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M(~A ° ~. li 3 areas are identified in the JPA Land Use Plan as resource conservation areas. This indicates the need for additional scrutiny in the development review process generally resulting in increased huffers and setbacks, University Lake Watershed Principle: University lake water supply watershed should be developed in a manner which will protect the quality of the water supply, Very low density residential, low intensity commercial and agricultural land uses are appropriate in this area, The University Lake Watershed Area should be protected for reasons of water quality; developments should occur only at low densities, and water and sewer lines should not be extended into this watershed.. Staff Comment: This principle is not applicable to the proposed amendment as the area lies immediately east of the University Lake Watershed ridgeline. Higher Intensity UseslTransition Areas Principle: The more intensive land uses are most appropriately located within the towns and then within the areas adjacent to the Towns likely to become urban. A transition area should be designated, between existing developed areas and the rural buffer, as a target area for new development to occur. Staff Comment: The proposed amendment is generally supportive of this principle in that it recognizes that an area originally proposed for urban densities will not develop in this fashion due to a policy change regarding infrastructure. Existing residential development in the Chapel Hill Southern Transition Area is compatible with the Rural Buffer area to the east and changing the designation of the area to Rural Buffer will maintain this scale of development. Portions of the Chapel Hill ETJ to the north, lying outside the Urban Services Area and zoned Chapel Hill R-LD1, provide an intermediate density between this area and the higher densities of the Southern Village area, Rural Areas Principle: The rural residential and agricultural character of the Township outside the Towns and adjacent transition areas should be maintained. Rural lands currently existing between the Chapel HiIllCarrboro urban area and Hillsborough (rural buffer) should be preserved, Staff Comment: The proposed amendment is supportive of the principle. Though this area is currently designated Transition, it is still rural in character given the lack of wafer and sewer to support higher density development, Amending the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan to include it in the Rural Buffer area to the east, and applying Rural Buffer zoning, will help maintain the existing rural character, G:\Comprchcnsivc Punning Div\GLNE~2004 Public HcaringsVdar?91PAWmdt Io JPA Llil'W mdt to 7PA UIP ]t Smlt Memo dac 6