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ATTACHMENT 4 20 <br /> The importance of the Site Volume Ratio (SVR) is that it sets <br /> the land use intensity standard that projects in the Economic <br /> Development Districts must meet.A minimum SVR has thus <br /> been established for each category of land use permitted in <br /> the Economic Development Districts. Proposed development <br /> must meet or exceed the following ratios: <br /> Minimum Required Site Volume Ratios <br /> Required SVR <br /> Primary, <br /> Secondary,and <br /> Land Use Secondary 1 Areas Secondary II Areas <br /> Residential 2,0 3.0 <br /> Office/institutional 2.0 3.0 <br /> Service/Retail 1.0 2.0 <br /> Flex Space 1.0 2.0 <br /> Distribution/Wholesale 3.0 4.0 <br /> Industrial 1.0 2.0 <br /> NOTE: Industrial use is considered to be any use which involves the assembly, production or manufacture of <br /> goods or materials.The intensity or impacts of industrial use depends on the nature of the specific <br /> activity. For example, electronics assembly would be considered an industrial use, but would have <br /> littlepotential for pollution,high water use or other impacts which are often perceived as being <br /> associated with industrial activity. <br /> With the exception of residential uses, the site volume ratios <br /> were selected after an intensive study of the design features <br /> and land use intensity ratios of selected sites in the Research <br /> Triangle and Piedmont Triad regions. The study involved at <br /> Re Lase Shady- Ca/cabling least three sites from each of the land use categories, and the <br /> � Raft ratios established above are representative of the average <br /> SVR for each category. <br /> SVR=LVR-BVR <br /> Although studies were not conducted of residential uses, they <br /> LandSvape Vooum Ratio 2.399 have been assigned the same SVR as office and institutional <br /> Less:Badding Valium uses. The rationale for this approach is that land uses in <br /> Ratio a277 Secondary Development Areas are limited to residential and <br /> officeAnstitutional uses, thus the same landscape to building <br /> Site Volume Ratio 2. 122 ratio;e.g., site volume ratio,was desired. <br /> A final point to note is the landscape volume ratio obtained in <br /> the preceding section when comparing wooded sites with sites <br /> devoid of tree cover.The site volume ratio for the case study <br /> site (2.122)exceeded the minimum required SVR for office <br /> and institutional uses because of the forested areas on the <br /> rear portion of the site. If the forested areas had been absent <br /> Economic Development Distracts Desen Manuel Pa'e 2.3.r 2 <br />