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29 <br />'7 AMENDMENT 6 -AMEND SECTION IV-B-10, SECTION D.3 (DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS) <br />CLUSTER OPTION BY A) CHANGING THE NAME TO "CONSERVATION-CLUSTER"; B) ,CLARIFYING <br />. CONFIGURATION AND PLACEMENT OF -OPEN SPACE; C) REDUCING ALLOWABLE AMOUNT OF <br />OPEN SPACE THAT CAN BE USED FOR SEPTIC OR WELL EASEMENTS FROM 50% TO 25°Jo; <br />D) CLARIFYING MINIMUM LOT SIZE ALLOWED IN WATERSHED PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICTS; <br />E) REDUCING MtNlMUM LOT WIDTH TO ENCOURAGE CLUSTERING; F) CLARIFYING LANGUAGE <br />REGARDING REDUCTION OF MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE; G) PROVIDING FORA 100 F'r. BUFFER <br />ALONG SUBDIVISION BOUNDARIES; AND H) RENUMBERING SUBSECTIONS D.4, D.S, AND D.6. <br />SECTION IV-B-10 FLEXfBLE DEVELOPMENT <br />Section D DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br />(A) <br />. D.2 Conservation-Cluster Option <br />A (conservationl-cluster subdivision is one in which building lots are grouped together <br />through a transfer of allowable density within the subdivided tract .provided the <br />transfer of density within the subdivision. does not increase the averaue density <br />in any zoning district including overlay districts. Smaller lots than those required in <br />conventional subdivisions are :permitted, provided -such lots and subdivisions .are <br />developed in accordance with the following standards: <br />• Land saved through lot size reductions shall consist of designated .Primary <br />and/or Secondary Conservation Areas. <br />• The total amount of land set aside as Primary. and Secondary Conservation <br />Areas shall equal the sum of all reductions in minimum lot area and shall <br />comprise at least thirty-three percent (33%) of the total land area in the <br />subdivision. <br />(B) <br />• ,Both Primary and Secondary Conservation Areas shalt be placed in undivided <br />preserves which adjoin housing areas that have been designed more compactly <br />to create larger conservation units that may be enjoyed by all residents of <br />the subdivision and, if possible, enjoyed visually by the general aublic.. Such <br />undivided open space shall be accessible to the largest number of lots within the <br />development. To achieve this, the majority of houselots should abut undivided <br />open space to provide residents with direct. views and access. -Safe and <br />convenient pedestrian access to the open space from all adjoining houselots <br />shall be provided, except in the case of farmland or other .resource areas <br />vulnerable to human disturbance. The. design must meet Section F <br />Evaluation Criteria which sets forth conservation area design <br />characteristics. <br />• Where undivided open space is designated as separate non-contiguous parcels, <br />no parcel shall consist of less than three (3) acres in area, nor have alength-to- <br />width ratio in excess of 4:1, except such areas that are specifically designed for <br />g:~bdamendlflexdevlpbrec.docl8-17-991ki <br />