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Ordinance as recommended by Planning Board and Administration 10 Secondary Conservation Areas shall be available to, at least, subdivision residents, particularly when it includes active and passive recreation areas. In some cases, this level of public entry may not be appropriate (e.g. working timber or agricultural resource areas). • If less than half of designated open space is Primary Conservation Area, the subdivision plan shall provide direct access to Primary or Secondary Conservation Area to at least 75% of project lots. The remaining lots shall be within approximately 300 feet of an accessible point of Primary or Secondary Conservation Area. If the majority of open space is Primary Conservation Area, the subdivision plan shall provide direct access to Primary or Secondary Conservation Area to at least 50% of project lots. The remaining lots shall be within approximately 600 feet of an accessible point of Primary or Secondary Conservation Area. C-5 E-~-Ownership of open space. Open space within a flexible development maybe owned and/or administered by any of the following methods, either individually or in combination. All open space shall be permanently restricted from further subdivision. • Fee simple dedication to the county, another unit of local government, the state or a private nonprofit land conservancy. The county may reject any proposed dedication at its discretion prior to or during the application. • Dedication of conservation easements to the county, another unit of local government, the state or a private nonprofit land conservancy. Such easements may apply to a single property owned by a homeowner's association and/or to all or portions of individual lots owned by one or more property owners. The county may reject any proposed dedication at its discretion prior to or during the application. • Ownership by a homeowner's association where specific development restrictions and maintenance requirements are included as part of its bylaws and as irrevocable articles of restrictive covenants. • Ownership by individual property owners, of estate lots only, where specific development restrictions and maintenance requirements are included as part of restrictive covenants and/or permanent conservation easements applicable to such lots.