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24 <br />.0 A site analysis conducted by a registered engineer, land surveyor, landscape <br />architect, architect or land planner using aerial photographs and/or satellite <br />imagery; <br />0 A required Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement; <br />and/or <br />0 An independent site study conducted by a trained botanist and/or forester. <br />-• .. `Farmlaru~ .especia[l~y..~irime-~agiiculim~al~ land • as~ ideatified ~y the ii.S.D.A. Soil <br />Conservation Service in I~Fo ant Far_m__lands: Or~ng Con . N•C. and which is in <br />active use for the production of crops and/or raising of livestock. Farmland also <br />includes space on individual lots used for gazdens, ponds, horse paddocks and barns, <br />and similaz uses. <br />• Slopes of 1 S% to 25% which require special site planning due to their erosion <br />potential, limitations for septic tank nitrification fields, and terrain or elevation <br />changes. Such areas may be suitable for building but higher site preparation and <br />construction costs are to be expected <br />• .Other historic and/or archaeological sites identified from the same sources as for <br />Primary Conservation Area sites. <br />• Public and/or private recreation areas and facilities, including: <br />0 "Active recreation areas" such as public recreation areas, including district and <br />community parks as identified in the Master Recreation and Pazks Plan; and <br />.private recreation facilities, including golf courses, playing fields, playgrounds, <br />swimming pools, and courts for tennis, basketball, volleyball, and similaz sports. <br />Because they represent uses in which. natural lands are cleared, graded, and <br />managed for intensive activities, only half (50%) of the land in this category may <br />be credited toward meeting the minimum open space requirement. <br />0 "Passive recreation areas" such as pedestrian, bicycle; and ~ equestrian trails, <br />picnic areas, community commo0s or greens, and similaz kinds of areas, whether <br />public or private. Land in this category receives full credit towazd meeting the <br />minimum open space requirement. <br />• Scenic views, especially of natural and cultural features from designated scenic road. <br />corridors, including "views from the road" as well as views outward from potential <br />home sites. Landscape buffers which screen the view of development and preserve <br />the character of rural public roads are also included in this category. <br />Secondary Conservation Areas may be comprised of any of the remaining open space uses <br />identified above, and, unless specified otherwise, receive full credit towazd meeting the. <br />minimum open space requirement in Flexible Developments. <br />64 <br />