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Draft reduces town-center density to 4 units per acre, replaces 1-mile radius rule with parcel-based rural districts
Summary
Staff told the Nov. 20 hearing the draft zoning ordinance removes the 1-mile radius policy, creates rural neighborhood districts that follow parcel boundaries, and sets a maximum of 4 dwelling units per acre in town centers (with TDRs and other density tools retained).
County planning staff said the draft removes the old one-mile radius rule that previously governed how density was applied around town centers and replaces it with new parcel-based rural neighborhood and residential districts. Will Hager explained the new districts are intended to follow parcel boundaries rather than arbitrary circles, and that permitted density in both the rural neighborhood and residential districts with purchase of transferable development rights (TDRs) would be one dwelling unit per acre.
Staff further stated that in the draft any district with permitted residential density above four dwelling units per acre will be reduced to a maximum of 4 units per acre in town centers. The draft also limits family conveyance lots (subdivision exceptions for parcels of record) to one lot total; staff noted that the family conveyance change does not apply to properties preserved in Agricultural Preservation Districts.
