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must be directly contiguous to Primary or Secondary Conservation Area. All <br />remaining lots must be within 600 feet of Primary or Secondary Conservation Area. <br />C -5 C-3- Ownership of open space. <br />Open space within a flexible development may be owned and/or administered by any of <br />the following methods, either individually or in combination. All open space shall be <br />permanently restricted from further subdivision. <br />• Fee simple dedication to the county, another unit of local government, <br />the state or a private nonprofit land conservancy. <br />Dedication of conservation easements to the county, another unit of <br />local govermnent, the state or a private nonprofit land conservancy. <br />Such easements may apply to a single property owned by a <br />homeowner's association and/or to all or portions of individual lots <br />owned by one or more property owners. <br />• Ownership by a homeowner's association where specific development <br />restrictions and maintenance requirements are included as part of its <br />bylaws and as irrevocable articles of restrictive covenants. <br />• Ownership by individual property owners, of estate lots only, where <br />specific development restrictions and maintenance requirements are <br />included as part of restrictive covenants and/or permanent <br />conservation easements applicable to such lots. <br />Where conservation easements have been dedicated prior to application for approval of a <br />flexible development proposal, the land subject to the easement may be counted toward <br />satisfying the 33 percent open space requirement, provided that it is a portion of and in <br />the same ownership as the land to be subdivided. <br />C -6 G4—Maintenance of Open Space <br />Natural features shall be maintained in their natural condition, but may be modified to <br />improve their appearance, functioning or overall condition, as recommended by experts <br />in the particular area being modified. Permitted modifications may include the following: <br />• Reforestation; <br />• Woodland management; <br />• Pasture or cropland management; <br />• Buffer area landscaping <br />• Stream bank protection; and/or <br />• Wetlands management <br />