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Transportation Located in areas with good road access to nearby urban areas, and 0{l y System: the potential for providing access to public transit facilities. Energy Use: Located within 10 minutes commuting time from m4jor commercial uses or an Urban area, and designed so that small-scale commercial uses provided within developments limit the number of shorter distance commutes for goods and services. Existing Land Use: Generally non-urban in character and located in areas adjacent to Urban or Transition areas. Agriculture Located in areas where agricultural and forestry activities &Forestry: may continue within designated open space. Population Density: Located in areas with an overall low density of population and which do not exceed two units per acre. Historic Located in areas where detrimental development impact on & Cultural: County, state or Federally-acknowledged historic/cultural sites or County- identified Public Interest Areas does not exist, or can be mitigated by protection within designated open space. Section 4.1 - Overview of Implementation Strategies Proposed Chance: Add Open-Space Development Area row to"Land Use Element Categories- Zoning District Matrix" (between Rural Residential and County Residential Transition). Create a new column from existing"R-2, R-3, R-4",moving'R-2"into a free-standing column (see attached table). Proposed Chance: Add a new section before existing description of RURAL BUFFER, as shown below: OPEN-SPACE DEVELOPMENT AREA.Identifies areas adjacent to Urban or Transition areas which are generally non-urban in character and which will remain as such. Land in this category will generally contain low-density residential uses(e.g.,no more than two units per acre)which may be served by individual wells and septic tanks or by public water and sewer. Public water and sewer would be an option available to large-scale developments, or a combination of small developments. All open space residential development with density greater than one unit per two acres would be required to set aside and preserve significant amounts of open space (e.g., at least 30 percent of the total project acreage or, another option under consideration, at least 30 percent of the developable area of the project after certain undevelopable open space areas such as wetlands and steep slopes are excluded).The applied zoning districts would include RB(Rural Buffer),AR(Agricultural-Residential),R-1 (Low-Density Residential), and R-2 (Low-Moderate Density Residential). ORDINANCE REVIEW COM[MTI`TEE: PLANNING BOARD REVIEW: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REVIEW.