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13 <br />Rural Village developments should be located <br />within one -mile of arterial or collector roadways <br />for traffic management reasons. Such developments <br />should not be located on intersections, and should <br />be buffered from roadways. <br />The Commercial /Institutional core of the Rural <br />Village should be designed at the village level. <br />This should include a road network designed to <br />protect the visual resources of the rural <br />character and discourage passer -by activity. <br />* - Single- family residential lots only. <br />* *- Roadways and easements, except pre - existing utility <br />easements, cannot be placed in or subtracted from open space <br />set - asides. <br />IV. PROTECTION OF RECOGNIZED NATURAL AREAS <br />A. Recognition of Natural Areas <br />As previously stated, the Committee recognizes that the <br />Protection of the County's natural resources is of utmost <br />importance as a consideration for future land use development <br />patterns. There are two county Inventories that identify sites of <br />specific natural cultural and historical significance in the <br />County. The first is the Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife <br />Habitats of Orange_Countv_, produced in 1989 by the Triangle Land <br />Conservancy. This document lists 64 sites in Orange County that <br />contain important natural areas or wildlife habitats. This <br />Inventory is recognized by Orange County currently in its Zoning <br />Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations. The Committee also <br />recognizes this inventory (though not complete) as an important <br />source for identifying natural sites to be preserved. <br />Also, the <br />,riviV yycii aiiu =u1Y 1ca1 bl n1=lcance in Qrancre County, producec <br />in 1986 -88 by the County Planning Department, is recognized by <br />the County's ordinances. The Committee also recognizes this <br />document as containing important information on sites of <br />significance to the County's Rural Character to be preserved. <br />Therefore the Committee recommends that, outside of the open <br />space set- asides required in three of the-five development <br />options in the Rural Buffer, prioritized efforts for the <br />protection of Orange County's natural, historic, cultural, and <br />geological resources be focused on the preservation of as much of <br />the sites identified in these two inventories as possible, <br />including the Purchase of Development Rights and other <br />preservation measures to be studied in the future. <br />B. Methods of Voluntary Protection <br />The Committee finds that the preservation of natural <br />resources can best be fostered through voluntary methods. It is <br />