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Part 5. If the greenway/trail already has been constructed on the abutting property or if the proposed development falls under the category 3 threshold within the applicable
form district, the greenway/trail shall be extended through the subject site at time of development of the site.
7.11.2 Definitions
Secondary Conservation Areas (SCA): Areas of permanently protected open space within Conservation Subdivisions that are locally noteworthy or significant features of the
natural or culture landscape such as mature woodlands, hedgerow and freestanding trees or tree groups, wildlife habitats and travel corridors, prime farmland, greenways
and trails, historic sites and buildings, and scenic viewsheds.
7.11.9 Technical Standards for Conservation Subdivisions
E. Streetscape Standards
3. Sidewalks. Public sidewalks (including informal walkways and footpaths) shall:
a. Create a linked network of walkways connecting all uses with parks and other greenway land areas.
b. Link loop streets and the ends of cul-de-sacs with the street network, trails, or greenway land behind the lots served by those loop streets or cul-de-sacs.
10.2.4 Property Perimeter Landscape Buffer Areas
B. Explanatory Text and Exceptions: Property perimeter Landscape Buffer Areas may contain walks, trails, or other similar elements, provided that the required plant mate-
rial (as defined in the part to follow) is not eliminated and the Landscape Buffer Area is at least 25 feet wide. Property perimeter Landscape Buffer Areas shall be free from
all other development including buildings, parking, driveways or other structures except those attendant to public utility service within a dedicated easement. Outdoor stor-
age or stockpiling of materials is not permitted within property perimeter Landscape Buffer Areas.
10.5.2 Types of Open Space
B. Open Space for Natural Resource Protection / Public Health and Safety
The following are examples of open space consistent with this type.
4. Designated greenways
10.5.4 Open Space Standards
A. Standards for All Types of Open Space
2. Parking lots may not be used to meet an open space requirement or incentive unless they are designed as part of the open space and are intended primarily for users of
the open space (e.g., parking for sports field, greenway or park users). Semi-pervious paving systems shall be required when any parking lot proposed to be used as open
space contains more than 20 parking spaces.
B. Standards for Outdoor Recreation
2. All open space located within a site shall be integrated and connected with any part of an adjacent and designated park, open space or greenway.
4. All pedestrian and bicycle corridors used to meet an open space requirement or incentive may not be located in a public right-of-way, shall be at least 30 feet in width,
and the paths and trails located within them must be designed to the standards contained or incorporated by reference in the KIPDA Regional Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan.
C. Standards for Natural Resource Protection / Public Health and Safety Purposes
1. Greenways designated within and meeting the design standards of a legislatively adopted greenways plan or subsequent watershed master plan may be utilized to meet
an open space requirement or incentive.
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