Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Where a historic or archaeological site is to be set aside as a separate lot, and <br />preserved and/or restored as part of a flexible development, the entire area within <br />the lot may be credited toward meeting the minimum open space requirement. <br />• Wildlife Corridors as identified by Section 2.2 of the most recent Land Use <br />Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />Expansion of any of these areas <br />A single, contiguous area of open space that meets one or more of <br />the provided definitions of Primary Conservation Area may be <br />expanded by up to 20% of its area to provide an additional buffer. <br />Although the expansion area may not meet any other definitions of <br />Primary Conservation Area, it may be considered as such, except: <br />a) Expansion areas may not be, in turn, expanded under this <br />provision, <br />b) Expansion areas may not be selected as Primary Conservation <br />Area unless all site areas meeting any other Primary <br />Conservation Area definition have already been classified as <br />open space, and <br />c) Expansion areas should have the same composition as the <br />Primary Conservation Area that they are expanding <br />C. Secondary Conservation Areas eensist of the following site features When the <br />33% open space requirement is not filled by Primary Conservation Area, this <br />secondary set of criteria is used to complete the requirement. These more electively <br />sited spaces are used to increase and diversify the functionality of the site's total <br />open space plan by following the criteria set forth in this section. These areas, <br />unless specified otherwise, receive full credit toward meeting the minimum open <br />space requirement of Flexible Developments. <br />Access - Open space areas may be chosen as Secondary Conservation Areas <br />because of their benefit in providing open space access to residential lots in <br />accordance with regulations listed in Section CA. These areas shall also <br />include desired compositional and size and shape attributes, as listed in this <br />section. <br />Composition - Sites chosen for Secondary Conservation Areas must have one <br />or more of the following characteristics or uses: <br />• Woodlands, including forest land for the planting and production of trees and <br />timber, where management practices such as selective timber harvesting and <br />