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8 <br /> Slide #13 <br /> Baseline Alternative #1 <br /> Baseline Altemative <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 /> • 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 /> Continue Current Policies <br /> Slide #14 <br /> Baseline Alternative #1 <br /> Maintain current densities for <br /> land use categories in <br /> unincorporated areas <br /> Land Use Alternative 1 <br /> City Limits <br /> ETJ <br /> JPA <br /> Economic Development <br /> Area <br /> Rural Activity Node <br /> Rural Buffer <br /> Rural Residential <br /> Low Density <br /> Neighborhood <br /> III!urbanizing Residential <br /> Slide #15 <br /> Alternative Agricultural s <br /> Environmental Protections <br /> Focus on protecting priority <br /> agricultural,environmental, <br /> watershed,and rural lands <br /> Would lower densities for all <br /> B?s��in• residential areas(except Urbanizing <br /> Residential and Lower Density <br /> Altematllve * Residentlaq <br /> Would limit the extent of new <br /> housing opportunities in <br /> unincorporated Orange County <br /> through more restrictive residential <br /> density Folio- <br /> Wou Id not require changes to <br /> Enhance Agricultural water/wastewater policies;users <br /> and Environmental would rely on individual well and <br /> Protections septic systems <br /> Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked about the third bullet point on slide #15. She asked if <br /> it was correct that this alternative would limit the extent of new housing opportunities more than <br /> the county currently does. <br />