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CABARRUS COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE <br />g. State-designated Natural Heritage Sites; <br />3. <br />4. <br />h. Existing healthy native forests of at least 10 contiguous acres in size that are <br />subject to a forestry management plan approved by the NC Division of <br />Forestry; and <br />i. Agricultural lands of at least 20 contiguous acres located in the Rural Tier <br />containing at least 25 percent prime farmland soils or other soils of statewide <br />importance. <br />Secondary open space. <br />The following are considered secondary open space areas and shall be included <br />within the required open space to the maximum extent feasible. <br />a. Important historic sites; <br />b. Existing healthy, native forests of at least one acre contiguous area; <br />c. Individual existing healthy trees greater than 12 inches DBH; <br />d. Other significant natural features and scenic viewsheds such as ridge lines, <br />hedge rows, field borders, meadows, fields, peaks and rock outcroppings, <br />particularly those that can be seen from public roadways; <br />e. Agricultural lands of at least five contiguous acres located in the Suburban <br />Tier containing at least 25 percent prime farmland soils or other soils of <br />statewide importance; <br />f. Areas that connect the tract to neighboring open space, trails or greenways; <br />g. Soils with "Severe' limitations for development due to drainage problems, <br />including but not limited to, Armenia loam (Ar) Altavista sandy loam (AaB), <br />Chewacia sandy loam (Ch), Iredell loam (IdA), Sedgefield sandy loam (SfB) <br />and Wedhadkee (We); and <br />h. Landscaped site elements such as arterial street buffers, district boundary <br />buffers, civic greens and landscaped medians. <br />Configuration of opera space. <br />a. The minimum width for any required open space shall be 50 feet. Exceptions <br />may be granted for items such as trail easements, mid-block crossings, linear <br />parks/medians, when their purpose meets the intent of the open space <br />section. <br />b. At least 60 percent of the required open space shall be <br />in a contiguous tract. For the purposes of this section, <br />contiguous shall include any open space bisected by a <br />residential street (including a residential collector), <br />provided that: <br />i. A pedestrian crosswalk is constructed to provide <br />access to the open space on both sides of the <br />street; and <br />>i. The right-of-way area is not included in the <br />calculation of minimum open space required. <br />5-16 <br />G-4 <br />Attachment number 3 <br />Page 223 <br />