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3 <br /> <br />2. Offer additional opportunities in the UDO that encourage flexible development in rural 1 <br />sections of Orange County. 2 <br />Major UDO sections needing revision include: 3 <br /> Section 2.14: Minor Subdivisions; 4 <br /> Section 7.2.2: Minor Subdivisions; 5 <br /> Section 7.8: Access and Roadways; 6 <br /> Section 7.12: Cluster Developments; 7 <br /> Section 7.13: Flexible Developments; and 8 <br /> Section 10: Definitions 9 <br /> 10 <br />Benefits of Flexible Development (AKA Cluster Development) 11 <br />• Conserve significant tracts of open space while still preserving development values. 12 <br />• Encourage recreational uses, such as hiking and biking. 13 <br />• Preserve the rural character. 14 <br />• Create open space buffers between homes and adjacent agricultural uses. 15 <br />• Decrease impervious surface and built-upon areas. 16 <br /> 17 <br />What This Amendment Will Not Do 18 <br />• This amendment will not make changes to the Rural Buffer. Changing the Rural Buffer 19 <br />would require amending the Joint Planning Agreement (JPA). 20 <br />• It will not increase or decrease density limits or eliminate a conventional design option 21 <br />for minor subdivisions. 22 <br />• The amendment will not allow for community septic. It will allow for individual off-site 23 <br />septic areas, with each septic area deeded to the lot it serves. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Revision Highlights 26 <br />• Consolidate the Cluster Development subdivision types as currently contained in Section 27 <br />7.12 with the Flexible Development subdivision type currently contained in Section 7.13. 28 <br />• Revise existing language allowing for the use of individual off-site septic for wastewater 29 <br />processing to mirror State guidelines. 30 <br />• Revise the submittal and review processes and development requirements to give 31 <br />greater flexibility to projects proposing clustering of lots and dedication of common open 32 <br />space. 33 <br />• Allow minor subdivisions using the Flexible Development Option to go up to 12 lots. 34 <br />• Require a minimum of 33% open space (primary and/or secondary) for minor 35 <br />subdivisions using the Flexible Development Option. 36 <br />• Make the setback and lot width reductions allowed for Flexible Development apply to 37 <br />both Minor and Major Subdivisions. 38 <br />• Reduce the minimum lot size for minor subdivisions using the Flexible Development 39 <br />Option in exchange for increases in open space: 40 <br /> 40,000 sq. ft. lot size = 33-39% Common Open Space 41 <br /> 30,000 sq. ft. lot size = 40-44% Common Open Space 42 <br /> 20,000 sq. ft. lot size = 45-49% Common Open Space 43 <br /> 15,000 sq. ft. lot size = 50-59% Common Open Space 44 <br /> 10,000 sq. ft. lot size = 60% + Common Open Space 45 <br /> 46 <br />Conventional Minor Subdivision Under Existing Regulations (5 Lots) (maps) 47 <br /> 48 <br />Flexible Design Minor Subdivision Under Existing Regulations (5 lots) (maps) 49 <br /> 50 <br />11