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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ~ ~ ~ <br />PUBLIC HEARING AND PLANNING BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 27, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. G ~, <br />SUBJECT: Amendment to Open Space Standards for Flexible Development Subdivisions <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Amendments to the Orange County <br />Subdivision Regulations <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) YES <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Director, ext. 2592 <br />David Lentzner, Planner II, ext. 2611 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane (336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a staff report and public comments on proposed Amendments to Open <br />Space Standards in Subdivisions following the Flexible Development option. <br />BACKGROUND: Flexible Development, Section IV-B-10 of the Subdivision Regulations, was <br />adopted on July 1, 1996. Section C of the code requires that Flexible Subdivisions set aside at <br />least 33% of the total land area as protected open space. The open space standards apply <br />required compositional elements for Primary and Secondary Conservation Areas (open space <br />designations), and some guidelines for open space shape design in Sections D and F. <br />Open space design is believed to be an important component of rural character in county <br />subdivisions. The preservation of rural character through open space comes from defining <br />functionality in open space uses, and preventing the creation of urban-styled open space, which <br />may lack conservation values and remove a rural sense of space. In particular, concern has been <br />raised that a lack of a requirement for contiguous access to open space in Flexible Subdivisions <br />has compromised the goals of the open space regulation, because it allows for the creation of <br />urban or suburban `sprawl' development patterns with numerous adjacent lots that have no open <br />areas between them. <br />The proposed amendment would define open space in more detail. Significantly, it would require <br />direct access to open space for 75% of subdivision parcels and require the remainder to be within <br />300 feet of open space (except where more than half of the site open space was Primary <br />Conservation Area, in which case 50% of parcels would be required to have direct access and the <br />remainder would have to be 600 feet from open space). It is anticipated that the use of 50-foot <br />wide pedestrian paths would be the easiest way to satisfy the requirement without causing a <br />significant loss of buildable subdivision lots. However, the regulation would probably require, in <br />most cases, that site plans pay considerable attention to open space planning to maximize the <br />proximity of lots to open space areas. Primary Conservation Areas would be intended to be <br />
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