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221 <br /> Section D DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br /> Flexible Development subdivision plats shall be prepared in accordance with one or more of the following development <br /> options. <br /> D.1 Estate Lot Option <br /> For lots created as part of an estate lot development, the following standards apply: <br /> • Each estate lot shall have a lot size of at least four (4) <br /> acres. <br /> • For each estate lot, a building envelope(buildable area) a-SM �. <br /> shall be defined of sufficient size to accommodate a ' ' <br /> single-family detached dwelling and customary accessory - <br /> uses,including,bat not limited to, storage buildings and <br /> garages, swimming pools, lawns, and driveways. z-.Q. <br /> buBdabb <br /> 1 <br /> • The building envelope of an estate lot may not exceed a ' <br /> fifty percent(50%)of the total lot area. <br /> Total <br /> • Only the area outside of the building envelope of an tf <br /> estate lot may be counted toward meeting the minimum °p° < <br /> open space requiremen ' <br /> t. T <br /> • The budding envelope on an estate lot shall not include <br /> designated Primary and/or Secondary Conservation <br /> Areas. A septic system and/or well site may be located <br /> outside of a building envelope provided it does not <br /> occupy more than half of the conservation area nor any <br /> part of a Primary Conservation Area. Setting aside at least one-half of the area of estate <br /> lots is one means of satisfying the 33% open space <br /> • Each building envelope on an estate lot shall adhere to requirement (Montgomery County Land <br /> the following spacing standards: Preservation District). <br /> .................. ......... . <br /> . ..... ............ .................. ....... ................. .....I..... ...... .. <br /> .... .. <br /> Minimum spacing between building envelopes on adjacent lots 80 feet <br /> Minims spacing between building envelope and subdivision boundary or off-site public 75 feet <br /> street right-f--wry <br /> Minims spacing between building envelope and on-site public or private street tight-of- 40 feet <br /> way <br /> Minimum spacing between building envelope and any other lot line 20 feet <br /> Minima spacing between building envelope and wetlands or water bodies(lakes, ponds, 100 feet <br /> streams, etc.) <br /> • Provided the arrangement, design, and shape of estate lots is such that lots provide satisfactory and desirable <br /> sites for building; contribute to the preservation of designated Primary and/or Secondary Conservation Areas; <br /> provide convement access for emergency service vehicles; and satisfy all building envelope spacing standards, <br /> estate lots may platted in accordance with following standards: <br /> Flexible Development 7 <br />