§ 27-514.05. Open Space.

(a)

A minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross area of the Zone shall be designated as open space. This shall include the required Village Buffer, Recreational Areas, and Village Commons, Squares, and Greens.

(b)

All areas not included in a platted lot that are not designated for residential, parking, civic, or storefront use, and not included within a street right-of-way shall be included in the calculation of open space.

(c)

The open space, to the extent possible, shall include all sensitive natural features, including streams and stream buffers, slopes over twenty-five percent (25%), slopes over fifteen percent (15%) on highly erodible soils, one hundred (100) year floodplains, wetlands, and wetland buffers, and woodland conservation areas.

(CB-53-1991; CB-10-1992)