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Ordinance to Public Hearing <br />November 20, 2006 <br />o Subdivisions located within Rural Designated Areas as per the . <br />Growth Management System Map shall provide a minimum 60 -foot <br />buffer between the building lots and the perimeter of the subdivision. <br />The buffer shall be preserved or vegetated to the Type A standards <br />as found in Section IV- 13-8 -e. If the buffer is un- vegetated, plantings <br />equivalent to a Type A buffer shall be installed or a letter of credit <br />posted to ensure plantings are installed at the appropriate time of the <br />year. A 100 -foot roadside buffer along off -site public street right -of- <br />ways shall be preserved or vegetated per Section IV -13-8 -e of the <br />Subdivision Regulations. <br />o Subdivisions within Urban Designated Areas per the Growth <br />Management System Map and also defined as Transition per the <br />Land Use Plan Categories of the Land Use Element and Map shall <br />provide a minimum 40 -foot buffer between the building lots and the <br />perimeter of the subdivision. The buffer shall be preserved or <br />vegetated to Type B standards as found in Section IV- 13-8 -e. If the <br />buffer is un- vegetated, plantings equivalent to a Type B buffer shall <br />be installed or a letter of credit posted to ensure plantings are <br />installed at the appropriate time of the year. .A minimum 50 -foot <br />roadside buffer along off -site public street right -of -ways shall be <br />preserved or vegetated per Section IV -13-8 -e of the Subdivision <br />Regulations. <br />® Conservation- cluster subdivision road(s) shall be designed to provide internal <br />access to all lots in the subdivision. Private driveways shall access existing state <br />maintained roads only via subdivision roads providing internal access to lots in the <br />subdivision. <br />Cluster lots shall be restricted against further subdivision through deed restrictions <br />and /or permanent conservation easements. Primary and Secondary Conservation <br />Areas shall be dedicated to Orange County, another unit of local government, the <br />State of North Carolina, a private non - profit land trust cep or a <br />homeowners association. <br />Section 2: That this ordinance shall be placed in the file of published ordinances. <br />Section 3: That this ordinance shall be effective from its date of adoption. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />that this ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Amending the Subdivision Regulations of <br />Orange County" be adopted. <br />