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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts <br /> Section 4.8: Stoney Creek Basin <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-19 <br /> <br />Wyngate, areas bordering University Station Road along the eastern side of the Plan <br />area, and area west of NC 86 adjacent to the I-40/Old NC 86 Economic Development <br />District. <br />(C) Higher Intensity Development Area <br />The Higher Intensity Development Area includes land designated as higher intensity area <br />in the Stoney Creek Basin Small Area Plan and is generally synonymous with areas <br />designated in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan as Ten- or Twenty-Year <br />Transition Area. In the future, land within the Higher Intensity area will likely be annexed <br />into the municipalities of Hillsborough or Durham. A mix of land uses is possible. The <br />Higher Intensity area contains 699 acres, most of which lies in the western and <br />northwestern parts of the Stoney Creek Basin Plan Area, with one smaller portion <br />situated on the eastern tip of the area adjacent to the I-85/US 70 Economic Development <br />District. <br />4.8.4 Applicable Regulations Pertaining to Flexible Developments <br />Flexible Development regulations contained in Section 7.13 12 shall apply within the Stoney <br />Creek Basin Overlay District, except as indicated in the Table below: <br />TABLE 4.6.4: VARIATIONS FROM FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS OF SECTION 7.13 12 APPLICABLE IN <br />STONEY CREEK BASIN OVERLAY DISTRICT <br /> DEVELOPMENT AREA <br />STANDARD LOWER INTENSITY INTERMEDIATE INTENSITY HIGHER INTENSITY <br />Calculation of Open Space <br />Active recreation area <br />may not be included in <br />open space <br />calculations <br />50% of active recreation area may be included in open <br />space calculations, per Section 7.12.47.13.3 of this <br />Ordinance <br />Number of <br />Bonus <br />Units (1) <br />33.1-50.0% <br />Open Space One additional dwelling unit per two acres of open space above 33% <br />50+% <br />Open Space <br />One additional dwelling unit per two acres of open space between 33% and 50%, plus <br />one additional dwelling unit per acre of open space above 50% <br />Location of Bonus Units <br />Bonus units may not <br />be located in the <br />Lower Intensity <br />Development Areas, <br />but may be located in <br />a flexible development <br />in the Intermediate <br />Intensity or Higher <br />Intensity Development <br />Areas. <br />Bonus units may be located in <br />a flexible development in the <br />Intermediate Intensity or <br />Higher Intensity Development <br />Areas. <br />Bonus units may only be <br />located in a flexible <br />development in the Higher <br />Intensity Development <br />Area. <br />Village Option Village option not <br />permitted. <br />Village option permitted, but Village Proper limited to 50 <br />acres. <br /> <br />(1) Bonus units do not apply to Minor Subdivisions utilizing the Flexible Development – Conservation Cluster design Option. <br /> <br /> <br /> 46