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Attachment 3 14 <br />ZONING COMPARISON <br />RURAL RESIDENTIAL (R1) and AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL (AR) DISTRICTS <br />DISTRICTS <br />R -1 <br />AR <br />I <br />Minimum lot width <br />RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT <br />AGRICULTURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT <br />Minimum front setback from r -o -w <br />The purpose of the R -1 District is to provide <br />The purpose of the AR District is to assist in the <br />Minimum corner side setback <br />locations for rural non -farm residential <br />preservation of land suitable, as a result of <br />Minimum side setback <br />development, at very low intensities, in areas <br />location, existing farming operations, soils and <br />DISTRICT PURPOSES <br />where the short and long -term solutions to <br />topography, for agricultural, silvicultural or <br />Maximum height <br />domestic water supply and sewage disposal <br />horticultural uses and to protect such uses from <br />Minimum gross land area <br />shall be individual wells and ground absorption <br />the adverse effects of incompatible land uses. <br />Minimum required open space ratio <br />system. <br />R -CU NR, NR CU: .84 <br />Minimum required recreation space ratio <br />Where designated Rural Residential by the <br />Where designated Agricultural Residential by <br />Minimum required livability space ratio <br />Comprehensive Plan; and where urban <br />the Comprehensive Plan; and where urban <br />DISTRICT APPLICATION <br />services, including water distribution and <br />services, including water distribution and <br />Density <br />sewage collection mains, are not likely within <br />sewage collection mains, are not likely within <br />Differences in permitted uses <br />10 -20 years. <br />10 -20 years. <br />STANDARDS <br />R -1 <br />AR <br />Minimum lot size <br />40,000 square feet <br />40,000 square feet <br />Minimum lot width <br />130 feet <br />150 feet <br />Minimum front setback from r -o -w <br />40 feet <br />40 feet <br />Minimum corner side setback <br />40 feet <br />40 feet <br />Minimum side setback <br />20 feet <br />20 feet <br />Minimum rear setback <br />20 feet <br />20 feet <br />Maximum height <br />25 feet, with 2 feet of additional height allowed <br />for one foot increase of the required front and <br />side setbacks <br />25 feet, with 2 feet of additional height allowed <br />for one foot increase of the required front and <br />side setbacks <br />Minimum gross land area <br />R -CU, NR -CU: 80,000 square feet <br />R -CU, NR -CU: 80,000 square feet <br />Minimum required open space ratio <br />R -CU NR, NR CU: .84 <br />R -CU NR, NR CU: .84 <br />Minimum required recreation space ratio <br />R, R -CU: .031 <br />R, R -CU: .031 <br />Minimum required livability space ratio <br />R -CU: .75 <br />R -CU: .75 <br />Minimum required pedestrian/landscape ratio <br />NR, NR -CU: .21 <br />NR, NR -CU: .21 <br />Density <br />The density permitted based on the Watershed <br />Protection Overlay District <br />The density permitted based on the Watershed <br />Protection Overlay District <br />Differences in permitted uses <br />*See attached permitted use table <br />*See attached permitted use table <br />Indicates difference in standards or uses <br />09/12/2014 <br />D <br />v <br />CD <br />D <br />