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16 <br /> 1 Chair Bedford asked if these are the same categories as the current pan. <br /> 2 Leigh Anne King said there are changes and some were merged. <br /> 3 Commissioner Fowler asked if she could point those changes out as they go along and <br /> 4 explain what was changed and why. <br /> 5 Leigh Anne King said they have a cheat sheet that displays the information and is very <br /> 6 clearly laid out. She said she would send that out to the Board rather than try to rely on memory <br /> 7 during the presentation. <br /> 8 Commissioner Carter asked if one of those examples would be merging rural <br /> 9 neighborhood activity nodes and rural community activity nodes into a single entity. <br /> 10 Leigh Anne King said she thinks that is exactly right. <br /> 11 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if they could receive a map that could be enlarged. <br /> 12 Cy Stober said that could be provided by GIS technicians. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Slide #17 <br /> Rural Residential <br /> ----------------- <br /> Description <br /> Rural Residential lands are the predominant land use } ` <br /> category in unincorporated Orange County.These lands <br /> share borders with every other type of land use.These lands q- <br /> include different characteristics that vary from undisturbed ; <br /> forests and natural areasto the many historic farms and .J <br /> dairies that have shaped the aesthetics and functions of the L <br /> landscape.Developed properties consist of low-density and ° 1 <br /> large-lot residential subdivisions(>2 acres),agricultural and <br /> horticultural uses,and forestry.Smaller-lot subdivisions c�r <br /> (0.92-2 acres)are scattered amongst large-lot subdivisions, <br /> large fields for conventional farming,and smaller mixed- <br /> intensity homesteads <br /> N n <br /> .r <br /> 15 <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Slide #18 <br /> Conservation and Preservation <br /> Description <br /> Lands in this category are permanently protected from <br /> future development by conservation easements;effectively .. <br /> preserved through the nature of their ownership,type of <br /> stewardship,and current use;or protected for a certain <br /> timeframe.Conservation easements are voluntarily 1 ti <br /> ., <br /> established by the landowner through donation to or sE �M <br /> payment from a holding entity,which may be Orange <br /> County,a land trust,or some other conservation-based <br /> — <br /> organization.Preserved lands include either active or <br /> passive open spaces,parks,and undeveloped lands that are <br /> not expected to develop,although they do not have legal <br /> protections in place.Examples of Conservation and ; � _3: •, <br /> Preservation lands include publicly accessible places such as <br /> Eno River State Park,Duke Forest,and local parks,and ;` c <br /> others that are not open to the public and are held by <br /> organizations such as OWASA(Orange Water and Sewer r � <br /> Authority),which owns them for the purpose of permanent <br /> water supply protection. .m <br /> 18 <br />