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120 <br /> unincorporated areas to be better Regional and Local Growth <br /> protected from sprawl <br /> • Revisit Unified Development There are a few key intergovernmental <br /> Ordinance standards for acreage agreements and plans that guide <br /> requirements for duplexes or even the County's approach to growth. <br /> quadplexes as a single use Key documents such as the 2030 <br /> In Community Engagement Window#2, Comprehensive Plan and the Joint <br /> respondents expressed views on four Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement <br /> land use alternatives modeling different play a crucial role in guiding and regulating <br /> types of future growth for Orange County land uses within the county.The 1987 Joint <br /> When asked in the short survey about Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement <br /> supporting residential development in between Carrboro, Chapel Hill,and Orange <br /> unincorporated Orange County,with County designates growth areas for the <br /> protections for priority agricultural,wildlife Towns and restricts development in the <br /> habitat,or watershed lands,65% agreed Rural Buffer to one dwelling per two <br /> and 26%disagreed. Regarding support for or five acres.The Town of Hillsborough <br /> higher-density, mixed-use developments— and Orange County Central Orange <br /> such as townhomes and apartments over Coordinated Area (COCA) is utilized to <br /> shops—in select areas served by public determine the consistency of future land <br /> water and sewer,59% agreed and 27% use visions for proposed rezoning requests <br /> disagreed. within designated areas on the fringes of <br /> the Town.The anticipated City of Mebane <br /> When asked in the long survey about Land Development Plan Update will be <br /> encouraging new Rural Conservation a critical component of future policy <br /> Neighborhoods with smaller lot sizes in guidance,shaping the County's growth <br /> exchange for permanently protecting 60% and development strategies. <br /> of the site,the majority supported the <br /> concept (52%). However,support was more Trends and Conditions <br /> evenly divided between respondents who <br /> support(44%)and do not support (39%) The last few decades have seen significant <br /> allowing the development of private water growth within the Greater Triangle Region <br /> and wastewater systems to support Rural of North Carolina. Some estimates <br /> Conservation Neighborhoods. put that growth as third fastest in the <br /> nation in 2023. However, growth is not <br /> Strong support was also expressed occurring at the same pace and amount <br /> for long-term housing goals:52% of across jurisdictions in the region' Orange <br /> respondents strongly supported the goal County's population experienced an 11% <br /> to "advance equitable housing" as a land increase in population from 2010 to 2020, <br /> use aspiration for the next 25 years,and which is less than surrounding Alamance, <br /> 53%strongly supported the Housing Chatham, Durham, and Wake Counties, <br /> Attainability Goal as presented. but slightly higher than North Carolina as <br /> a whole.This is largely due to policies and <br /> 1 Source:Kenan Institute of Private Enter- <br /> prise,"Midyear Regional Economic Growth Estimates: <br /> EMAs Performing Better than Expected,but Large <br /> Disparities Remain"https://kenaninstitute.unc.edu/ <br /> commentary/mid-year-regional-economic-growth-es- <br /> timates-emas-performing-better-than-expect- <br /> ed-but-large-disparities-remain/ <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN 2050 117 <br />