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36 <br /> To better protect more of the developable land (such as farmland) in the rural areas, <br /> and in the Rural Buffer, the County might consider upgrading Flexible Developments <br /> with the better CSD standards, OR Replacing the Flexible Development provisions <br /> with those for Conservation Subdivision Design. <br /> In Arendt's professional opinion: the Rural Buffer zoning is still too rigid-even with <br /> "Flexible Development"-- and does not allow the greater flexibility of CSD, which <br /> would enable new developments at the desired overall two-acre density to conserve <br /> much more land,with smaller lots. <br /> Importance of CSDs <br /> • CSDs can help achieve a number of important goals, including <br /> o Environmental Resource Protection <br /> o Climate Resilience <br /> o Farmland Conservation <br /> o Housing Attainability <br /> o More and Better Wastewater Option <br /> • Wastewater treatment can be provided in a variety of different ways with <br /> Conservation Subdivision Design: <br /> o On-lot individual septic drain fields <br /> o Off-lot individual septic drain fields <br /> o Off-lot shared drain field <br /> • CSD enables lots to avoid borderline-soils and for on-lot drain fields to be located <br /> entirely on soils that are better-drained and more suitable <br /> Better soils x4 �� <br /> p 4 <br /> - - - KC't F <br /> 1 <br /> margin all <br /> 1 y b <br /> 1 A <br /> . �1 "�.. �_ +'����� �"'4 •f k, Irk <br /> Thirteen twa-and-one.hall acre lots Thirteen one-acre lots <br /> Six orr marginal soil AH on betler sail <br />