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26 <br /> CONSERVATION AND GROWTH • (FUTURE <br /> LAND USE ■ <br /> Orange County is undertaking an updated of whether the proposed project is <br /> land use policy direction that can achieve consistent with the applicable policies <br /> the Plan's Vision Themes and Goals. of this Plan and the Conservation and <br /> To achieve this vision,the County has Growth Framework land use designation <br /> created a new Conservation and Growth for the project. <br /> Framework(map and land use categories) <br /> that provides land use planning guidance The Municipal Transition Area denoted on <br /> to achieve sustainable development within the Conservation and Growth Framework <br /> all areas of the County's planning and Map aligns with the previously adopted <br /> County- <br /> zoning jurisdiction. Transition Areas from the Orange County- <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning Area <br /> The Conservation and Growth Framework Land Use Plan.The Joint Planning Land <br /> Map and Land Use Categories provide Use Plan and Agreement established <br /> an update to the Future Land Use Map procedures for land development projects <br /> that exists in the 2030 Comprehensive in designated Municipal Transition Areas <br /> Plan.This map serves as the County's and the Rural Buffer, as well as land <br /> new future land use map.The land use uses,densities,and annexation rules in <br /> categories provide descriptions for those areas.The following Land Use Plan <br /> the intended development character 2050 land use categories are focused <br /> and alignment with current zoning on the unincorporated areas where <br /> districts, however,they do not represent Orange County has planning and zoning <br /> actual changes to zoning. Instead,the jurisdiction. For more information on <br /> characteristics for each land use category the implementation Actions related to <br /> can be used to guide decision-making for interjurisdictional coordination in the <br /> development proposals,such as rezoning Municipal Transition Areas,see page <br /> requests,and potential future text 89. <br /> amendments to the Unified Development <br /> Ordinance. <br /> This map and the associated policies <br /> included within this plan achieve <br /> compliance with the state requirement for <br /> local governments to have a reasonably <br /> maintained land use plan to retain the <br /> authority to adopt and enforce zoning <br /> regulations.When evaluating proposed <br /> development projects, County planning <br /> staff should prepare staff reports that <br /> address whether or not the proposed <br /> project is consistent with the guidance <br /> provided by the Conservation and <br /> Growth Framework map and categories, <br /> and the Goals and Policies of the Plan. <br /> Staff reports can include a discussion <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN 2050 23 <br />