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Orange CoonfvTDR Implementation Planning <br />c. All other land within County land regulatory jurisdiction that is not designated as Growth <br />Area ix designated os Conservation Area. <br />2. G/\ Eligibility. Properties within O designated Growth Area are eligible to participate in theS<3RC <br />Program only if they are not subject to a conservation easement, deed restriction or other <br />enforceable agreement prohibiting development. <br />3. C/\Bigibi|itv.0bieotiveohtehodetenninewhetherop0peMywithiD{xdesigOotedConsemotion <br />Area is eligible to participate in the 5GRC Pmg[ocO: <br />o. Property must have unused development potential under current zoning and easements <br />or deed restrictions, ifany; specifically, ot least one additional unit mf housing must be <br />buildable under current zoning and subdivision regulations and deed restrictions (if any) on <br />land not covered bvo conservation easement. <br />b. Property must meet {z| least one of the following criteria: <br />|s5O acres cxlarger <br />iii. Contains o National Historic Register site or structure. <br />iv. h adjacent too publicly-owned pod«desiQnuted primarily for natural habitat <br />preservation or passive recreation, cvtouphvote|y-owned property under o <br />permanent conservation easement; <br />v. bina Water Supply Watershed designated Critical Area; <br />vi. Contains land that b within l50 feet of the main body (impounded 0hree-flmwing\ <br />or perennial stream of any of the County's river systems; <br />vii Contains O wetland (as identified by the presence OfhYdhCsoi|s>; <br />viii. Contains a Natural Heritage Inventory site (as identified by the state's NHI maps); <br />ix. Contains o Prime Rated Forest Habitat area (as identified by the County's Dept. of <br />Environmental Resource Conservation maps); <br />x. Contains o Wildlife Corridor area (as identified bvthe County's Dept. of <br />Environmental Resource Conservation mups); <br />o. Owners of properties smaller than 5U acres may agree to bundle t heir acreage tomeet <br />that criteria, provided that all properties in the bundle must have unused development <br />potential os defined above. <br />4. C/\ Density Credits. Proposed conservation easements on eligible Conservation Area properties <br />are allocated density credits as follows, for the acreage that is to be subject to a conservation <br />oQreemont(ie.,exc|odiDgQOyhghtsOfvvoyo[u|reodydeve|opedoonaogeontheOUgib|e <br />o. One credit per acre is awarded to all conservation easements on eligible properties; <br />b. Plus additional credits per acre based on tax -assessed land value prior to placing of the <br />conservation easement cxsfollows: <br />Tax-assessed <br />land value per acre2 <br />Additional credits <br />per acre <br />2 For properties in the use value progrom, this refers to assessed market value, not use value. <br />O= Recommended Course ofAction <br />