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<br />3. Solar panels shall be allowed to be installed along roof tops, <br />including raised panels to allow for tracking of the sun’s rays, <br />so long as: <br />i. The panels do not create sufficient glare to create a <br />public safety hazard, and <br />ii. The panels are screened from view at street level, <br />The installation of these devises shall be reviewed and <br />approved by the Orange County Planning Department on a <br />case-by-case basis. <br />4. Slopped standing seam metal roofs shall be permitted as <br />long as they are designed to blend in with the architecture of <br />the building and the district, <br />5. Flat roofs comprised of TCP, EPDM, rubber single-ply <br />membrane and other similar products shall be permitted as <br />long as the applicant demonstrates that the roof shall be <br />hidden or shielded from the public’s street view through the <br />use of parapets, railings, or balusters. <br />h. INTERNL LANDSCAPING PRESERVATION AND DESIGN: <br />i. All required internal and external landscaping shall be installed, or <br />bonded, and maintained by the developer or their successor in <br />perpetuity. <br />ii. All internal landscaping associated with the development of an <br />individual land use shall be installed or bonded prior to the issuance <br />of a Certificate of Compliance (C of C) allowing for the occupancy <br />of any building within the development site. <br />iii. All landscaping, excluding grassed/sodded areas, shall be <br />comprised primarily of indigenous, drought resistant, vegetation. <br />iv. A comprehensive, and detailed, landscaping plan shall be <br />submitted to the Orange County Planning Department prior to any <br />internal or external earth disturbing activity or road work for review <br />and approval by members of the staff as well as the following <br />1. Planning partners, including: <br />i. Cooperative Extension (staff arborist), <br />ii. NC DOT if encroachments are needed, <br />iii. Local utility companies (i.e. power, cable, phone, etc.) <br />v. Developer shall demonstrate compliance with all applicable local <br />and State regulations within the submitted landscaping plan as well <br />as the approved Settlers Point Master Plan, <br />vi. All external landscaping, if needed, shall be watered through <br />reclaimed stormwater, or on-site wells in the event that stormwater <br />is unavailable, as proposed by the developer. Detailed plans <br />showing the anticipated method of care (i.e. underground <br />sprinklers, maintenance personnel, etc.) shall be submitted as part <br />of the Landscape plan for review and approval by staff. <br /> 313