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~b~ generally located throughout the Joint Planning Area using a neighborhood park one-half mile service radius. The parks are linked together by a system of greenways extending along drainageways, and pedestrian routes (sidewalks) along thoroughfares. Public/Private Open Space Areas Land areas owned or controlled by both public and private interests in the Transition Areas have been designated on the Land IIse Plan. These areas include UNC lands (excluding Horace Williams Airport and adjacent tracts) and a tract connecting the two landfill sites. These sites provide open space in the midst of areas planned for urban expansion. A Public/Private Open Space Area has also been designated along Interstate 40 in both Transition and Rural Buffer Areas to recognize the Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) district established to provide a 100-foot buffer along that route. The Plan recommends utilization of portions of the buffer to link proposed park and greenway areas together. New Hope Creek Corridor open Space Areas include some of the Resource Protection Areas and a portion of the Public/Private Open Space Areas which were designated as significant and worthy of protection according to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan completed in April of 1991. (See Master Plan Map following Strategy Maps). The areas are part of a system of open space in Durham and Orange Counties along New Hope Creek and its tributaries between Eno River State Park and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land north of Jordan Lake. This category is made up of critical environmental areas such as stream beds, floodplains, steep slopes, and larger tracts of historic, educational, or recreational value. The New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan describes these areas in detail and makes specific recommendations as to how they should be protected or utilized for environmental, educational, and/or recreational purposes. *Suburban Residential Areas *Amended 2/1/93 ~ Delete Suburban Residential Areas include single-family homes, duplexes, apartments, condominium and townhouse projects. Areas designated as Suburban Residential are located where land is in the process of changing from rural to urban, suitable for urban-type densities and should be provided with public utilities ~, and services. Housing densities in the Suburban Residential category range from one (1) to five (5) units per acre. *However, densities may be lower than one dwelling unit per acre in Suburban Residential Areas. Chapel Hill as part of its Southern Small Area Plan has identified certain areas in the Southern Triangle as being suitable for densities not exceeding one (1) unit per acre for areas immediately east of IJ.S. 15-501 and densities not exceeding one (1) unit per five (5) acres for areas immediately west of Old Lystra Road. Ilnl~ ofn -~