§ 350-83
Conditions for consideration
Applicants may request that their proposal be considered as a rural residential compound at the preapplication stage. To qualify for consideration as a rural residential compound, the subdivision must satisfy all of the following conditions; however, satisfaction of all of the conditions shall only result in rendering the plan eligible for further consideration as a rural residential compound and shall not be construed as approval.
- A. Lots with existing deeded rights-of-way or easements for access to any property shall not qualify for a rural residential compound.
- B. Lots created after this article is adopted, May 16, 2003, shall not qualify for consideration as a rural residential compound.
- C. No more than one rural residential compound shall be created from a property or a set of contiguous properties in common ownership as of May 16, 2003. The subdivision shall result in no more than four lots and be located entirely in an A-4 and/or A-3 agricultural use district.
- D. The original lot shall be at least 20 acres in area and have at least 50 feet of frontage.
- E. Each lot so created under these provisions shall have an area of at least 10 acres, of which at least 1.5 acres shall be land suitable for development.
[Amended 11-15-2007, effective 12-20-2007]
- F. The subdivision shall result in no more than four lots and be located entirely in an A-4 and/or A-3 agricultural use district.
- G. All lots so created under these provisions shall have ingress and egress to the common private way. Lots with existing deeded rights-of-way or easements for access to any property shall not qualify for a rural residential compound.
- H. The common private way shall extend from a suitably improved Town or state road, and shall end in a cul-de-sac, as described in § 350-86 below. The common private way shall not extend from any other type of road, such as private or suitably improved non-Town road.
- I. Rural residential compounds cannot be combined with any other subdivision or development.
- J. The development rights of land in excess of the minimum underlying zoning of each lot (example A-4) shall be deeded in perpetuity to a land conservation organization, such as the Glocester Land Trust. For the purpose of this section, “development rights,” as used herein, shall mean the right to further subdivide or otherwise residentially develop the land beyond the original approval from the Planning Board.
- K. At the discretion of the Planning Board, a provision may be imposed to require a conservation easement for the preservation/protection of significant or important features of the subject property.