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24 Unless accepted for dedication or otherwise agreed to by Orange County, another unit of local government, the State of North Carolina or a private non-profit land conservancy, the cost and responsibility of maintaining open space and any facilities located thereon shall be borne by the property owner and/or homeowners association. Section D DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS Flexible Development subdivision plats shall be prepared in accordance with one or more of the following development options. D.1 Estate Lot Option For lots created as part of an estate lot development,the following standards apply: • Each estate lot shall have a lot size of at least four(4) acres. • For each estate lot, a building envelope(buildable area) shall be defined of sufficient size to accommodate a single-family detached dwelling and customary accessory uses, including, but not limited to, storage buildings and garages, patios and decks, lawns, and driveways. • The building envelope of an estate lot may not exceed fifty percent (50%)of the total lot area and shall not include designated Primary and/or Secondary Conservation Areas. • Only the area outside of the building envelope of an estate lot may be counted toward meeting the minimum open space requirement. • A septic system and/or well site may be located outside of a building envelope provided it does not occupy more than half of the conservation area nor any part of a Primary Conservation Area. • Each building envelope on an estate lot shall adhere to the following spacing standards: Building Envelope Spacing Standards for Estate Lots Minimums ac ;ing between building envelopes on adjacent lots 80 feet Minimum spacing between building envelope and subdivision boundary 75 feet or off-site public street right-of-way Minimum spacing between building envelope and on-site public or 40 feet private street right-of-way Minimumspacing between building envelope and any other lot line 20 feet Minimum spacing between building envelope and wetlands or water 100 feet bodies lakes, ponds, streams, etc.