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() <br />ti <br />Section 22 Definitions <br />Amended Flexible Development - A subdivision in which greater flexibility and design <br />7-1-96 creativity is encouraged and allowed to preserve agricultural and forestry lands, natural and <br />cultural features, and rural community chazacter that might otherwise be lost through <br />development approaches. At lease one-third (33%) of the land within a Flexible Development <br />subdivision must be set aside as open space, •-~ . A Ereater percentage of open space maY <br />be required based on the density requirements in certain overlay zoning districts In Cane <br />Creek watershed at least 50% of the land within a Flexible Develo went subdivision must <br />be set aside as oven space. In order to meet open space requirements open space may be <br />preserved through: <br />(a) An "estate lot" approach where all land is subdivided into lots four (4) acres or greater in <br />size, building limits (50%) aze established for each lot, and the land azea outside such limits <br />is preserved as open space; or <br />(b) a "conservation" approach where all land is subdivided into lots, and open space is preserved <br />through the use of conservation easements applied to portions of individual lots; or <br />(c) A "cluster" approach where lot sizes aze reduced and the land saved through such reductions <br />is preserved as open space; or <br />(d) A "village" or modified cluster approach where dwelling units aze clustered azound a village <br />green and supporting shops, and the village is surrounded by open space; or <br />(e) Some combination of the above. <br />