Sec 70-736, 70-737
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all cluster developments in agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. and residential zones.
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Clearing minimized on critical slopes
clearing of natural ridge line or on critical slopes shall be minimized
- Qualified expert certification
The landowner or developer shall have a qualified expert... identify on the subdivision plat and include measures to protect the features... and the expert shall certify compliance.
- Preserve most productive agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. land
Agricultural lands shall include the most productive agricultural land as determined by the county agricultural extension agent.
- Preserve historicHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. and cultural features
Historic and cultural features... shall be situated to the extent possible in the reserved area of open space.
- Preserve natural ridge lines
Natural ridge lines shall include the area along the top of a hilltop or ridge.
- Preserve sensitive environmental features
Sensitive environmental features shall include wetlands, non-tidal wetlands and watercourses... and slopes in excess of 15 percent.
- Houses prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. on natural ridge lines
The houses shall not be located along natural ridge lines
- Houses prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. on slopes over 15%15 pct
The houses shall not be located along natural ridge lines or on slopes in excess of 15 percent
- Streets avoid sensitive features
The streets in the cluster development shall avoid the features and lands set forth in subsection (a), champion or historic trees, tree masses, and unusual rock formations.
Other
- Minimum street right-of-way width50 ft
A cluster development street must consist of a right-of-way that is at least 50 feet wide
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. entrances onto state highways
The lots shall have entrances onto the development street and shall not have entrances onto a state primary or secondary highway.
- Street access to state highway
The street shall provide access from each lot in the development to the state highway system.
- Streets and utilities excluded from open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
Acreage set aside for streets and utilities shall not be included in the area set aside for open space.
- Utilities prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in street right-of-way
Utilities may not be constructed within the street right-of-way.
From the ordinance
A cluster development street must consist of a right-of-way that is at least 50 feet wide... The houses shall not be located along natural ridge lines or on slopes in excess of 15 percent...