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54 • The National Wetlands Inventory Maps for Orange County, N.C. prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; • The Orange County, N.C. Soil Survey prepared by the U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service; • A required Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement; and/or • A site analysis conducted by a registered engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, architect or land planner using data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. h. Active and passive recreation areas, including, but not limited to: • Public recreation areas, including district and community parks, as identified in the Master Recreation and Parks Plan; and • Private recreation facilities, such as pedestrian, bicycle, and equestrian trails, picnic areas, community commons or greens, golf courses, playing fields, playgrounds, and courts. #' #'�i14ftEr Joyner Comment: The shaded provision is not appropriate for proposed transportation corridors and growth(Transition)areas. Need to provide Aglin recreation areas because of density. Even in rural areas, need active recreation areas, particularly where lot sizes are reduced to provide open space. Otherwise, parents will end up drivi children to parks. i. Public and private infrastructure improvements, including, but not limited to: • Community water supply and sewage disposal systems, provided that: 0 No more than fifty percent (50%) of the land area occupied by such systems may count toward the minimum thirty-three percent (33%) open space requirement; and 0 Such systems are not located on portions of the site occupied by floodplains and alluvial soils; steep slopes; wetlands; natural areas, and wildlife habitats and corridors; and historic and archaeological sites. Off-site nitrification fields for individual lots are permitted in open space areas subject to the same limitations. 0 Stormwater management facilities for the proposed development,including those required for watershed protection purposes, provided such systems are not located on portions of the site occupied by floodplains and alluvial soils; steep slopes; wetlands; natural areas, and wildlife habitats and corridors; and historic and archaeological sites. 0 Existing above-ground utility rights-of-way,such as overhead power transmission lines, and existing street rights-of-way, except that their land areas shall not count toward the minimum thirty-three percent (33%)open space requirement. New street rights-of-way may be counted but only to the extent that: 0 They are required to pass through or by open space uses as defined herein to link one buildable portion of a site with another; and Flexible Development 4