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6.30 Extra Requirements for the Stoney Creek Basin Overlay District <br />6.30.1 Purpose <br />The Stoney Creek Basin Overlay District is intended to implement the Stoney <br />Creek Basin Small Area Plan by'modifying certain Flexible Development <br />regulations as contained in Section IV -13-10 of the Orange County Subdivision <br />Regulations, to encourage the distribution and intensity of development areas <br />and open space as specified in the Plan. <br />6.30.2 Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations Generally Applicable <br />Within the Stoney Creek Basin Overlay District, provisions of the Orange <br />County Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations for the underlying <br />zoning districts are applicable, except for certain provisions as specified in <br />Article 6.30.4. <br />6.30.3 Land Use Intensities <br />Three levels of land use intensity are contained in the Stoney Creek Basin <br />Small Area Plan. These areas are designated in the Plan as lower, <br />intermediate, and higher intensity areas, which are identified, respectively, as <br />Lower Intensity, Intermediate Intensity, and Higher Intensity Development <br />Areas within the Stoney Creek Basin Overlay Zoning District. <br />6.30.3a Lower Intensity Development Area <br />The Lower Intensity Development Area includes land designated as lower <br />intensity area in the Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan. The Lower <br />Intensity area best typifies the area's remaining rural character and is <br />proposed to have the lowest average development densities in the future. <br />The current character of the area is residential development on relatively <br />large lots, with a considerable number consisting of large undeveloped tracts <br />(both open and forested), and active farm land. The Lower intensity area lies <br />mostly in the central and southern part of the study area. A portion also <br />extends north to 1 -85 in the undeveloped area east of Strayhom .Hills. It <br />contains 2502 acres, 725 of which are contained in Duke Forest or the Stoney <br />Creek wildlife corridor. <br />6 -57 <br />