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J 15 I Recreation and/or open space areas, including lands containing significant botanical, wildlife, historic and/or archaeological sites, are to be dedicated and/or preserved through restrictive covenants in amounts significantly greater than required by standards for recreation/open space dedications. (The Preliminary Plan proposed exceeds the minimum open space required in a cluster in the Rural Buffer by 5.88 acres. The open space and restrictive covenants will also protect a portion of a designated wildlife corridor.) 4. Significantly larger than required stream buffers and lot sizes, an/or other design features are proposed as part of a subdivision to be located in a Protected Watershed as designated on the Orange County Comprehensive Plan to reduce the amount of impervious surface and cause infiltration of storm water runoff to prevent the pollution of water supply reservoirs. (Clustering results in a subdivision design with permanent common open space preserved adjacent to streams and stream buffers, less road construction, and fewer stream crossings. This subdivision is located in the University Lake protected watershed. Private roads create less disturbance and impervious surface than public roads) 5. Topographic and environmental features, such as streams, steep slopes, or watersheds, that would be adversely affected by the use of roads constructed to State standards because of factors such as significant amounts of earthwork(cut and fill)that would contribute to increased runoff of stormwater and siltation. (Building the roads to State standards would require clearing and grading significantly more area than with the proposed private roads. A public road must be a minimum of 18 feet wide. Still Crossing North and Still Crossing South would be 12 feet wide. A proposed public right-of-way must be cleared entirely of all trees and underbrush. Trees and natural understory may remain in a private right-of-way, provided there is adequate clearance for larger vehicles.) 6. The site is already developed to 100%of the capacity which could be achieved after approval of the subdivision and some or all of the non- conforming aspects of existing development on the site will be made more conforming as a result of the proposed subdivision,and all conforming aspects of the development will remain conforming. (Not applicable.)