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0.13 <br /> Non-residential uses may be permitted as part of an open space development but only in <br /> accordance with the provisions of Article 7 - Planned Developments. Such uses must be <br /> located in small, commercial mixed-use centers in a village setting or context and be <br /> designed to be to scale with the residential community proposed and planned with the <br /> center. <br /> 3. Amend Article 5.1.1 of the Zoning Ordinance - Establishment of Dimensional Requirements <br /> (Schedule for Residential Development,Single and Two-Family,Multi-Family,Residential Hotels, <br /> Rooming Houses, Etc.) by adding the Open Space Development (OSD) zoning district and <br /> providing the following notation in the OSD row: <br /> Refer to Article 6.30 - Development Standards for Open Space Development (OSD) <br /> Districts. <br /> 4. Amend Article 6 by adding a new Article 6.30 - Development Standards for Open Space <br /> Development(OSD)Districts to read as follows: <br /> 6.30 Development Standards for Open Space Development (OSD) Districts <br /> All open space residential development with density greater than one unit per two <br /> acres shall be required to set aside and preserve significant amounts of open space <br /> in accordance with the development standards specified herein. <br /> 6.30.1 Percentage of Open Space <br /> The minimum percentage of land that shall be designated as permanent open <br /> space, protected by donation to or through a conservation easement held by <br /> Orange County, a recognized land trust or conservancy, or by a homeowners <br /> association, shall be as specified below. <br /> Based on the work of the University Station Planning Group, a range of options <br /> is provided.) <br /> a-1. A minimum of thirty percent (30%) of the total tract area shall be <br /> designated as common open space. <br /> (This option is based on the resolution adopted by Town of <br /> Hillsborough.) <br /> a-2. A minimum of thirty percent(30%)of the total tract area,after deducting <br /> "Primary Conservation Areas" as defined below, and land required for <br /> street, railroad, powerline, and similar rights-of-way, shall be designated <br /> as common open space. <br /> (This option is based on the resolution adopted by Orange County.) <br /> b. All common open space shall be restricted from further subdivision <br /> through a permanent conservation easement or restrictive covenants in <br /> a form acceptable to Orange County and duly recorded in the Orange <br /> County Register of Deeds Office. <br /> 6.30.2 Location of Open Space <br /> The location of open space conserved through cluster development shall be <br />