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GREEN LEVEL SPECIAL PLANNING AREA 2 2 Neighborhoods in Green Level (areas and ) • New development should be shielded from view from thorough- fares and the American Tobacco Trail (ATT) using natural topogra- phy, opaque vegetated open spaces, and/or streetscape buffers. • Subdivisions should preserve historic resources iden fied on Cary's Historic Proper es Inventory. First priority should be given to pre- serving structures in situ whenever possible, or otherwise as near as possible to original loca ons. • The use of clustered, or conserva on, subdivision design is encour- aged. Preserved open spaces should be oriented around prominent natural features and/or historic resources. • New development should be designed using features and elements that complement and harken back to the historic rural character of Green Level. • Taken as a whole, new housing Green Level will be predominantly single family detached. • Thoroughfare and collector roads should have streetscape buffers that shield new development from view, and also use a less formal type of streetscape landscaping. Such streetscape designs might have a greater reliance on retaining exis ng forest, u lizing na ve vegeta on, grassed medians, and/or design elements such as rural fences. 3 Neighborhoods East of Flat Branch • This area begins the gradual downward transi on in density mov- ing from areas east of I-540, heading west towards the Chatham County Line. • The area east of Green Level Church and Roberts Roads will be gen- erally akin to Classic Neighborhoods, while areas west of Green Lev- el Church Road akin to Contemporary Neighborhoods. • Single family detached housing predominates, with a mix of lot sizes possible across the area. Pockets or mixes of other housing types, such as pa o homes or townhomes are also acceptable, pro- vided such are shielded from view from thoroughfares. Mul family should be sited in the Green Level Des na on Center, and not in this area. • At buildout, the aggregate density of the area east of Flat Branch will be somewhat higher than the area west of Flat Branch, with an aggregate, gross area-wide density not exceeding about 3 dwellings per acre. 203