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19 <br />SECTION IV-B-10 FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT <br />Section D DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br />D.2 Conservation-Cluster Option <br />~-Minimum lot width requirements may be reduced ° <br />to 100 feet in the AR and R1 <br />Districts. Minimum lot width requirements maybe reduced by 30% in all <br />other zoning districts. <br />STAFF NOTE: <br />THIS AMENDMENT IS NEEDED TO FACILITATE CLUSTERING PROVISIONS. UNDER CURRENT <br />PROVISIONS, LOT SIZE MAY BE REDUCED BY 65% WHILE LOT WIDTHS MAY BE REDUCED BY <br />ONLY 20%. WHERE MIN. LOT SIZE IS 40,000 SQ. FT .: IN THE AR DISTRICT, MINIMUM LOT SIZE <br />MAY BE REDUCED TO 14,000 SQ. FT. AND MINIMUM LOT WIDTH REDUCED TO 120 FEET; IN THE <br />R-1 DISTRICT, MINIMUM LOT SIZE MAY BE REDUCED TO 14,000 SQ. FT. AND MINIMUM LOT WIDTH <br />REDUCED TO 104 FEET. COMPARED WITH CURRENT PROVISIONS OF THE ESTATE AND <br />CONSERVATION OPTIONS WHERE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH MAY BE REDUCED TO 100 FEET, <br />CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS REQUIRE FROM 4 FEET TO 20 FEET MORE ROADWAY PER LOT <br />(EXCEPT FOR LOTS ON CUL-DE-SACS AND "T" TURNAROUNDS. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD <br />"COMBINE" THAT ASPECT OF THE CONSERVATION OPTION (WHICH A RELATED AMENDMENT <br />PROPOSES TO DELETE WITH THE CLUSTER OPTION IN THE AMENDED "CONSERVATION- <br />CLUSTER" OPTION. PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHMENT TABLE "FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT <br />STANDARDS" FOR COMPARISON OF MINIMUM LOT SIZE, OPEN SPACE REQUIRED, MINIMUM LOT <br />WIDTHS AND OWNERSHIP OF CONSERVATION AREA. <br />0 Minimum front, rear, and side setback requirements may be reduced by <br />twenty-five percent (25%) but shall be no less than ten (10) feet. <br />0 Minimum lot frontage requiremints may be reduced to twenty (20) feet for <br />lots fronting on cu/-de-sacs and "T" turnarounds. <br />STAFF NOTE: <br />THIS AMENDMENT CLARIFIES WHERE LOT FRONTAGE MAY BE REDUCED TO 20 FEET. <br />g:\may599\flexdev, not\5-13-99\kl <br />