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All allow slightly different overall densities depending n <br />open space and resource protection. Even the most dense of <br />the options the Rural Village -has an overall low density. <br />Taken together, they represent a "workable compromise" on <br />rural development patterns that developers, <br />environmentalists, farmers academics and planners were able <br />to hammer out over a eighi months meeting twice and <br />sometimes three times per month. The opfions utilize a <br />stiding scale that offers slight density bonuses in exchange <br />for the provision of permanent open space. Open space in this <br />concept means land left in a natural or cultivated state - <br />undeveloped as to construction. <br />The first option is basically the current standard of two <br />acre lot development. Option A would allow residential <br />development averaging at 1.84 acres per lot. This option <br />would utilize voluntary conservation through conservation <br />easements that migh# protect in natural sites within <br />the private open space of a lot. The Committee felt that it <br />was important not to take away development options, although <br />other options may well be better suited to the terrain and <br />environment. <br />OPTION B Takes a slightly different tack toward residential <br />development by encouraging those who would go above and the <br />beyond the proposed low- density standard to create lots of <br />five acres or more. This type of development is very. . <br />conducive to protecting resources through conservation <br />easements, and since it achieves many of the goals of the <br />study this option would have as incentives the use of <br />private roads to enhance rural character, an expedited <br />subdivision review by staff, and lower fees. For <br />practicality, such developments would be limited to a maximum <br />of 200 acres per development. <br />OPTION C is the first of three options that utilize open <br />space set - asides in return for slight density bonuses. In <br />this case property owners determined to develop their land <br />might set aside almost 1 /2 of their tract in agriculture or <br />natural forest, and develop the other half with lots of <br />almost 1 -acre in size. The result of such a development would <br />be a "cluster" of single - family lots averaging out a roughly <br />two acres per lot. <br />OPTION D expands upon this concept. In this case, property <br />owners wishing to develop might set aside 2/3 of their tract <br />