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Article 7: Subdivisions <br /> Section 7.12: Flexible Developments <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 7-42 <br /> <br />As identified as part of: <br />a. The "Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats," <br />as prepared by the Triangle Land Conservancy; <br />b. A required environmental assessment or environmental <br />impact statement; and/or <br />c. An independent site study conducted by a trained <br />botanist and/or biologist. <br />(v) Historic and Archaeological Sites <br />Listed on the National Register of Historic Places or included on <br />the state's national register study list, designated as a local <br />historic landmark, designated as a local historic district, and/or <br />identified as having a high potential for archaeological remains <br />as part of: <br />a. The "Chapel Hill Township Architectural Survey: Final <br />Report"; <br />b. The "Orange County Multiple Property Documentation <br />Form: Historic Resources of Orange County"; <br />c. "An Archaeological Survey of Portions of Orange <br />County, N.C."; <br />d. A required environmental assessment or environmental <br />impact statement; and/or <br />e. An independent site study conducted by a trained <br />architectural historian or archaeologist. <br />Where a historic or archaeological site is to be set aside as a <br />separate lot, and preserved and/or restored as part of a flexible <br />development, the entire area within the lot may be credited <br />toward meeting the minimum open space requirement. <br />(vi) Wildlife Corridors <br />As identified in the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />(f)(e) A single, connected area of open space that meets one or more of the <br />definitions of Primary Open Space Area in (d) above may be expanded <br />by up to 20% of its area to provide an additional buffer. <br />Although the expanded area might not meet any other definitions of <br />Primary Open Space Area, it may be considered as such, except that: <br />(i) Expansion areas may not be, in turn, expanded under this <br />provision, <br />(ii) Expansion areas may not be selected as Primary Open Space <br />Area unless all site areas meeting any other Primary Open <br />Space Area definition have already been selected as open <br />space, and <br />(iii) Expansion areas must be in the same natural state as the <br />Primary Open Space Area that is being expanded. <br />(2) Secondary Open Space Areas <br />(a) If there is not enough Primary Open Space Area acreage on-site to meet <br />the mandatory open space requirement, and if there are no off-site <br />Primary Open Space areas proposed, then Secondary Open Space <br />Areas shall be used to complete the requirement. <br /> 89