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6 <br />D.2 Conservation-Cluster Option <br />• septic system, repair area and/or well can be located in the primary <br />conservation area. <br />• Provided the arrangement, design, and shape of cluster lots is such that lots <br />provide satisfactory and desirable sites for building, and .contribute to the <br />preservation of designated Primary and/or Secondary Conservation Areas, <br />minimum lot area, lot width, and setback requirements as specified in Article <br />4.1.2 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance may be. reduced as set forth <br />below. <br />0 Minimum lot area requirements may be reduced by sixty-five percent (65%) of <br />the minimum lot size permitted by the zoning district including any .overlay <br />district requirements; however, minimum lot area may not be smaller than <br />40,000 square feet within a watershed protection overlay district where lots. <br />are served by individual septic systems. <br />0 Minimum lot width requirements may be reduced to 100 feet in the AR and <br />R1 Districts. Minimum lot width requirements may be reduced by 30% in all <br />other zoning districts. <br />0 Minimum front, rear, and side setback requirements may be reduced by <br />twenty-five percent (25%) but shall be no less than ten (10) feet. <br />0 Minimum lot frontage requirements may be reduced to twenty (20) feet for <br />lots fronting on cul-de-sacs and "T" turnarounds. <br />0 Minimum spacing between building envelopes and the subdivision boundary- <br />or off-site public street right-of way shall be 100 feet and .may be counted as <br />open space. <br />• Conservation-cluster subdivision road(s) shall be designed to provide internal <br />access to all lots in the subdivision. Private driveways shall access existing state <br />maintained roads only via subdivision roads providing internal access to lots in <br />the subdivision. <br />• Cluster lots shall be restricted against further subdivision through deed <br />restrictions and/or permanent conservation easements. Primary and Secondary <br />Conservation Areas shall be dedicated to Orange County, another unit of local <br />government, the State of North Carolina, a private non-profit land conservancy or <br />a homeowners association. <br />g:\txtamend\flexdev\adminrec.docl8-17-99\kl <br />