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<br />1 (g) The conceptual preliminary~plan shall demonstrate that the proposed development will satisfy
<br />2 the following objectives, as more particularly described in the remaining provisions of this chapter:
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<br />4 1. Protects and preserves all floodplains, wetlands, and steep slopes from clearing,
<br />5 grading, filling, or construction (except as may be approved by the Town .for
<br />6 essential infrastructure or active or passive recreation amenities).
<br />7 2. Preserves and maintains mature woodlands, existing fields, pastures, meadows, and
<br />8 orchards, and creates sufficient buffer areas to minimise conflicts .between
<br />9 residential and agricultural uses.. For example, locating houselots and driveways
<br />10 ~ within wooded areas is generally recommended, with two exceptions. The first
<br />11 involves significant .wildlife .habitat or mature .woodlands which raise an equal or
<br />12 greater preservation concern, ad described in # 5 and # 8 below. The second
<br />13 involves predominantly agricultural azeas, where remnant tree groups provide the
<br />14 only natural azeas for wildlife habitat.
<br />15 3. If development must be located on open fields or pastures because of greater
<br />16 constraints in all other parts of the site, dwellings should be sited on the least prime
<br />17 . 'agricultural soils, or in locations at the far edge of a field, as seen from existing
<br />18 ~ public roads. Other considerations include whether. the development will be
<br />19 visually buffered from existing public roads, such as by a planting screen consisting
<br />20 of a variety of indigenous native trees, shrubs and wildflowers (specifications for
<br />21 which should be based upon a close examination of the distribution and frequency
<br />22 of those species, found in a typical nearby roadside verge or hedgerow).
<br />23 4. Maintains or creates an upland buffer of natural native species vegetation of at least
<br />24 ~ 100 feet in depth adjacent to wetlands and surface waters, including creeks,
<br />25 streams, springs, lakes and ponds.
<br />26 5. Designs around existing hedgerows and treelines between fields or meadows.
<br />27 ~ Minimizes impacts on lazge woodlands (greater than five acres), especially those
<br />28 containing many mature trees or a significant wildlife habitat, or those not degraded
<br />29 by invasive vines. Also, woodlands of any size on highly erodible soils with slopes
<br />30 greater than 10 percent should be avoided. However, woodlands in poor condition
<br />31 with limited management potential .can provide suitable location for residential
<br />32 development. When any woodland is developed, great care shall be taken to design
<br />33 all disturbed areas (for buildings, roads, yazds, septic disposal field, etc) in
<br />34 locations where there are no lazge trees or obvious wildlife azeas, to the fullest
<br />35 extent that is practicable. .
<br />36 6. Leaves scenic views and vistas unblocked or uninterrupted, particularly as seen
<br />37 from public roadways. (For example, in open agrarian landscapes, a deep, "no-
<br />38 build, no-plant" buffer is recommended along the public roadway where those
<br />39 views or vistas are prominent or locally significant. In wooded azeas where the
<br />40 sense of enclosure is a feature that should be maintained
<br />a deep "no-build
<br />no-cut"
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<br />buffer should be respected, to preserve existing vegetation.
<br />42 7. Avoids siting new construction on prominent hilltops or ridges, by taking
<br />43 advantage of lower topographic features.
<br />44 8. Protects wildlife habitat areas of special species listed as endangered, threatened, or
<br />45 of special concern by the state or federal government
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