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4. <br />5. <br />OPTION D <br />Option D allows for a planned residential development <br />with a density of 0.72 (72 units per 100 acres) where <br />two - thirds, or 67 %, of the tract is left in open space <br />(Either agricultural or natural). <br />NUMBER OF UNITS: <br />(DENSITY) <br />REQUIRED OPEN SPACE * *: <br />72 UNITS PER 100 ACRES <br />67% OF TRACT <br />SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Option D developments should <br />utilize public water and sewer where possible. Where <br />public water and sewer extension is not cost - effective, <br />the use of community alternative wastewater systems <br />would be permitted. The use of such systems would be <br />contingent on participation in a Monitoring and <br />Maintenance program adopted by the County, and such <br />systems should also be built to public specifications. <br />OPTION E (RURAL VILLAGE) <br />Allows for the development of a "Rural Village ", a <br />planned residential community with a small -scale <br />village - -level commercial /service core. The overall <br />residential density of this Rural Village would be 0.84 <br />(84 units per 100 acres). In order to develop under <br />this option, four -- fifths, or 80 %, of the tract must be <br />left in open space (either agricultural or natural). <br />NUMBER OF UNITS: <br />(DENSITY) <br />REQUIRED OPEN SPACE * *: <br />84 UNITS PER 100 ACRES <br />80% OF TRACT. <br />SPECIAL CONDITIONS: The Committee finds that Option E <br />is significantly different from other residential <br />options, and should therefore be permitted with the <br />following conditions: <br />A minimum tract size of 200 acres shall be <br />required for development of a Rural Village. <br />Public water and sewer extension is required. <br />Rural Villa a developments "shall be permitted only <br />within a defined "Development Sector ", to be <br />analyzed and defined in the future through <br />cooperation with local governments and utility <br />entities. Such a sector would factor in the <br />location of arterial and collector roadways and <br />feasible public utility extension to create a <br />logical, cost- effective and easily - defined <br />corridor of the Rural Buffer where such <br />developments would be encouraged. <br />8 <br />12' <br />