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• 29 <br /> 0 Some combination of the above, including the use of"density averaging" to allow <br /> flexibility in areas where two-acre minimum lot size requirements exist. <br /> • Density bonuses, while limited by the type of water supply/sewage disposal service <br /> available to the development, may be achieved by: <br /> • Providing greater amounts of open space than required; or <br /> • Providing Of units either as part of the development or at an off- <br /> site location; or <br /> Arendt Comment: I favor double density bonuses (only) to guarantee good <br /> building design as well as affordability. <br /> • Purchasing the development rights on farm or forest lands, natural areas, and <br /> similar resources, and transferring them to the development; or <br /> Arendt Comment: Consider new item - offer density bonuses to encourage <br /> "landowner compacts" or to create endowment funds for the open space <br /> management entity, especially if it is a land trust - which cannot raise <br /> "homeowner dues" to pay for maintenance, insurance, taxes, etc. <br /> • Some combination of the above. <br /> • Water supply sewage disposal service may include: <br /> 0 Individual wells and septic systems on each lot or located off-lot within a <br /> recorded easement, including subsurface disposal or spray irrigation on open land; <br /> or <br /> 0 A community water and/or sewage disposal system, including subsurface disposal <br /> or spray irrigation on open land, designed, constructed, and maintained in <br /> conformity with all applicable state, federal, and local rules and regulations; or <br /> 0 Connection to a water and/or sewage disposal system operated by a municipality, <br /> association, or water or sewer authority. As part of such service provision, public <br /> water and sewer extensions would be permitted to defined "transit corridors" and <br /> "transition areas". <br /> The "Flexible Development" option has been prepared in the format of an amendment <br /> to the Subdivision Regulations. The basic strategy is to substitute it for the current "Cluster <br /> Development" standards. Associated with the amendment would be the preparation of a Rural <br /> Design Guidebook to illustrate, through a case study approach, how to use the option in <br /> designing open space or "flexible" developments. <br /> Foreword 3 <br />