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44 <br /> Flexible Development - A subdivision in which greater flexibility and design creativity is <br /> encouraged and allowed to preserve agricultural and forestry lands, natural and cultural <br /> features, and rural community character that might otherwise be lost through conventional <br /> development approaches. At least one-third (33%) of the land within a Flexible <br /> Development subdivision must be set aside as open space which may be preserved through: <br /> • An "estate lot" approach where all land is subdivided into lots four (4) acres or <br /> greater in size, building limits (50%) are established for each lot, and the land area <br /> outside such limits is preserved as open space; or <br /> • A "conservation" approach where all land is subdivided into lots, and open space is <br /> preserved through the use of conservation easements applied to portions of <br /> individual lots; or <br /> • A "cluster" approach where lot sizes are reduced and the land saved through such <br /> reductions is preserved as open space; or <br /> • A "village" or modified cluster approach where dwelling units are clustered around <br /> a village green and supporting shops, and the village is surrounded by open space; <br /> or <br /> • Some combination of the above <br /> SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS <br /> II. Definitions(Cluster-Flexible Development) <br /> See definition of"Flexible Development" under Zoning Ordinance amendments above. <br />