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1 1 <br /> the area. These instances occur around the intersections of Leaf Street and Watertown <br /> Road and Willow Drive and Watertown Road,where residential land uses are prevalent. <br /> Threats to such edged enclosure include the degradation of quality and the removal of <br /> vegetative buffering along roadsides. These impacts can be seen in areas where the edged � <br /> enclosure along Watertown Road give way to the more spotted vegetation associated with <br /> varied or open enclosures (i.e., between Willow Drive and Leaf Street). Promoting <br /> preservation and enhancement of roadside vegetative buffers will help maintain the rural <br /> . character contributed by edged enclosure. Corridor guidelines could be implemented to <br /> ensure that development adjacent to roadsides will maintain and preserve these buffers. <br /> Case Study#3:Fox Street—Tunneled Enclosure <br /> Fox Street, between Leaf Street and Orono Orchard Road, has predominantly tunneled <br /> enclosure (See CPA Figure 1, Corridor H). CPA Figure 4 depicts the street's rural <br /> residential feel and indicates the consultant's analysis of its attributes. <br /> Though development along the corridor consists of a variety of housing types, the <br /> forested road edge screens these views and creates an enclosed, narrow corridor. <br /> Attributes associated with positive views such as wetlands anii landmarks are visible <br /> through the�tunneled�edges around the intersections of Willow Drive and Fox Street and <br /> Brown Road South and Fox Street where there are wetlands, and at the intersection of <br /> Old Crystal Bay Road and Fox Street where there is an old church. The rural residential� <br /> feel of the Fox Street corridor is susceptible to the same threats edged enclosure. If the <br /> roadside vegetation is removed, the tunnel enclosure will be lost and negative views of <br /> non-rural land uses would appear. Prevention measures, similar to those described in <br /> Case Study #2, could be implemented to preserve and enhance the vegetative buffers <br /> associated with tunnel enclosure. <br /> Case Study#4:North Shore Drive— Varied Enclosure <br /> From County Road 15 to the Noerenberg Channel, the North Shore Drive corridor � <br /> alternates between open to edged to tunneled and varied enclosures. Its enclosure is <br /> predominantly varied. The images and graphics on CPA Figure 5 depict this changing � <br /> landscape and highlight its rural attributes. , <br /> Views from the corridor are predominantly positive. Residential neighborhoods near the <br /> intersection of Brown Road and North Shore Drive are screened by varied and edged <br /> enclosures. Pastoral and natural views contribute to a natural feel along the corridor and <br /> include views of the Noerenberg Gardens, undeveloped land between Old Crystal Bay <br /> Road North and the Noerenberg Channel, wetlands northeast of Old Crystal Bay Road, <br /> open pasture land, and Smith, Maxwell, and Crystal Bays. <br /> City of Orono DSU, Inc <br /> Draft CPA 11 August, 2005 <br />