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Ordinance as recommended by Planning Board and Administration 12 • The shape and placement of tie open space shall be reasonably contiguous, coherently configured, a~ shall abut existing or potential open space on adjacent properties, and shall be supportive of ~e~ae€ie~ialE to stated open space goals. 0 0 0 ~~ .Open space should not be overly fragmented or in long narrow segments (except in the case of pedestrian access ways, stream or wildlife corridors, greenbelt paths, view preservation areas (also vistas or visual amenity preservation areas - an area left open to allow for the public viewing of one or more natural or constructed features of high visual quality), or landscape buffers adjoining street rights-of--way and/or neighborhood boundaries). Open space shall be connected, when applicable and reasonable, to other open space in the same project and/or to existing or potential off-site open space or pedestrian paths in land parcels adjacent to the Flexible Development area. • The pedestrian. circulation system shall be designed to ensure that pedestrians can walk safely and easily on the site, between properties and activities or special features within the neighborhood open space system. All roadside footpaths should connect with off-road trails, and link with existing or potential open space on adjoining parcels. • Protect and preserve all wetlands, floodplains and steep slopes from clearing, grading, filling or construction except as may be approved by the board of commissioners. • Landscape common areas (neighborhood greens), cul-de-sac islands, and both sides of new streets with native specie shade trees and flowering shrubs with high wildlife conservation value. Section 3 This ordinance is effective upon adoption. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Orange County Commissioners that this Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Amending the Subdivision Regulations of Orange County" is adopted. Upon motion of Commissioner seconded by Commissioner ,the foregoing Ordinance was adopted this the day of , 2003. I, Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on , 2003 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of said Board.