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Lee: Thinks people focus on percentages and try to translate into total density they can have. Has no effect on number of units you can have and therefore no effect on density. Curtis: Why do you use 1.75 acres for a one -acre designated rural development when you have 33% non - buildable land? Lee: The way this works is that you look at land you have and figure out how many units that land can support based on its percability. For example, you've got 400 acres that peres at two acres per unit, then that gives you 200 units. The only thing this (yield plan ?) determines is how densely packed those 200 units are going to be. Curtis: Not taking into account buffer zones. Lee: Has no effect on total number of units; does affect placement of those units-. Curtis: Fear that government may interpret this wrong. Elio: Restating what has been said to be sure he understands. Assume that under present zoning you have determined how many units you can build. You can still build that number of units because we are not changing the zoning. However, if you allow at least 50% of the land to be open space, then you can build those units clustered on another part of the land and if you will allow 60% of the land to be open we allow you to build even more units. Curtis: Don't think this (quarter -acre lots with access to common open space) represents rural character. Lee: The design principle when doing cluster development is to attempt to get as many units as you possibly can, to try and design the site so that all units have direct access (to open space). Curtis: "But you still aren't saying, this is mine." Elio: Let's leave this aside, is an emotional issue. The possibility is that you are going to build the same number of units but in a different way. In addition, if you are willing to go to 60% on open space you may get 210 units rather than 200. Maybe going with this approach will allow you to speed up the process so you can build without delay. Maybe the entrance is the only place you need a standard road and interior roads can be private. The open land preserved will allow for more wildlife, more open space, and nice views. But person may say, this takes away from the property owner. The question becomes, will a developer /property owner find a market receptive to this new idea? This appears to be happening in some areas. Some people are willing to buy into an environment that is preserved more naturally, although they have to share it with other people. Is a different way to look at 0