ORD-2003-032 Amendment to Open Space Standards for Flexible Development subdivisions

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0 .L An Ordinance Amending the Subdivision Regulations of Orange County Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange, North Carolina, that the Subdivision Regulations are hereby amended as follows: SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS Section IV-B -10. FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT (Pages 61 -65) (Amended to read as follows. Bold type indicates proposed new language and *r-iket^ -,ou '' type indicates proposed deleted language) Section C OPEN SPACE STANDARDS C.1 Minimum Required Open Space Where a developer elects to seek approval of a Flexible Development as specified herein, at least thirty-three percent (33 %) of the total land area in the Flexible Development must be set aside as protected open space. Such open space shall meet these standards unless the developer chooses to seek approval of a conventional subdivision as specified herein. C.2 Open Space Functionality A goal a Flexible Development subdivision plan is to provide open space that is functional. Functional open space is that which provides as many of the following beneficial goals as is feasible: • The Protection of Natural Resources • The Protection of Rural Character • The Improvement or Maintenance of Visual Amenities • The Creation or Protection of Space for Outdoor Recreation • The Creation or Protection of Managed Resource Production • The Improvement or Maintenance of Public Health and Safety • The Creation or Protection of Public Purpose and/or Utility Infrastructure The primary means of achieving these functionality goals in open space design is by addressing three primary land characteristics. All Flexible Development plans should highlight, to the greatest extent practicable, these characteristics in direct correlation to the functional open space goals listed above. An open space plan may also use other land characteristics in planning functional open space, if a direct link to those goals can be established.