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17 <br />Ordinance <br />Requirements <br />5.8.4 (A) (3) (c} (ii) <br />Habitat-enhancements as <br />described in the biological <br />inventory shall be made-for <br />a broad range of-species to <br />help mitigate the loss of <br />wildlife habitat during- <br />construction. Examples_ <br />include preserving, <br />planting, and-maintaining a <br />variety'-of native-vegetation <br />(also dead trees arrd <br />snags); installing structures <br />conducive for- nesting such <br />as bird houses or- bat boxes <br />designed and located for <br />various species; or creating <br />wetlands; <br />5.8.4 (A) (3) (c) (iii) <br />Conservation easements or <br />-other-acceptable means <br />such as dedication to a <br />public agency, conservancy <br />or a-similar agency are <br />required to protect <br />wetlands and other habitats <br />while-insuring proper long- <br />term maintenance; and <br />5.8.4 (A) (3) (c) (iv) <br />Provide barriers or fencing, <br />and signage at the edge of <br />habitat buffers to prohibit <br />vehicular and pedestrian <br />access. Limited access <br />may be allowed if proposed <br />in a sensitive manner for <br />environmental education <br />PLANNING <br />BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED <br />FINDINGS <br />X Yes No <br />EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />TO SUPPORT <br />FINDINGS <br />No construction <br />proposed as part of <br />project. As a result there <br />is no anticipated impact <br />on local wildlife. <br />X Yes- No MANA, the_engineer for <br />this project, has <br />indicated there are no <br />areas characteristic of <br />wetlands. on the property <br />X Yes No <br />There is limited access <br />to-the site from existing <br />Old NC 10. No other <br />access into the natural <br />areas is proposed <br />BOCC <br />FIND~iNGS <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />_Yes No <br />purposes. <br />