Purpose

The purposes of this chapter are:

A.  To conserve large contiguous areas of open land;

B.  To preserve historical and archaeological resources and scenic views;

C.  To provide greater design flexibility and efficiency in siting of buildings and infrastructure  in order to reduce length of streets and the amount of impervious surfaces;

D.  To provide for a diversity of lot sizes, building densities, and housing choices to accommodate a variety of residential preferences, so that the population diversity of the community may be maintained;

E.  To implement municipal policies to conserve a variety of irreplaceable and environmentally important resources identified in the comprehensive plan;

F.  To provide reasonable incentives for the creation of greenway systems;

G.  To implement land use, transportation and community service policies identified in the comprehensive plan;

H.  To protect areas with productive agricultural soils for continued or future agricultural use by conserving blocks of land large enough to allow for efficient farm operations; and

I.  To create neighborhoods with direct visual and physical access to open land.

(Ord. dated 9-2-03 (part); ord. dated 11-19-13)