of H|||oborough'e Urba n Service Area (U SA) to b|| Ua <br />sewer) shall respect the boundary established by the Water d Sewer Management <br />/ Planning and Boundary Agreement and map. (See Appendix C). Th| b d <br />respects the area d esignated as Fluno| Buffer to the south, Eno River Critical Area to the, <br />West, and sensitive environmental _lands _of the Eno F||yer State Park and 8tonay,_C-r.eeM <br />Basin to the e@ot| <br />3. The Town Of Hillsborough's Intermediate USA 8h8|| generally extend on the east to thEi <br />' Protected Watershed, on the south to 1-40 and Duke <br />'Forest but including the Hillsborough Economic Development District E \ <br />north to Stroud's Creek. The western Intermediate USA boundary shall follow the.,' <br />,boundary established by the Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary', <br />Agreement and map, Urban services shall be provided within the Intermediate USA <br />before the Ultimate U8/\` <br />4. [)range County and the Town of Hillsborough shall protect the surface and groundwater <br />resources of the Upper Eno/Neuse River Watershed, both in designated critical and <br />protected enaas' through responsible land use planning (Map provides the full extent of <br />the Upper Eno Watershed). Lower density and more stringent impervious surface <br />regulations improve the Town of Hillsborough's surface water supply. <br />5. In new subdivisions that will have Town of Hillsborough public water and oovver services, <br />urban style development standards' consistent with the Town of Hillsborough's <br />development standards, shall be required. Such standards may include but not be <br />limited to sidewalks, lot size, and cluster subdivision provisions. <br />0. Consistent nomenclature should be used in County and Town land use ordinances. <br />7. There is a need to identify topics where the County and Town share common goals and <br />vvhera they rnaydi��r. <br />' , The Orange Grove Road a s'rnom. a­gerO�nt,n]arishOukjserye as a mode^|forJother <br />transportation <br />|n! <br />rpa s�___________ <br />9. ` Orange CO and Hillsborough's park needs, including th | Uv of <br />and wilclihe corridors, are intertwined and joint planning coordination is encouraged., <br />10. Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough should establish a task force to identify <br />significant cultural resources located within Orange County and the Hillsborough fringe <br />that should be protected and develop appropriate policies for their protection through <br />incorporation into respective land use ordinances. <br />11. Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough do not promote development patterns that <br />can be characterized as urban aprovv| and will avoid it through independent and <br />_ _`coordinated_|an�u.sepianning� _ __,___ <br />12,{�range[|ount« end the Tovvn of Hillsborough should initiate 1, pFoceea t0 arnend the <br />Town's ETJ to exclude approximately 230 acres that is located vWthi the Upper En <br />Watershed Critical Area .and include an area of comparable size, located in an area <br />suitable for urban sen/ioaa and agreeable to both parties, in exchange. <br />13. The principles provided above shall be incorporated into prospective |poa| policies <br />� <br />Principles-- of Agreement that include - geographic references ^ highlighted ' - located <br />' <br />on the adjacent rn8o with numbers correspond to the appropriate phno| ple | <br />Orange COUO/Wr7owOOfHillsborough <br />Urbati Transition Area Task Force Report, Page 10 <br />