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78 <br /> 0 <br /> Joyner Comment: One mile too much! If you have one village proper on Efland- <br /> Cedar Grove Road near U.S. 70, means you can't have another down the road <br /> across the street? To what end is this standard aimed? Yes, to "visually distinct" <br /> provision. <br /> 0 The village proper is to be built in a generally rectilinear pattern of interconnecting <br /> streets, defined by buildings, street furniture, and landscaping, as "WOOS to be <br /> shared equally by pedestrians and automobiles. <br /> Joyner Comment: What does this mean? Need illustrations. <br /> 0 A hierarchy of parks and squares is to be provided and distributed strategically <br /> throughout the village and culminate in a central civic space called the M - <br /> Joyner Comment: Depends on the size - not appropriate in a small-scale kind of <br /> place. <br /> 0 Village lots shall be restricted from further subdivision through deed restrictions. <br /> 0 The village proper may be composed of four a Storefront Area, a Townhouse <br /> Area, a single-family detached House Area, and a Workshop Area. These areas and <br /> the standards applicable to each are described on the following pages. <br /> Joyner Comment: Substitute "uses" for "areas". Does this mean that can't have <br /> apartments over storefronts or offices? Why not? Don't over-regulate,just require <br /> mixed use. This builds in usage obsolescence otherwise, and is less integrated than <br /> optimal. <br /> • The village conservancy is a continuous open space area surrounding the village proper, <br /> representing the land from which dwellings have been transferred to the village proper. In lieu of <br /> a continuous open space area, a village conservancy may consist of open space and estate lots, <br /> provided all estate lots meet the standards of Section IV-B-10-D-1. <br /> 0 Open space within the village conservancy shall consist of designated Primary and/or <br /> Secondary Conservation Areas. <br /> 0 The amount of land set aside as open space in the village conservancy shall comprise at <br /> least thirty-three percent ( of the total land area in the subdivision and shall be no <br /> less than 100 feet in width at any place, <br /> Arendt Comment:33% too low-reduce lot to village size and increase open space. <br /> Also, recommend adding highlighted wording. <br /> 0 Primary and Secondary Conservation Areas within the village conservancy shall be <br /> restricted from further development through dedication to Orange County, another unit <br /> of local government, the State of North Carolina, a private non-profit land conservancy <br /> or a homeowners association, including the recording of conservation easements. <br /> The specific standards applicable to the village proper and its component parts are described on the <br /> following pages. <br /> Flexible Development 18 <br />