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Ordinance as recommended by Planning Board and Administration <br />REVISED <br />• The Creation or Protection of Public Purpose and/or Utility <br />Infrastructure. <br />The primary means by which foals in open space design are addressed are <br />composition, accessibility, 'size and shape. The primary way to achieve these open <br />space design goals is by the application of standards to threse fundamental land <br />characteristics defined below. <br />• Composition -The natural and constructed ~e features of land <br />indicate what types of open-space goals it can support. For each of the <br />listed open space goals, certain characteristics are required or preferred. <br />Compositional requirements and preferences are stated throughout this <br />section. <br />•~ Accessibility -All Flexible Development plans shall, unless the open space <br />is to preserve conservation values that require minimal disturbance, <br />provide open space access to the public at large and/or subdivision <br />residents, in accordance with Section C.4. <br />• Size and Shape -.The usefulness of open space can be lessened when it is <br />fragmented or shaped in long narrow segments. The most functional <br />open space is large enough to maximize the benefits to ecological, <br />environmental, cultural, recreational and/or visual uses. Size and shape <br />requirements are listed in Section F.1. <br />An open space plan may use other land characteristics as well, if a direct link to the <br />goals of Section C.2 is shown. <br />C.3C-.Types of Open Space <br />The types of open space conserved through Flexible Development shall be consistent <br />with the following standards: <br />a. Open space shall be comprised of two types of land: "Primary Conservation Areas" <br />and "Secondary Conservation Areas ". <br />b. Primary Conservation Areas ^^„~~~* ^r*'~° ~ "^~°~„^ °~*° ~°~*~•~°~ These areas <br />have sensitive environmental features and/or significant cultural resource <br />areas, which may make them legally or practically unbuildable. These areas <br />are the first open spaces to be chosen €e~towards meeting the minimum 33% <br />requirement. Secondary Conservation Areas may not be counted towards the <br />33% requirement unless all potential Primary Conservation Areas, other than <br />expansion areas as defined below, have been set aside. <br />