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18 <br />SID USE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM <br />One of the fundamental methods used to achieve the <br />stated goals and policies of a land use plan is the design.. <br />and application of a land classification system. Each <br />category of the classification system is designed to~ <br />accommodate certain uses throughout the plan area to achieve <br />a desired pattern of development. Land in the Joint Planning <br />Area (JPA) was classS.fied initially into categories according <br />to the public policies expressed in the "Operating <br />Principles°, the set of location standards defining the <br />appropriateness of the physical-environmental setting and the <br />projected population change, and resulting land requirements <br />in the County. During the evolution of the Joint Planning <br />Area Land Use Plan, however, changes in the classification <br />system resulted in response to citizen concerns and <br />jurisdictional policy decisions. . <br />Orange County Land Use Plan C assifieation S sv~tem_ <br />The Orange County Land Use Plan served as the starting <br />point for a land use classification system for the Joint <br />Planning Area. The Plan, adopted in 1981, contains five basic <br />land use categories which were refined into a more detailed <br />classification system to meet the needs of the County. The <br />basic categories and land use plan categories contained in <br />the Orange County Land Use Plan are .shown on the accompanying <br />page. A map illustrating the application of the categories in <br />the Joint Planning Area at the time of Plan adoption in. 1981 <br />is also provided. <br />J t P n ea Land Vse C1 fica oa stem <br />Three of the basic categories - Transition, Rural, and <br />Conservation - have been retained in the Joint Planning Area <br />Land Use flan. The categories and refinements to them during <br />the joint--~pl~nning process are discussed below. - <br />• T~randition. Transition areas are located adjacent to the <br />urban areas of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. They are in the <br />process of changing from rural to urban uses or are already <br />urban in use; are developed at or suitable for urban--type <br />densities; and are now provided or are projected to be . <br />~~; <br />•:! <br />'i~ <br />,~ <br />~~ <br />