451 Williams St LH Apex, NC 27502-1836

CB Conservation Buffer District The purpose and intent of the CB Conservation Buffer District is to designate lands that possess unique environmental values that are under public ownership and management. Sustainable Development Conditional Zoning District The purpose and intent of the Sustainable Development Conditional Zoning District SD-CZ is to encourage the design of a sustainable community through the application of design approaches that allow and encourage flexibility, an intensity of uses, integration among uses, restoration and enhancement of the environment and natural resources, transit-oriented development, pedestrian-oriented development and the efficient use of resources, energy and materials. This shall be accomplished by allowing design flexibility and innovative approaches to environmental stewardship incorporated in a plan for development that: addresses the relationship between building facades and the public realm, the form and mass of buildings in relation to one another, and the scale and types of streets and blocks; facilitates a full diversity of building types, thoroughfare types, and public space types with appropriate characteristics for their respective locations; and facilitates the restoration and enhancement of the environment and natural resources. Further, because the aforementioned design standards are best implemented on a large-scale basis, a purpose and intent of the Sustainable Development Conditional Zoning District SD-CZ is to provide sufficient lands for such implementation. To this end, the Sustainable Development Conditional Zoning District SD-CZ must include a minimum of 500 contiguous acres. An SD-CZ District may include other parcels of any size within 2,000 feet of such parcel of at least 500 contiguous acres. The unique purpose and intent, and the scale and standards to which the development plan must adhere, distinguish the Sustainable Development Conditional Zoning District SD-CZ from the other districts established in Sec. 3.2. Therefore, the specific procedures and standards for the review of the