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Mimi i M= <br /> 1 9. Designs around and preserves sites of historic,archaeological, or cultural value, and <br /> 2 their environs, insofar as needed to safeguard the character of the feature, including <br /> 3 stone walls, spring houses, barn foundations, cellar holes, earthworks, burial <br /> 4 grounds,etc. <br /> 5 10. Protects rural roadside character and improves public safety and vehicular carrying <br /> 6 capacity by avoiding development fronting onto existing public roads. Establishes <br /> 7 buffer zones along the scenic corridor of rural roads with historic buildings, stone <br /> 8 walls,hedgerows, etc. <br /> 9 11. Landscapes common areas (such as community greens), and both sides of new <br /> 10 streets with native specie shade trees and flowering shrubs with high wildlife <br /> 11 conservation value. <br /> 12 12. Provides active recreational areas in suitable locations offering convenient access <br /> 13 by residents,and adequately screened from nearby houselots. <br /> 14 13. Includes a pedestrian circulation system designed to assure that pedestrians can <br /> 15 walk safely and easily on the site, between properties and activities or special <br /> 16 features within the neighborhood open space.system. All roadside footpaths should <br /> 17 connect with off-road trails, which in turn should link with potential open space on <br /> 18 adjoining undeveloped parcels (or with existing open space on adjoining developed <br /> 19 parcels,where applicable). <br /> 20 14. Provides open space that is reasonably contiguous, and whose configuration is in <br /> 21 accordance with the guidelines contained in the Design and Management <br /> 22 Handbook for Preservation Areas, produced by the Natural Lands Trust. For <br /> 23 example, fragmentation of open space should be minimized so that these resource <br /> 24 areas are not divided into numerous small parcels located in various parts of the <br /> 25 development. To the greatest extent practicable, this land shall be designed as a <br /> 26 single block with logical, straightforward boundaries. Long thin strips of <br /> 27 conservation land shall be avoided, unless the conservation feature is linear or <br /> 28 unless such configuration is necessary to connect with other streams or trails. The <br /> 29 open space shall generally abut existing or potential open space land on adjacent <br /> 30 parcels, and shall be designed as part of larger, contiguous, and integrated <br /> 31 greenway systems, as per the policies in the Open Space and Recreation section of <br /> 32 the Town's Ordinance. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 SECTION 18. Subsection 15-263(a)(2)is amended to read as follows: <br /> . 35 <br /> 36 (a) All developments shall be constructed and maintained so that they do not cause <br /> 37 stormwater-related damage to upstream or downstream properties as provided in the <br /> 38 remaining provisions of this section. Compliance with this standard shall be determined in <br /> 39 reference to storm events up to the 100-year storm for upstream properties and up to the <br /> 40 twenty-five year storm for downstream properties. Effects on downstream drainage <br /> 41 facilities within street rights-of-way shall also be evaluated for storm events up to the <br /> 42 twenty-five year storm. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 <br /> 45 1) To achieve this objective,the potential impacts on surface water quantity and <br /> 46 quality from all proposed developments requiring special use or conditional use <br /> ................-.......................................... ..... .................. .......-.--M-...-.. .-. .....-........ <br /> Tage 27 of 35 <br />