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76 <br /> Comparison of Rural Character and Flexible Development Options <br /> Development Open Space <br /> Standards Development Option Cluster Option' <br /> Where minimum lot size <br /> requirement is... <br /> As small as 10,000 sq.t. 40,000 sq ft. 20-OA9-ems : <br /> Lot Size Required "; <br /> 20,000 sq.tT. 40,GOO <br /> .......................... <br /> 10,000 sq ft: 5,000 sgft. <br /> Open Space Required From 20% to 70% of total At least "of subdivision <br /> tract, including entry roads must be set-avidet`? as <br /> and other permitted uses open space <br /> Maximum - 108 lots per 100 <br /> acres (Density = 1.08 units <br /> per acre) <br /> Current - 100 lots per 100 <br /> Potential Lot Yield Up to 80 to 130 lots per 100 acres (Density = 1.00 unit per <br /> acres (Density = 0.80 to 1.30 acre) <br /> units per acre) ical- 72 lots per 100 acres <br /> (Density = 0.72 units per <br /> acre) <br /> Dimensional Standards Reductions permitted but not See standards above and on <br /> specified preceding page <br /> Joyner Comment: What about density bonuses for providing more open space? Does the <br /> section shaded above mean that I can't do a small-lot duster in AR or R-1 with lots smaller <br /> than half an acre? Why not? Particularly if public water and sewer are available. <br /> 2A minimum lot size of two acres (87,120 sq.ft.) is required in designated Critical Areas and some <br /> Protected Watersheds. Under the cluster provisions, lots of approximately one acre could be created, with land <br /> saved through lot size reductions being preserved as common open space. <br /> If density calculations are based on the total land area, the potential lot yield in such areas is 50 lots per <br /> 100 acres. If lot area calculations include half the street right-of-way, the minimum permitted lot size in a cluster <br /> development would be approximately 40,000 sq.ft. Under this scenario, approximately 50%of the land area would <br /> be preserved as open space. <br /> Flexible Development 16 <br />