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Ordinance to Public Hearing November 20, 2006 Bold = New Text Strikethreugh = Deleted Text An Ordinance Amending the Subdivision . Regulations of Orange County Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina, that the Subdivision Regulations are hereby amended as follows: Flexible Development Section IV -B -10 D.2 (Page 65-d) Conservation Cluster Option (twelfth paragraph) Section 1: Amend Section D.2 of the Subdivision Regulations to read as follows: D.2 Conservation-Cluster Option 3 A conservation-cluster subdivision is one in which building lots are grouped together through a transfer of allowable density within the subdivided tract provided the transfer of density within the subdivision does not increase the average density in any overlay zoning district. In a conservation-cluster subdivision designed with density transfer, lots smaller than the minimum lot size permitted in the zoning district are allowed provided such lots and subdivisions are developed in accordance with the following standards: Land saved through lot size reductions shall consist of designated Primary and/or Secondary Conservation Areas. The total amount of land set aside as Primary and Secondary Conservation Areas shall equal the sum of all reductions in minimum lot area and shall comprise at least thirty-three percent (33%) of the total land area in the subdivision. • Both Primary and Secondary Conservation Areas shall be placed in undivided open space presep�es whiGh adjein housing areas that have beeR designed GGFnpaGtly tO Greate !aFger Gensen.ratiman units, that may be enjoyed by all residents of the subdivision and, if possible, enjoyed visually by the general public. Such undivided open space shall be accessible to the largest number of lots wit ' hin the development. To achieve this, the majority of house lots should abut undivided open space to provide residents with direct views and access. Safe and convenient pedestrian access to the open space from all adjoining house lots shall also be provided, except in the case of farmland or other natural or cultural resource areas vulnerable to human disturbance. The design must meet Section F Evaluation Criteria, which sets forth conservation area design characteristics. Where undivided open space is designated as separate non - contiguous parcels, no parcel shall consist of less than three (3) acres in area, nor have a length-to-width ratio in excess of 4:1, except such areas that are specifically designed for