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2111197 Final Draft Page 9 <br /> The purpose of this article is to protect natural, visual, and cultural resources by <br /> regulating the location, planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance <br /> of golf courses and associated uses. <br /> Applicability <br /> The standards contained herein shall apply to all new golf courses, whether <br /> proposed as a principal use or as an accessory use which is part of a residential <br /> subdivision, or included in a Planned Development District. Existing golf courses <br /> shall comply with the requirements of this article when fifty percent or more of the <br /> total playable acreage of golf holes is concurrently reconstructed or altered, or if an <br /> equivalent amount of playable acreage is added to an existing course. Playable <br /> acreage includes all tees, greens, fairways, and roughs. <br /> 8.8.7.2 Submittal Requirements <br /> The applicant shall submit the plans and documents specified in Articles 8.2, 8.8, <br /> and 14.2. The site plan prepared in accordance with Article 14 shall also indicate the <br /> routing plan showing the center line of play, the boundaries of fairways, greens, <br /> tees,roughs,hazards, and buffers. In addition the following items are required for a <br /> complete application: <br /> a. A written and graphic site analysis illustrating soils, depth to water table, <br /> slope, hydrology, vegetation, natural areas and habitats of special concern, <br /> infrastructure and other manmade features, historic and archaeological sites, <br /> and a visual analysis of views into and from the site; <br /> b. A biological inventory which identifies habitat diversity, species diversity, <br /> species of special concern such as those designated as threatened or <br /> endangered, last known sighting, candidate species likely to be present <br /> which may warrant protection, specimen trees outstanding in size and/or <br /> species, and the status and source of the information compiled in the <br /> inventory. The biological inventory shall be accompanied by an analysis <br /> describing habitat integrity, relationships between habitats and to ecological <br /> communities off site, any existing threats to flora and fauna, and potential <br /> for habitat enhancement; <br /> C. An Environmental Assessment as required by the Orange County <br /> Environmental Impact Ordinance; <br /> d. Grading and Erosion Control Plan; <br /> e. Stormwater Management Plan; <br />