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Policies,Practices,Programs,Regulations and Activities Document Effectiveness Rationale for <br /> (Existing and potential) Reference for Mitigation Effectiveness <br /> (Include page (High/Medium <br /> numbers or /Low/Not <br /> Other Source) Effective) <br /> Notes:gaps, <br /> shortfalls, <br /> conflicts, or <br /> 0 ortunities <br /> a. Areas containing slopes greater than 25% the primary and <br /> b. Hardwood areas identified on the Carrboro secondary <br /> Natural Constraints Map conservation <br /> c. Wetlands as defined pursuant to Section 404 of area inventory, <br /> the Clean Water Act database and <br /> d. Floodplains digital topos <br /> e. With respect to streams designated on the /ortho photos <br /> adopted Stream Classification Map of Carrboro, <br /> those azeas within an average perpendicular <br /> distance of sixty feet from the edge of the <br /> floodway of the stream,if the floodway is <br /> designated on the"Flood Boundary and Flood � <br /> Map"prepazed by the U.S.Department of <br /> Housing and Urban Development,or sixty feet <br /> from the centerline of the stream where the <br /> floodway is not designated on this map. <br /> f. Lakes and ponds; <br /> g. Road buffers as required by Section 15-312 of <br /> this Chapter,except for those portions of the <br /> buffers that must be included in road or utility <br /> crossings. <br /> (5)The term"secondary conservation areas"shall mean: <br /> a. Areas containing slopes greater than 15%but <br /> not more than 25%; <br /> b. Wooded areas other than hazdwood areas <br /> identified on the Carrboro Natural Constraints <br /> Map; <br /> c. Vistas along entranceways to the town; <br /> d. Other areas containing unusual natural features <br /> (such as major rock formations); <br /> f. Other environmentally,historically or <br /> archaeologically significant or unique azeas. <br /> (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (j) and <br /> Section 15-203, every residential development in <br /> zoning districts other than the R-2 district shall be <br /> developed so that at least forty percent (40%) of the <br /> total azea of the development remains permanently as <br /> open space. Every residential development in the R-2 <br /> district shall be developed so that at least twenty <br /> percent (20%) of the total azea of the development <br /> remains ermanentl as o en s ace. (AMENDED <br /> 104 <br />