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6 <br />AMENDMENT 1 AMEND THE DEFINITION OF FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT IN SECTION II <br />DEFINITIONS TO REFLECT CHANGES PROPOSED THROUGHOUT SECTION IV-B-10. <br />A. CLARIFY LANGUAGE AND ADD LANGUAGE TO DEFINITION OF THE ESTATE LOT APPROACH _ <br />THAT CLARIFIES PROVISIONS FOR OPEN SPACE AND BUILDABLE LOT AREA. <br />B. DELETE THE DEFINITION FOR THE CONSERVATION APPROACH AND ADJUST . <br />C. MODIFY THE NAME OF THE CLUSTER APPROACH TO PRESERVE THE CONNOTATION OF <br />"CONSERVATION" AND ADD LANGUAGE TO THE DEFINITION TO SPECIFY THE CONFIGURATION <br />AND OWNERSHIP OF THE OPEN SPACE. <br />SECTION IL DEFINITIONS <br />Amended FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT - A subdivision in which greater flexibility and <br />7-1-96 design creativity is encouraged and allowed to preserve agricultural and <br />forestry elands, inatural and cultural features, and rural community <br />character that might otherwise be lost through conventional development <br />approaches. At least one-third (33%) of the land. within a Flexible <br />Development subdivision must be set aside as open space which maybe <br />preserved through: _ <br />(A) (a) An "estate lot" approach where all land is subdivided -into lots #ear-{4} <br />three 3 acres e~ and greater in size, building ~~~1s{~°~6-} lot area <br />including setbacks are established on 50°° #eF of each lot, and the <br />land area outside such ids area. is preserved as open apace <br />provided that front and .side yard setback areas shall -not be <br />counted toward meeting the minimum open- space requirement <br />except as saecified by pirovisions of Article IV-B-10 Section D 1: <br />or <br />(c) (s ~ A "conservation-cluster" approach where lot sizes are reduced and <br />the land saved through such reductions is preserved as open space <br />on seaarate lots owned and maintained through a homeowners <br />association, anon-profit land conservancy or unit of state of <br />local government; or <br />(d ~ A "village" or modified cluster approach where dwelling units are <br />clustered around a village .green and supporting shops, and the <br />village is surrounded by open space; or <br />(e ~ Some combination of the above. <br />g:lbdamendlflexdevladminrec.doc~8-17-991k1 <br />