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- Geographic extent
- Transfer of Development Rights program; sending areas include AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. Preservation Sending Areas (zoned A, RR, or RE) and Critical Area Sending Areas (any zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.).
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. Preservation transferable development potential100 pct
One hundred percent (100%) of the development potential may be transferred.
- Commercial FARFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot. increase via development rights130 pct
If the receiver site is designated for commercial uses, each Development Right may be used to increase the intensity of the commercial use up to 130 percent (130%) of the maximum floor area ratio prescribed in Section 31-407, Table 407-1.
- Critical Area transferable development potential50 pct
Fifty percent (50%) of the development potential may be transferred.
- Deed restriction required for transfer
No Development Right shall increase the intensity or density of the use of a parcel within a Receiving District until the owner of the transferor parcel has recorded a deed in the chain of title of the transferor parcel expressly restricting the use of the land in perpetuity to open space, agricultural lands (excluding feedlots/concentrated animal feeding operations) or street/road right-of-way.
- Transfer of development rights requires Conditional UseConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. Permit
No increase in density for a parcel in a receiving district shall be established unless and until a Conditional Use Permit is approved in accordance with Section 31-306 of this Ordinance.
- Sending area restrictions after transfer
After development rights have been transferred as provided in this Section, the parcel in the Sending Area: (i) Shall not be subdivided; (ii) Shall only be used for agricultural uses (excluding concentrated animal feeding operations, concentrated aquatic animal production facilities, or concentrated confined animal feeding operations) or passive open space.
From the ordinance
Parcels located in the following zoning districts and which meet the following criteria may transfer development rights in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Subsection: (i) Agricultural Preservation Sending Areas. Any parcel, or portion of a parcel, which: a. Is zoned A, RR or RE; and b. The agricultural land is rated as Prime Farmland...