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-- Manmade water bodies shall be credited as open space provided that all design and maintenance requirements of the Indian River County Stormwater Management and Flood Water Protection Ordinance are satisfied. Notwithstanding, the total area of natural plus manmade water bodies shall not be credited for more than thirty (30%) percent of the total required open space for the development. iii. Credit for Continuous Pedestrian Circulation System. The entire area contained in a continuous pedestrian circulation system, consisting of permanently main- tained walks and trails may be counted as open space. iv. Credit for Multi -Use Recreation Center. The entire area occupied by a multiple -use recreation building and its attendant outdoor recreation facilities, excluding a golf course, may be counted as open space. V. Credit for Desiqnated Parks and Recreational Areas. All designated parks and recreation areas within the PRD shall be counted as open space, provided that such areas are a minimum of one (1) acre in size and have a minimum width of one hundred (100) feet. vi. Credit for Environmentally Sensitive Lands; Limita- tions. Environmentally sensitive lands from which density has been transferred shall be countable as open space, provided that environmentally sensitive areas shall not be credited for more than twenty (20%) of the total required open space for the development. vii. Credit for Impervious Private Exterior Open Areas. Any privately maintained or owned exterior open areas, composed of impervious surfaces, which are adjacent to and for the exclusive use of the residents of an individual dwelling unit, partially enclosed by walls, hedges, buildings or structures, including swimming pools, tennis courts, balconies, terraces, porches, decks, patios and atriums may be counted toward the open space requirement provided the total area credited therein does not exceed ten (10%) percent of the open space of the Development. All other landscaped areas between the property or lot lines and the building or buildings thereon shall count as open space, except as otherwise provided herein. viii.Areas Specifically Excluded From Open Space Calcu- lations. The following areas are specifically excluded from calculation as open space areas: -- public and private street rights-of-way; -- parking areas; and -- non-residential and non -recreational buildings and structures. C. Maintenance of Common 0 en S ace Areas. All open space require y this Section s a e designated as either private, reserved for common use, or dedicated to the public. All required open space shall be reserved as such through appropriate deed restrictions which cannot be removed without the consent of the Board of County Commissioners. Private yards and open space areas shall be owned in fee simple title as part of a lot or parcel in private -8-