HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0937d. A wall and roof maintenance casement (five feet along one-story walls, ten feet
along two-story walls) shall be provided on the opposite side of the all zero
setback lot line.
e. Fire-resistant walls shall be constructed between dwellings Ics, than three (3) feet
apart.
f. Cluster developments may include property across existing or proposed public
streets provided that the property is directly adjoining. Existing public streets
shall not count as part of the gross area of the project for determining density.
g. (-luster developments in Iredel) County shall provide a twenty-five (25) toot
vegetative buffer setback around the development that can be counted towards
the open space. Cluster development in the Catawba Lake Norman Water Supply
r' Watershed Critical Area shall provide a seventy-five (75) foot vegetative buffer
setback instead of the fifty (50) foot setback as required by Article VII, Section
7.0, footnote (g).
D. Open Space
In all ('luster Developments at least thirty (30) percent of the area of the overall site
shall be set aside and dedicated as permanent open space. This shall be land that is
not contained in lots, in rights-of-way or parcels devoted to accommodating
necessary roads and utilities, or in parcels reserved for future development. Such
open spaces shall be conveyed to a homeowners association, public agency, nonprofit
organization; or be placed in a permanent conservation or farmland preservation
easement that is organized for, capable of, and willing to accept the responsibility for
managing the open space for its intended purpose. In consideration of the purposes
served by a cluster development, the title to such open space property shall be
preserved to the perpetual benefit of the private properties in the development and
shall be restricted against private ownership for any other purposes. If the
organization desires, improvements may be made within the open space provided that
the maximum coverage of each type of improvement shall not exceed the following:
a. Aboveground improvements, three (3) percent of the open space.
b. Level or below ground improvements, twenty (20) percent of the open space.
2. Open space shall be dedicated or reserved for one or more of the following uses:
a. Conservation of, and avoidance of development in, any readily identifiable
natural hazard areas - i.e., areas that potentially pose a significant hazard to
people or property (e.g., designated floodways, other perennially wet lands, and
lands whose slope and/or soils make them particularly susceptible to erosion
when disturbed by development activities);
b. Conservation and protection of any identified significant natural areas (e.g., rare
plant communities, important wildlife habitat) or other environmentally sensitive
areas where development might threaten water quality or ecosystems (e.g.,
watershed buffers, groundwater recharge areas);
c. Conservation and protection of any identified important historic resources (e.g.,
homesteads, mills, barns, archeological sites);
d. Provision of active and/or passive outdoor recreation opportunities (e_g.,
ballfields, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, basketball courts, golf
courses, bikeways, walking trails, nature trails, and picnic areas), either for the
general public or for the subdivision's residents or employees and their guests; or
e. Retention of productive farmland or forestland for continued agricultural and or
forestry use.
3. Public trust waters shall not count as common area. No more than fifty percent
(50°h,) of common open space shall be covered by water or used for power line right-
of-ways.
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