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38 <br /> Planning Topics: <br /> • Growth management, annexation, and ETJ <br /> • Future land use and community character <br /> OPPN ECOUNTY-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO <br /> joint Planning Land Use Plan JOINT PLANNING <br /> LAND USE PLAN <br /> Date Published: Adopted October 1986, most recently <br /> amended December 2015 <br /> Geographic Area: The Joint Planning Area (area within the <br /> Rural Buffer and Transition areas, outside the ETJ of Chapel Hill <br /> and Carrboro, designated on the Joint Planning Area Land Use <br /> Map) " <br /> r <br /> Prepared By: Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro <br /> Purpose: Establish future land use for the joint planning area. w� <br /> Key Objectives: <br /> Designate Rural Buffer areas, transition areas, and general land uses for Chapel Hill, Carrboro, <br /> and Orange County. <br /> The four major elements of the Land Use Plan development phase are natural environment, <br /> infrastructure and public services,joint planning operating principles, and sociological <br /> characteristics. <br /> Planning Topics: <br /> • Growth management, annexation, and ETJ <br /> • Future land use and community character <br /> • Preservation of natural resources <br /> • Community infrastructure <br /> Orange County Land Use Plan 2050 1 Community Policy Profile 22 <br />