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Planning staff proposes R‑4 cluster option to allow well-and-septic development with 75% open space
Summary
Fluvanna County planning staff proposed a zoning amendment to allow a cluster-development option in the R‑4 district that would permit well-and-septic systems with smaller lots and a high open-space requirement. The Board of Supervisors agreed to consider the proposal and asked staff to prepare ordinance language for advertisement.
Planning staff presented a proposed amendment at a Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors work session to create a cluster-development option in the R‑4 zoning district that would allow well-and-septic systems while requiring a larger percentage of open space.
Under current county language, staff said, R‑4 lots on well and septic are limited to a density of one dwelling unit per two acres with a two-acre minimum lot size. The proposal would add an alternative cluster option in R‑4 allowing roughly one unit per acre, a one-acre minimum lot size, 60 feet of frontage and a 30-foot…
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