Purpose

This article is designed to provide qualified subdividers an option to develop a parcel of land under less stringent requirements, where, and only where, the Planning Board (the Board) determines that such alternative procedures will promote development of the parcel in the best interests of the Town, considering the design standards specified in § 350-83 below. The approval of a rural residential compound is entirely within the informed discretion of the Board. Denial by the Board of a request for a rural residential compound, or the denial of a rural residential compound, shall not be construed as denial of the right to subdivide the property, and the applicant shall retain all rights to submit a plan under customary procedures set forth in Chapter 300, Subdivision of Land.