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40 1 . Without such a crossing, over fifty percent (50%) of the land area would be without access and therefore undevelopable; or 2 . It allows a design that would clearly result in less damage to the watershed than would result if the property were developed without such a crossing. b. Above ground and buried utility lines for the distribution of electricity, gas, telephone, and cable television service where: 1 . It is practicably unavoidable if the subject property and adjoining property are to be served or potentially served by a public service, and an alternate design would result in greater damage to the watershed; and 2 . The system, as a whole, emphasizes placement outside designated buffer zones; and 3 . To the extent practical, the direction of the line crossing is perpendicular to the stream. 6.25 . 6 Placement of Streets, Driveways, and Buildings Streets, driveways, and buildings or other impervious structures shall be located, to the extent reasonably possible, so as to take full advantage of the absorptive capacity of the soils on which they are to be situated and to avoid the following environmentally sensitive areas: a. Stream buffer zones as required by Article 6 .25 .5 above; b. Floodplains as defined in the Orange County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance, by special survey by a registered engineer or surveyor or by alluvial soils as designated in the Orange County Soils Survey and which are not part of a required stream buffer zone; c. c. Wetland areas as defined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; d. Land with slopes greater than fifteen percent (15%) ; and e. Natural areas as identified in the Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats sff Orange County, N.C.