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e. Agricultural lands of at least five contiguous acres located in the Suburban Tier containing at least 25 percent prime farmland soils or other soils of statewide importance; f. Areas that connect the tract to neighboring open space, trails or greenways; g. Soils with "Severe" limitations for development due to drainage problems, including but not limited to, Armenia loam (Ar) Altavista sandy loam (AaB), Chewacia sandy loam (Ch), Iredellloam (IdA), Sedgefield sandy loam (SfB) and Wedhadkee (We); and h. Landscaped site elements such as arterial street buffers, district boundary buffers, civic greens and landscaped medians. 4. Configuration of open space. a. The minimum width for any required open space shall be 50 feet. Exceptions may be granted for items such as trail easements, mid-block crossings, linear parks/medians, when their purpose meets the intent of the open space section. b. At least 60 percent of the required open space shall be in a contiguous tract. For the purposes of this section, contiguous shall include any open space bisected by a residential street (including a residential collector), provided that: 5. A pedestrian crosswalk is construct~vide access to the open space on both sides of the street; and ~] ii. The right-of-way area is not included in the calculation of minimum open space required. c. The open space shall adjoin any neighboring areas of open space, other protected areas, and non-protected natural areas that would be candidates for inclusion as part of a future area of protected open space. d. At least 25 percent of the open space shall be made accessible with trails, active recreation areas or other similar improvements. Trails shall be developed in accordance with the County Trail Design Standards (providing for neighborhood, connector and regional corridors). Active recreation areas shall be developed in accordance with the requirements in Chapter 5, Recreational Areas, of the Subdivision Ordinance. Where open space consists of prime agricultural land, this accessibility requirement shall not apply. e. The open space shall be directly accessible to the largest practicable number of lots within the subdivision. Non-adjoining lots shall be provided with safe, convenient access to the open space (i.e. mid-block connections in logical locations). No lot within the subdivision shall further than a V. -mile radius from the required open space. This radius shall be measured in a straight line, without regard for street, sidewalk or trail connections to the open space. . Pennitted uses of open space. Uses of open space may include the following:óa. Conservation areas for rtatural, archeological or historical resources; . i. -5-17- I::-(Ca.)