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5 <br /> t <br /> Information on Golf Driving Ranges <br /> from the Recreation, Park and open Space Standards <br /> and Guidelines by the <br /> National Recreation and Park Association <br /> Recommended Space Requirements - <br /> 13 . 5 ac. of minimum 25 tees <br /> Recommended Size and Dimensions - <br /> 900' x 690 ' wide, add 12 ' width for each additional tee <br /> Recommended Orientation - <br /> Long axis southwest - northeast with golfer driving <br /> toward northeast <br /> No. of Units per Population - <br /> 1 per 50,000 <br /> Service Radius -- <br /> 30 minutes travel time <br /> Location Notes - <br /> Part of Golf Course Complex or as a separate unit, may <br /> be privately operated <br /> Buffer Requirements from Other Jurisdictions <br /> Wake County - 50' buffer on sides and rear around <br /> residential areas. Type A screen, opaque <br /> from ground to ten feet, intermittent <br /> visual obstructions to 20 feet. <br /> Durham County - 50 ' vegetated buffer if it is next to a <br /> residentially zoned or used property. <br /> Winston Salem/ <br /> Forsyth County - 15' wide buffer next to residential <br /> property, 17 evergreens and 2 deciduous <br /> every. 100 feet. <br /> Chatham County - No buffer standards. <br /> Alamance County - No buffer standards. <br /> Guilford County - 25' wide landscaped buffer next to single <br /> family residential property. <br />