Article X, §165-70, §165-72, §165-73, §165-74
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- No structures in sensitive areas
No structures on lots in an open space development shall be located within any area containing one-hundred-year floodplain, wetlands, stream buffers, sink holes, mountain ridge lines, steep slopes, or historic areas named on the official DHR register.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
Accessory structures shall be located at least five feet from side and rear lot lines in the RRC, RRA, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Districts.
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft
Accessory structures shall be located at least five feet from side and rear lot lines in the RRC, RRA, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Districts.
- Buffer requirements
Where an open space development is to be located adjacent to land zoned or currently used for industrial or business uses, the required open space shall be located to buffer the residential lots from those properties.
- Maximum cluster lots10 lots
Each grouping of cluster lots must contain at least five but not more than 10 contiguous cluster lots.
- Minimum cluster lots5 lots
Each grouping of cluster lots must contain at least five but not more than 10 contiguous cluster lots.
- Cluster separation375 ft
Each cluster must be separated from any other cluster by at least 375 feet.
- Conservation easement required
In C-1, RRC, A-1 and RRA, a perpetual conservation easement acceptable to and approved by the County shall be recorded on all open space and conservation lots at the time of final plat approval.
- Low-impact development techniques allowed
Open space cluster developments are permitted to use low-impact development (LID) techniques to meet stormwater management requirements.
- Minimum development area30 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
An open space cluster development shall consist of at least 30 acres in the Rural-Residential Conservation (RRC) District.
- Permitted open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. uses
For properties zoned C-1, RRC, A-1, RRA: agricultural and forestal uses including the construction of farm-related accessory structures necessary to conduct agricultural activities on the property. For all properties: preservation areas.
- Primary structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from existing street100 ft
A one-hundred-foot setback is required for all primary structures from a preexisting street.
From the ordinance
An open space cluster development shall consist of at least 30 acres in the Rural-Residential Conservation (RRC) District.