Zoning incentives
A. The Planning Board may increase the residential density of a conservation development where the developer has provided at least 20% (twenty percent) more open space than the minimum required, and where the additional open space would benefit the conservation goals of the town by:
1. providing more contiguous open space, or
2. protecting the rural character of the town, or
3. reducing the amount of infrastructure needed, or
4. preserving a specific natural, historical, or environmental feature, or
5. reducing development in a state-designated wellhead protection area.
The burden is on the subdivider to prove to the Planning Board that the conservation development with a density bonus would be a benefit to the town.
B. Density bonuses shall be determined according to the following table. All figures shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number:
| Amount of open space provided beyond minimum |
Density multiplier |
| 20% to 29% | Factor of 1.05 |
| 30% to 39% | Factor of 1.1 |
| 40% or more | Factor of 1.15 |
C. No conservation development in an aquifer overlay district shall be eligible for a density bonus.
(Ord. dated 9-2-03 (part); ord. dated 5-2-06; ord. dated 11-19-13; Ord. dated 6-16-15)