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L-140% L-240% M-140% M-230% RECN/A PN/A Comm/Ind15%* NOTE: N/A = not applicable These listed minimums shall not preclude the board of county commissioners from establishing higher minimum open space standards within P.D. zoning districts. *In areas where commercial or industrial uses are mixed, with residential uses, the minimum project area open space shall be thirty (30) percent. (2) Where a planned development project area has more than one (1) underlying zoning district or, in cases where the planned development zoning overlay district is used and there is more than one (1) underlying comprehensive plan land use designation, open space may be distributed throughout a project area as approved in the conceptual planned development plan. Open space shall be distributed and integrated into the overall project design in a manner compatible with existing, permitted, and planned future development on adjacent properties. (3) In calculating open space areas, the following shall qualify as open space, subject to the limitations provided herein. All areas credited as meeting the minimum open space requirement shall be preserved and maintained as designated on the approved plan. Legal restrictions and/or easements shall be established, in a manner acceptable to the county attorney's office, to ensure the preservation and maintenance of the open space areas. For TND and New Town projects, policy requirements that differ from the P.D. open space regulations below shall govern to the extent of the difference. (A) For residential development on a site or portion of a site designated as agriculture on the comprehensive plan land use map, all creditable open space area(s) shall be either retained in its natural state, used for agricultural uses, or used for recreation proposed. No more than thirty (30) percent of the creditable open space shall be used for recreational purposes in the AG -1 areas, twenty- five (25) percent for the AG -2 and AG -3 areas. (B) Common green areas and private yard green areas; one hundred (100) percent of the common area shall be creditable towards open space. (C) Golf courses and similar major recreational areas/facilities. It is the intent of this section to encourage the accessibility of all open space areas to individual dwelling units within planned residential developments. The following standards shall be used in calculating creditable open space areas for these areas/facilities: 1. If more than sixty (60) percent of the total residential dwelling units within the planned development abut or are adjacent to and have direct visual access to the golf course (including rough areas) or major recreational area/facility,one hundred (100) percent of the area contained therein shall be creditable towards open space; 2. If between thirty (30) percent and sixty (60) percent of the total residential dwelling units within the planned development are adjacent to and have direct visual access to the golf course (including rough areas) or major recreational facility, seventy-five (75) percent of the area contained therein shall be creditable towards open space; and (Supp. No. 151) Page 15 of 29 Created: 2025-06-25 14:39:51 [EST] 20