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14 • Question: Which option allows for least density? Answer: All things considered, about equal. • If this plan is adopted, how long would it last? Answer: Recommendations provide for incremental, five year review. • For the long range future, septic system should not decide lot size as technology may solve this. • (Aside - development tends to follow highways) #• Likes two acre minimum, but doesn't like impervious surface regulation as it does not allow you to build a big house with six percent limit. (Go up to 12%) Two acres is a good trade off / compromise. • Question: What is the usual desire of farmers for development? Answer: In Cedar Grove, it is about 2 .5 (acres per lot) . In Little River, it is about 1. 5 acres. Seems to be a mixed bag. *• Do not want to make it too restrictive as you want to improve the tax base, but do not want overly transient population. #• Local Orange County folks cannot afford four acres. Two acres is enough to restrict the area of Little River from over- development. • Business and industry is thriving south of Roxboro and those folks are often moving into North Orange. • Clint asked the group for input - two acre as a calculation tool to allow one acre if some cluster and open space. • Numbers of people increase costs to residents, schools, impact fees - taxes. • Why reduce from two acre to one acre for open space? Why not two acre average and open space? • Affordable housing in subdivisions increases tax burdens on citizens, e.g. schools - septic fields. • If one child average household - if subdivision does not provide 175, 000 taxable then citizens end up subsidizing subdivisions. So add this consideration to the size allowed. • Do not maximize cluster density in such areas as Cedar Grove and Little River. • Question: Where is commercial allowed (not shown on maps) ? #• Two acres sounds more reasonable to the majority of people - cluster options do not sound "rural" - what is "rural?"