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l lJ Planning C=up Recommendations The Planning Group suggests the following modifications to Flexible Development to make it specific to the Stoney Creek area: 1) Flexible Development allows a density bonus of an additional housing unit for every acre of open space preserved above the 33% minimum. For Stoney Creek: • Up to 50% open space allows half of the bonus units to be used in the Stoney Creek area (for example, if two bonus units are allowed, one can be used in the Stoney Creek area, but the other has to be used outside the area); and • preserved open space in excess of 50% permits the owner to use the bonus units wherever desired (for example, if two bonus units are allowed, both can be used in Stoney Creek, or one inside and one outside, or both outside). 2) Where density bonuses can be used: r • The lower intensity area is a sending area for density bonuses, i.e., bonus units resulting from open space preserved here cannot be used here, but must be transferred elsewhere; • the intermediate intensity area is a sending and receiving area, i.e., density bonuses originating here can be used here as well as density from lower intensity areas; • the higher intensity area is a receiving area for density transferred from the lower and intermediate areas; and • density bonuses created in the Stoney Creek area can be utilized as stated above, but density from other areas-cannot be transferred into the Stoney Creek area. 3) Flexible Development allows 50% of active recreation land to count toward open space. The Planning Group recommends that active recreation uses continue to be permitted in the lower intensity areas, but that they not count toward open space. 4) To encourage the use of Flexible Development, a package of incentives has been included. As an added incentive the Planning Group recommends expedited review and approval of projects that preserve large amounts of open space and 20