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5 <br />and addresses the following additional uses when relevant: <br />• The Protection of Other Natural Resources <br />• The Improvement or Maintenance of Visual Amenities <br />• The Creation or Protection of Managed Resource Production <br />• The Improvement or Maintenance of Public Health and Safety <br />• The Creation or Protection of Public Purpose and/or Utility <br />Infrastructure <br />The primary way to achieve these open space design goals is by the application of <br />standards to three fundamental land characteristics. All Flexible Development <br />plans should correlate the following characteristics with the open space goals listed <br />above. An open space plan may use other land characteristics as well, if a direct link <br />to the above goals is shown. <br />• Composition -The natural and constructed ~tn-~e features of land <br />indicate what sorts of open-space goals it can support. For each of the <br />listed open space goals, certain characteristics are required or preferred. <br />Compositional requirements and preferences are stated throughout this <br />section. <br />• Accessibility -Open space should be publicly available when possible. <br />All Flexible Development plans should strive to provide open space access <br />to the public at large and/or subdivision residents, in accordance with <br />Section C.4. <br />• Size and Shape -The usefulness of open space can be lessened when it is <br />fragmented or shaped in long narrow segments. The most functional <br />open space is large enough to maximize the benefits to ecological, <br />environmental, cultural, recreational and/or visual uses. Size and shape <br />requirements are listed in Section F.1. <br />C.3~Types of Open Space <br />The types of open space conserved through Flexible Development shall be consistent <br />with the following standards: <br />a. Open space shall be comprised of two types of land: "Primary Conservation Areas" <br />and "Secondary Conservation Areas ". <br />b. Primary Conservation Areas ^^^^~~* ^r*~° ~ "^~_~~„^ ~~*° ~°^*~•r°^ These areas <br />have sensitive environmental features and/or significant cultural resource <br />areas, which may make them legally or practically unbuildable. These areas <br />must be the first open spaces chosen for satisfying the minimum 33% <br />requirement. Secondary Conservation Areas may not be counted towards that <br />