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16 <br /> Chair Bedford asked if these are the same categories as the current pan. <br /> Leigh Anne King said there are changes and some were merged. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked if she could point those changes out as they go along and <br /> explain what was changed and why. <br /> Leigh Anne King said they have a cheat sheet that displays the information and is very <br /> clearly laid out. She said she would send that out to the Board rather than try to rely on memory <br /> during the presentation. <br /> Commissioner Carter asked if one of those examples would be merging rural <br /> neighborhood activity nodes and rural community activity nodes into a single entity. <br /> Leigh Anne King said she thinks that is exactly right. <br /> Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if they could receive a map that could be enlarged. <br /> Cy Stober said that could be provided by GIS technicians. <br /> Slide #17 <br /> Rural Residential <br /> E3 E <br /> Description <br /> Rural Residential lands are the predominant land use <br /> } , <br /> category in unincorporated Orange County.These lands <br /> share borders with every other type of land use.These lands <br /> include different characteristics that vary from undisturbed ; <br /> forests and natural areas to the many historic farms and `= <br /> dairies that have shaped the aesthetics and functions of the <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 t 6 e' r' <br /> (0.92-2 acres)are scattered amongst large-lot subdivisions, J <br /> large fields for conventional farming,and smaller mixed- y ti <br /> intensity homesteads ' <br /> 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 fora certain _ <br /> timeframe.Conservation easements are voluntarily go <br /> v <br /> established by the landowner through donation to or <br /> payment from a holding entity,which may be Orange y <br /> County,a land trust,or some other conservation-based 7 <br /> organization.Preserved lands include either active or eh_�— <br /> passive open aces arks and undeveloped _ <br /> P p spaces, ed lands that are p <br /> not expected to develop,although they do not have legal A <br /> protections in place.Examples of Conservation and <br /> Preservation lands include publicly accessible places such as <br /> Eno River State Park,Duke Forest,and local parks,and <br /> others that are not open to the public and are held by g " <br /> organizations such as OWASA(Orange Water and Sewer ® r <br /> Authority), purpose p which owns them for the ur ose of permanent y �°� ■^�-� <br /> water supply protection. i .m <br /> z <br />