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<br />30 <br />(c) <br />• <br /> <br />(o) <br />0 <br />Minimum lot area requirements may be reduced by sixty-five percent (65% <br />of the minimum lot size :permitted by the zoning district including am <br />overlay district requirements ; <br />however, minimum lot area may not be smaller than 40.000 square -feet <br />within a watershed arotection overlav district where lots are served by <br />(E) <br />(F) <br />neighborhood commons or greens; playfields; buffers adjacent to wetlands, <br />watercourses, and rural roads; wildlife.corridors; or trail links. <br />Each lot must contain a buildable area of sufficient size- to accommodate a . <br />single-family detached dwelling and customary accessory uses, including, but <br />not limited to, storage buildings and .garages, patios and decks, lawns, and <br />driveways. A septic system- and/or well site may be located in an open, space <br />area provided it does not occupy more -than fia4€- one quarter of the <br />conservation area nor any part of a Primary 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 />individual septic systems. <br />0 Minimum lot width requirements may be reduced <br />#0 100 feet in the AR and R1 Districts. <br />Minimum lot width requirements may be r®duced by 30% in all other <br />zoning districts. <br />0 Minimum ftont, 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 />(G) <br />0 Minimum- spacing between building envelopes and the subdivision <br />boundary or off~ite public street-right-of-way shall be 100 feet and may <br />be counted as open space: <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~pbrec.docl8-17-99Uc1 <br />