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071 <br />Proposed Amendments to the <br />SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, ORANGE COUNTY, N. C. <br />SECTION IV -13-10 FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT <br />Section D DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br />(D.2 Conservation- Cluster Option) <br />A (conservation)- cluster subdivision is one in which.building lots are grouped together <br />through a transfer of allowable density within the subdivided tract provided the transfer <br />of density within the subdivision does not increase the average density in any <br />zoning district including overlay districts. Smaller lots than those required in <br />conventional subdivisions are permitted, provided such lots and subdivisions are <br />developed in accordance with the following standards: <br />STAFF NOTE: <br />THE AMENDMENT 1S NECESSARY TO PREVENT TRANSFER OF DENSITY FROM A MORE DENSLY <br />ZONED AREA (EG AN AREA NOT IN A PROTECTED WATERSHED) TO A LESS DENSLY ZONED AREA <br />(EG THE CRITICAL AREA OR BALANCE OF A PROTECTED WATERSHED). <br />g: \bctamend lflexdevlaugamend.doc\8- 12 -99Ud <br />