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43 <br /> Possible Changes to Current Measures <br /> Conventional Zoning <br /> Two changes in the Zoning Ordinance could be made. The <br /> first would be to delete Article 11 .7 . 1 . It is the <br /> portion of the Non-conforming Lot provisions that <br /> require owners of undeveloped adjoining lots that are <br /> less than the required two (2) acres to recombine those <br /> lots into two (2) acre lots. Deleting this provision <br /> would permit development on existing legally platted <br /> lots less than two (2) acres in size. This would <br /> address a concern about property rights. <br /> The second change would require a complimentary change <br /> in the Subdivision Regulation. It is a change in the <br /> Rural Buffer (RB) Zoning District. It would create a <br /> class of lots whose creation would be exempt from the <br /> dimensional requirements of the RB zone." A lot created <br /> for use for a one-family residence by a child, or spouse <br /> of a child, of an owner of property zoned RB would be <br /> exempt from the dimensional requirements of the RB <br /> zone. Such a lot would be created in accordance with <br /> the dimensional requirements of the zoning <br /> classification on the property prior to the property <br /> being zoned RB . This exemption will apply only if the <br /> property owner can establish that he had legal title on <br /> or before January 5, 1987 and shall apply to only one <br /> such lot for each child of the property owner . This is <br /> patterned after a provision in the Maryland Agricultural <br /> Land Preservation Program. It is not a growth <br /> management technique so it has not been described above. <br /> Overlay Zones (Major Transportation Corridor) <br /> The Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) zoning district <br /> could be applied to NC 86, Old 86, and NC 54 in the <br /> Rural Buffer . This would add the landscape, setback, <br /> and buffer requirements of the MTC to these major <br /> highways thereby adding a measure of visual buffering of <br /> development. This would help preserve the rural appear- <br /> ance of the Rural Buffer. The potential impact of this <br /> change would, however, be limited. The MTC does not <br /> apply to one and two family detached residential devel - <br /> opment. Since the Rural Buffer is intended to be <br /> developed in low density residential development, the <br /> MTC requirements would seldom, if ever, be applied. <br /> Changing the MTC to make it applicable to one and two <br /> family detached residences is not recommended. The <br /> benefit derived from application of MTC to low density <br /> residential development would be small compared to the <br /> cost.. <br /> Cluster Development <br /> The cluster development provisions of the Subdivision <br />