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8 <br /> 1 Slide#13 <br /> AlternativeBaseline <br /> Baseline Alternative <br /> with Policy Updates <br /> Updates: <br /> • Refined palette of land use classifications <br /> • Reflect Hillsborough's new Comprehensive Plan <br /> and study area for Mebane's forthcoming plan <br /> r Update to include Blackwood Station as Rural <br /> Node(bring into alignment with Joint Planning <br /> Agreement,Rural Node as subcategory of Rural <br /> Buffer) <br /> 2 Continue Current Policies <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide#14 <br /> Baseline Alternative T <br /> Maintain current densities for <br /> land use categories in <br /> unincorporated areas <br /> Land use Alternative 1 <br /> City Limits <br /> Mm <br /> ]PA <br /> Economic Development <br /> Area <br /> Rural Activity Node <br /> Rural Buffer <br /> -RUral Residential <br /> _ Law Density <br /> Neighborhood <br /> '^•�^�^• !�Urbanizing Residential <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Slide #15 <br /> EnvironmentalAlternative #2: Agricultural & <br /> Protections <br /> • Focus on protecting priority <br /> agric"il 1,environmental, <br /> watershed,and rural lands <br /> Would lower densities for all <br /> Baseline residential areas(except Urbanizing <br /> Residential and Lower Density <br /> Altemative Residential) <br /> Would limit the extent of new <br /> housing opportunities in <br /> unincorporated Orange County <br /> through more restrictive residential <br /> density policies <br /> Would not require changes to <br /> Enha nce Agricultural water/wastewater policies:users <br /> and Environmental would rely on individual well and <br /> Protections septic systems <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked about the third bullet point on slide #15. She asked if <br /> 10 it was correct that this alternative would limit the extent of new housing opportunities more than <br /> 11 the county currently does. <br />