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22 Orange County Planning Staff Commentr ~- Plan Recommendations riot Reflected in Proposed Ordinance Amendments Most recommendations in the Facilitated Small Area Plan for Carrboro's Northern Study Area are contained in Section 5 (Implementation). However, Section 1 (The Small Area Planning Process) and. Section 4 (The Recommended Small Area Plan) also contain recommendations, some of which are not reflected elsewhere. The purpose of this paper is to identify for further discussion, plan recommendations that were not cazried forward in ordinance language. Following, on asection-by-section basis is a listing of recommendations that did not carry forward in the proposed ordinance amendments: Page 6 •2. ]MPROVID QUANTITY/QUALITY OF CONSERVATION LAND: Aim for a higher percentage of conservation lands in the Study Area comprised of lands that are not severely constrained by flooding, wetness or steepness. Accomplish this by setting standards for conservation lands in addition to wetlands and steep slopes, and by offering a range of densities with rise in relation to the percentage of land which is to be conserved. 3. REQUIRE CONSERVATION LAND TO Il~TI'ERCONNECT: Establish design standards for the open space in new' subdivisions so they will eveatuauy coalesce to create an interconnected network of protected lands as greenway coiridors. section 4: The Recommended Small Area Plan PaQ Floating Zones -Residential Neighborhood Mixed Use: Following discussion of the Village Mixed Use • (VM[n district, a district identified as Neighborhood Mviced Use is disaissed. Apparently it was envisioned as a step down between the larger VIVN and smaller OfficdAssembly (O/A) district. •. Page 49 ~ . • Figure 4-2 illustrates a design called "Community Mixed Use." Them is no additional description of this although it seems to fit the description of VMU. P~4~$ Measure 1.4 Amad developers who have successfully built .mixed-use and clustered developments.