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19 <br /> SECTION IV-13-10 FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT <br /> Section D DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br /> D.2 Conservation-Cluster Option <br /> 4--Minimum lot width requirements may be reduced $ <br /> to 100 feet in the AR and R1 <br /> Districts. Minimum lot width requirements may be 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 so. 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 requirements may be reduced to twenty (20) feet for <br /> lots fronting on cul-de-sacs and"T"turnarounds. <br /> STAFF NOTE: <br /> THIS AMENDMENT CLARIFIES WHERE LOT FRONTAGE MAY BE REDUCED TO 20 FEET. <br /> g.lmay5991flexdev.not\5-13-99tkl <br />