<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 70-69. - Conservation development standards.</div>
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               Conservation development. Conservation development standards shall provide design
               flexibility that will allow for preservation of conserved open space and dedicated
               farmland. Conservation development is intended to limit disturbed areas and preserve
               ridge tops, woodlands, open spaces, floodplain, moderate and high risk landslide hazard
               areas, agricultural land and other environmentally sensitive areas. Subdivisions that
               meet the definition for a hillside development shall not be conservation developments
               as set forth in this section.
               
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                  (1)
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                  Minimum lot frontage standards required in<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH70SU_ARTIIIST_S70-66GERE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> section 70-66</a>(g) are not applicable to the conservation development. The total number of lots shall
                  not exceed the density limitations provided by Figure 1 below:
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               <span class="bold">Figure 1</span>
               
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                                 <span class="bold">Zoning District</span>
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                                 <span class="bold">Maximum Density Lots Per Acre with Public Sewer Only</span>
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                                 <span class="bold">Maximum Density Lots Per Acre with Public Water and Sewer</span>
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                                 <span class="bold">Maximum Density Lots Per Acre No Public Water and Sewer</span>
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                                 R-LD
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                                 1.00
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                                 1.00
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                                 1.00
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                                 R-1
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                                 3.00
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                                 5.00
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                                 1.4
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                                 R-2
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                                 3.00
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                                 7.00
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                                 1.4
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                                 R-3
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                                 4.00
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                                 7.00
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                                 1.4
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                                 NS
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                                 4.00
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                                 8.00
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                                 1.4
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                                 CS
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                                 4.00
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                                 8.00
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                                 1.4
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                                 EMP
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                                 4.00
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                                 8.00
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                                 1.4
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                                 CR
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                                 3.00
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                                 5.00
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                                 1.4
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                                 PS
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                                 4.00
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                                 8.00
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                                 1.4
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                  (2)
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                  The development tract shall be at least 15 acres in size and 50 percent of the overall
                  tract shall be conserved. The conserved area shall be contiguous.
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                  (3)
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                  Existing agricultural land of ten acres or greater that shall remain in active agricultural
                  production may be counted as double the amount of conserved space. The agricultural
                  land shall be at least ten acres, and shall exclude land in forestry or horticultural
                  production. The applicant shall submit an agricultural management plan indicating
                  how the active farmland will be utilized, managed, and method of conservation. The
                  agricultural plan shall be reviewed and approved by the Buncombe County Planning Department
                  and the Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Office and shall become part of the
                  approved subdivision plan. It shall be at the discretion of the Buncombe County Planning
                  Department, based on the submitted plan, whether or not the existing agricultural
                  land shall be counted as double the amount of conserved area.
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                  (4)
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                  Areas to be conserved will be designated as primary and secondary conservation areas.
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                  a.
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                  The following areas shall be included in primary conservation areas:
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                  1.
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                  Moderate and high risk landslide hazard areas as shown on the Buncombe County Slope
                  Stability Index Map prepared by the North Carolina Geological Survey;
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                  2.
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                  Surface waters and surface water buffers including, but not limited to, trout stream
                  buffers and required stormwater setbacks;
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                  3.
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                  100-year floodplain;
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                  4.
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                  Wetlands;
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                  5.
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                  Areas shown as orange and red (having an average natural slope greater than or equal
                  to 25 percent) on a submitted slope analysis; and
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                  6.
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                  Land proposed to be in agricultural production, and shall exclude land in forestry
                  or horticultural production. The applicant shall submit an agricultural management
                  plan indicating how the farmland will be utilized, managed, and method of conservation.
                  The agricultural plan shall be reviewed and approved by the Buncombe County Planning
                  Department and the Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Office and shall become part
                  of the approved subdivision plan.
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                  b.
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                  Secondary conservation areas shall consist of:
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                  1.
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                  Land in a currently undeveloped or natural state not meeting the definition of primary
                  conservation areas above;
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                  2.
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                  Other areas subject to review and approval of the Buncombe County Planning Board and/or
                  Buncombe County Planning Department.
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                  c.
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                  Areas to be conserved must be located within identified primary conservation areas;
                  if the percentage to be conserved exceeds the amount of contiguous primary conservation
                  areas on the tract, areas deemed as secondary conservation areas will be allowed to
                  count toward the required percentage. The final plat of the subdivision shall indicate
                  which areas are conserved open space.
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                  d.
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                  Conserved open space shall remain in an undeveloped state or active agricultural production
                  except for the provision of non-motorized passive recreation such as running, walking,
                  biking trails, gardening, primitive camping areas, and similar low impact outdoor
                  activities. The development of golf courses, club houses, pools, tennis courts, etc.
                  shall not be included in the definition of passive recreation. The location, type,
                  and materials which will be used to construct passive recreation facilities shall
                  be submitted on the preliminary plat and shall be approved by the planning department.
                  The development of passive recreation areas within the conservation/open space areas
                  shall not exceed five percent of the total acreage of the tract. Passive recreation
                  shall not be allowed within conserved agricultural land.
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                  e.
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                  The conserved open space, with the prior written consent of Buncombe County, shall
                  be designated and established of record prior to, or concurrent with, the recording
                  of the first final subdivision plat. Method of conservation of open space shall be
                  stated on the submitted subdivision plans and on the final plat and shall be approved
                  by the Buncombe County Planning Board or planning department. Conservation space shall
                  be dedicated to, owned, and maintained in perpetuity by any of the following:
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                  1.
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                  A homeowners' association in which membership is mandatory for all homeowners within
                  the development;
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                  2.
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                  A perpetual conservation easement on the open space held and enforced by an established
                  land trust or conservation organization;
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                  3.
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                  With its prior express written consent, a governmental body (e.g. Buncombe County
                  Parks and Recreation, State of North Carolina, United States Government); or
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                  4.
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                  Any other structure or entity designed to afford such perpetual maintenance for the
                  conserved area may be approved in advance by Buncombe County.
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                  (5)
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                  A 25-foot buffer strip shall be provided where proposed lots border adjoining property
                  lines. A ten-foot buffer strip shall be provided adjacent to deeded public rights-of-way.
                  The buffer strip shall be comprised of existing vegetation or a row of evergreen trees,
                  which at the time of planting shall be at least five feet in height, and shall be
                  spaced no more than eight feet apart. When buffers are required, the buffer strip
                  may count towards the required 50-percent conserved area. The required buffer strips
                  may be modified by the Buncombe County Planning Board.
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            <p class="historynote0">
               (
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12776" data-ordinance-id="816841">
                  Ord. No. 17-01-10
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               , Â§ 1, 1-17-17;
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12776" data-ordinance-id="1118554">
                  Ord. No. 21-05-06
                  </a>
               , Â§ 1(Exh. A), 5-4-21)
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