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Commission explores transfer-development-rights and clustered development to protect rural land
Summary
Commissioners discussed Transfer Development Rights (TDR) and Planned Residential Development (PRD) strategies to concentrate growth in the village and keep rural acreage open, including proposals to exclude undevelopable steep slopes and to encourage clustering of homes (example: Ten Stones).
Commission members discussed mechanisms to move development pressure out of rural districts and into the village, including Transfer Development Rights (TDR) concepts and shore-up rules around Planned Residential Development (PRD). The minutes record questions about whether density can be decoupled from lot size, whether land that cannot be developed due to steep slopes could be excluded from density calculations, and the suggestion to require PRD review for subdivisions larger than four lots.
Members emphasized conservation objectives—keeping land open and connected and avoiding long driveways that disrupt wildlife—while allowing smaller lot footprints clustered near roads (an approach noted as similar to development at 'Ten Stones'). The commission also referenced outreach to large landowners and the idea of consulting the Charlotte Land Trust on site-selection criteria.
