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Article 7: Subdivisions 72 <br /> Section 7.12: Flexible Developments <br /> 7.12.3 Criteria in the Rural Buffer(RB) Zoning District25 <br /> Flexible developments may be approved in the Rural Buffer zoning district upon the following <br /> criteria: <br /> (A) The tract is a minimum of 10 acres. <br /> (B) Allowed water supply and wastewater treatment systems are available for residential <br /> service, and each lot is served by separate water supply and sanitary sewage <br /> connections. <br /> (C) The total number of lots proposed for the tract, excluding parcels of reserved Common <br /> Open Space, is not greater than the number determined by dividing the gross land area <br /> (excluding public and private road rights-of-way) by the minimum lot size required for the <br /> Rural Buffer zoning district and Watershed Protection Overlay District requirements for <br /> University Lake Watershed, if applicable. <br /> (D) The Common Open Space reserved within the tract conforms to Section 7.11. <br /> (E) Common Open Space shall not include areas devoted to public or private vehicular <br /> streets. <br /> • <br /> X26 <br /> 7.13.37.12.4 Common Open Space Standards <br /> (A) Minimum Required Common Open Space <br /> (1) Where a-developer subdivider elects to seek approval of a Major Subdivision <br /> utilizing the Flexible Development Option as specified herein, at least 33% of the <br /> total land area in the Flexible Development must be set aside as protected <br /> Common Open Spaceapen--sppace. <br /> (2) Where a subdivider elects to seek approval of a Minor Subdivision utilizing the <br /> Flexible Development Option as specified herein, the development shall provide <br /> at least: <br /> (a) 33% of the total land area in Common Open Space areas for <br /> subdivisions with a minimum residential lot size of 43,560 square feet; <br /> (b) 40% of the total land area in Common Open Space areas for <br /> subdivisions with a minimum residential lot size of 30,000 square feet; <br /> (c) 4550% of the total land area in Common Open Space areas for <br /> subdivisions with a minimum residential lot size of 20,000 square feet; <br /> OR <br /> (d) 60a()-% of the total land area in Common Open Space areas for <br /> subdivisions with a minimum residential lot size of 15,000 <br /> square feet. <br /> (3) Such Common Open Sepace shall <br /> meet the standards contained in this <br /> Section unless the subdivider <br /> developer chooses to seek approval of <br /> a conventional subdivision as specified <br /> herein. <br /> (B) Planning for Common Open Space <br /> 25 Original language from Section 7.12.2 Cluster Developments of the UDO_updated to use the term"Flexible" <br /> rather than "Cluster". For more information please refer to Footnote number 23. <br /> 26 Language is unnecessary given wording in Section 7.12.2 (E)of the proposed amendment. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 7-41 <br />