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9 families earning less than sixrv: percent (60°1c) of Oranze County mer.ian income. adjusted for fami!v size. as determined by the U.S. De,3artment of Housing nd Urban Development (hereinafter 'median income'): To construct at least twenty percent_ (300,0 of the total duplex or multifamily units of a housinz development for rent to families earning !ess than fift�,nercent (50`c) of median income: To construct the greirer of two or all of the bonus of the total single family residential units of a housing development for sale to arsons and families earnin • less than eighty percent (80'0 ) of the median income: or (� To donate land to Orange County to be used for the rLU. ose of the development of affordable housing, ..provided that the land donated must have suitable soils or acce s to Qublic water and sewer and he �ufficien.t in size for the greater of two or all the bgnUs Units. For the purposes of this subsection. 'density bonus' means a density increase of at least twenty -fie percent (? 4H over the otherwise maximum allowable residential density under the n . nlicnhle zoning classification- The density bonus shall not be includes', when determinim; the nurriher of _-loosing units that constitutes the _minimum required to be made avciilable to low and moderate Income housin_ts." Sec. 3. G.S. 153A -342 reads as rewritten: "§ 1-53A -342. Districts, zoning less than entire jurisdiction. A county may divide its territorial iurisdiction into districts of any number, shape, and area that it may consider best suited to carry out the purposes of this Part. Within these districts a county may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings, structures, or land. Such districts may include, but shall not be limited to, general use districts, in which a variety of uses are permissible in accordance with general standards, overlay districts. in which additional requirements are imposed on certain properties within one or more underlving general or special use districts. and special use districts or conditional use districts. in. which uses are permitted only upon the issuance of a special use permit or a conditional use permit- Property may be placed in a special use district or conditional use district onl%- in response to a petition by the owners of ail the property to be included. Except as authorized by the foregoing, and by G.S. .153A-1-10. all regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of building throughout each district. ►)tat the recuiations in one district may differ from those in other districts. A county may determine that the pubic interest does not require that the entire territorial jurisdiction of [iIt county be zoned and may designate one or more portions of that jurisdiction as a zoning area or areas. A zoning area must originally contain at least 6.10 acres and at least 10 sepparatc tracts of land in separate ownership and may thereafter be expanded b� the addition of any amount of territorv. A zoning area may be rezulated in the same mariner as if the entire county «ere zoned, and the remainder of the county need not be regulated." Sec. 4. G.S. 1 b0A -4U % ready as -rexk ritien: 1 160A -407. Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this Part an 'open space' or 'open area' is any space or area ,- (1) characterized by great natur 1 scenic beauty err (ii) whose existing openness, natural condition. or present state of use, if retained, would enhance the present or potential value of abutting or surroundinL, urban development, or would maintain or enhance the conservation of natural or scenic !,ect;- resources. (iii) that would assure. preserve. and protect watershed areas as a basic asset and natural_ resource so Senate Bill 623