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23 <br />ARTICLE 22 DEFINITIONS IS AMENDED BY CHANGING THE DEFINITIONS OF FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT <br />AND OPEN SPACE TO READ AS FOLLOWS: <br />Amended Flexible Development - A subdivision in which greater flexibility and design <br />Creativity is encouraged. and allowed to .preserve agricultural and forestry lands, <br />natural. and cultural features, and rural community character that might otherwise <br />be lost through development approaches. At lease one -third (33 %) of the land <br />within.a Flexible Development subdivision must be set aside as open space. A <br />greater percentage of open space may be required, based on the . density <br />..requirements in certain overlay zoning districts. In Cane Creek watershed, at <br />least 50% of the land within. a Flexible Development subdivision ..must be set <br />aside as open space. In order to meet open space requirements, .open space <br />may be preserved through: <br />(a) An . "estate lot" approach where all land is subdivided into lots four (4) acres or <br />greater in size, building limits (50 %). are established for each, lot, and the land <br />area outside such limits is preserved as open space; or <br />(b) a "conservation" approach where all land is subdivided into lots, and open <br />space is preserved through the use of conservation easements applied to <br />portions of individual lots; or <br />(c) A "cluster'. approach where lot sizes are reduced and the land saved through <br />such reductions is preserved as open space; or <br />(d) A "village" or modified cluster approach where dwelling units are= clustered <br />around a village green and supporting shops, and the village is surrounded <br />by open space; or <br />(e) Some combination of the above. <br />AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HELD ON <br />OCTOBER 19, 1999, UPON MOTION BY AND SECONDED BY <br />THE FOREGOING DOCUMENT WAS ADOPTED. <br />AYES: <br />NAYS.. <br />g:Xbdamend \canecrk \res.doc \10- 8 -99 \kl . <br />