General provisions
a. Rural residential developments are a permitted and desirable form of development in all residential districts.
b. Rural residential developments are required in the Watershed Protection Overlay District. Where rural residential developments are required, the planning board may permit a conventional subdivision when the applicant can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the board, that a rural residential development is inappropriate due to environmental conditions or the configuration of the land.
c. Rural residential developments are reviewed in accordance with the Tiverton Land Development and Subdivision Regulations (subdivision regulations) as either a major or minor subdivision, as appropriate. Rural residential developments must meet the alternative dimensional regulations and open space provisions of this article, and the applicable design standards specified in the subdivision regulations.
d. The planning board may approve a project that contains a combination of any of the three types of rural residential developments defined herein, if the individual design elements are consistent with their respective requirements and the overall plan achieves the purposes of this article.
e. The planning board shall not approve a rural residential development project if, in their determination, the plan as proposed will have a detrimental effect on the neighboring properties or the town in general, or is otherwise inconsistent with the Tiverton Comprehensive Plan, the purposes of this appendix, and/or the design requirements of the subdivision regulations.
(Ord. of 6-4-01(7))