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19 <br /> • The method of water supply and sewage disposal, including the number of approved <br /> disposal sites; <br /> • The presence of Primary and Secondary Conservation Areas, including contiguous areas <br /> located on adjoining properties; <br /> • The presence of existing and/or proposed transit routes and corridors, and areas of future <br /> urban growth; e.g., Transition Areas; and <br /> • The presence of protected watersheds, including defined critical areas. <br /> To this end, villages must meet the following general standards: <br /> • The village proper is the village, comprised of residential units with associated <br /> commercial, office, and service functions. <br /> 0 The village proper may not exceed 100 acres in size and shall be built in a compact <br /> manner so as to permit pedestrian accessibility to its center within a five minute walk. <br /> 0 The village proper is to be distinguished from the village conservancy by a well- <br /> defined "edge" of closely spaced buildings in contrast with the open space of the <br /> conservancy. <br /> 0 A village proper may not be located closer than one-half mile from the edge of <br /> another village proper, and every effort shall be made to keep the separate settlements <br /> visually distinct. <br /> 0 The village proper is to be built in a generally rectilinear pattern of interconnecting <br /> streets, defined by buildings, street furniture, and landscaping, as places to be shared <br /> equally by pedestrians and automobiles. <br /> 0 A hierarchy of parks and squares is to be provided and distributed strategically <br /> throughout the village and culminate in a central civic space called the Village <br /> Green. <br /> 0 Village lots shall be restricted from further subdivision through deed restrictions <br /> and/or permanent conservation easements. <br /> 0 The village proper may be composed of four uses: Storefront Uses, Townhouse <br /> Uses, single-family detached Residential Uses, and Workshop Uses. These uses and <br /> the standards applicable to each are described on the following pages. <br /> • The village conservancy is a continuous open space area surrounding the village proper, <br /> representing the land from which dwellings have been transferred to the village proper. In <br />