13-8-10. Secondary conservation areas .

(1) Secondary conservation areas consist of undeveloped or unconstrained but buildable land and protected, or constrained, lands. Secondary conservation areas include the following:

(a) farmlands, including fields, pastures, and meadows;

(b) woodlands and buffers except riparian buffers;

(c) historic and/or archaeological sites as identified by the Utah Division of State History, Utah State Historical Society;

(d) passive recreation areas, public and private, including pedestrian, bicycle, and equestrian trails, picnic areas, community commons or greens, and similar areas;

(e) active recreation areas and facilities, public and private, to include parks, playing fields, and playgrounds, but recreation areas with impervious surfaces greater than 15% of the total secondary open space such as parking lots, tennis courts, basketball courts, and pools shall be excluded;

(f) existing healthy, native forests of at least one acre contiguous area;

(g) individual existing healthy trees greater than eight inches caliper, as measured from their outermost drip line;

(h) other significant natural features and scenic viewsheds such as ridge lines, peaks, and rock outcroppings, particularly those that can be seen from public roads; and

(i) trails that connect the tract to neighboring areas.

(2) One hundred percent of secondary conservation areas may be counted as open space. (Ord.2005-21, 09/6/05)