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12 <br />(c) <br />• Each lot must contain a buildable area of sufficient size to accommodate a <br />single-family detached dwelling and customary accessory uses, including, but <br />not limited to, storage buildings and garages, patios and decks, lawns, and <br />driveways. A septic system and/or well site may be located in an open space <br />area provided. it does not occupy more than #~a#-- one quarter of the <br />conservation area nor any part of a Primary Conservation Area. <br />• Provided the arrangement, design, and shape of cluster lots is such that lots <br />provide satisfactory and desirable sites for building, and contribute to the <br />preservation of designated Primary and/or Secondary Conservation Areas, <br />minimum lot area, lot width, and setback requirements as specified in Article <br />4.1.2 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance may be reduced as set forth <br />below. <br />(~~ <br />0 Minimum lot area requirements may be reduced by sixty-five percent (65%) <br />of the minimum lot size aermitted by the zoning district including anv_ <br />overlay district requirements <br />however, minimum lot area may not be smaller than 40 000 square feet <br />within a watershed protection overlay district where lots are served by <br />individual septic systems <br />(E) <br />0 Minimum lot width requirements may be reduced wy *~~•^^*~• ^^-^^^+ i~noi ~ ~ <br />to 100 feet in the AR and R1 Districts. <br />Minimum lot width requirements may be reduced by 30% in all other <br />zoning districts. <br />0 Minimum front, rear, and side setback requirements may be reduced by <br />twenty-five percent (25%) but shall be no less than ten (10) feet. <br />(F) <br />0 Minimum lot frontage- requirements may be reduced to twenty (20) feet for <br />lots frontinu on cul-de-sacs and "T" turnarounds <br />~G~ <br />0 Minimum saacing between building envelopes and the subdivision <br />boundary or off-site uublic street right-of-way shall be 100 feet and may <br />be counted as oven space <br />• Cluster lots shall be restricted against further subdivision through deed <br />restrictions and/or permanent conservation easements. Primary and Secondary <br />Conservation Areas shall be dedicated to Orange County, another unit of local <br />government, the State of North Carolina, a private non-profit land conservancy or <br />a homeowners association. <br />g:\textamd\flexdev\adminrec.doc\8-17-99Uc1 <br />