(A) The purpose of this district is to enable rural settlements to continue to exist and allow for limited residential growth and commercial expansion necessary to fulfill the daily need of the residents. This district is further intended to be a receiving area for development rights to permit increased density while creating less development in the farm oriented areas.
(B) Those uses permitted and as regulated in the following districts: R1-A through R-1E, R-2 through R-6, P-1, and B-1. Dimension and area requirements as well as sign requirements shall be the same as those associated with the district in which the use is first permitted.
(C) Any parcel within an identified cross community is eligible for the crossroad community zoning classification. However, the minimum site for any new development shall be five acres and may be under single or multiple ownership. Development may be permitted in stages and include a mixture of land uses.
(D) Existing parcels containing less than five acres shall also be eligible for crossroad community zoning classification in instances where a change in use is requested.
(E) Each individual use shall be located on a parcel of not less than one acre, unless density is increased by the use of Transferred Development Rights (TDRs).
(F) Each crossroad community development shall include a plan to ensure orderly growth, street interconnectivity, and provisions for storm water runoff control. Adequate public facilities shall be available to provide fire protection and the treatment of sanitary sewer waste. Any single use on a parcel of one or more acres shall utilize a disposal system reviewed and approved by the county’s Health Department. On those parcels where density is greater than one per acre and the disposal system is mechanical in nature, this system must be accepted for maintenance by an approved agency. The location of the expanded residential and commercial uses shall fill in around the existing community by construction of connecting streets. The growth of the crossroads community shall be consistent with the small village character of the area.
(G) A Crossroads Community District shall be utilized only in areas designated by the Planning Commission after amending the Comprehensive Plan. Prior to this designation, a committee of eight shall be formed to receive comment from the residents and owners of the affected area to determine the appropriateness of a Crossroads Community designation. The committee shall be appointed jointly by the County Judge/Executive and the Planning Commission Chairperson and shall be composed of four persons who either reside or own property within two miles of the crossroads, one citizen at large, one member of the County Fiscal Court, one Planning Commission member, and one member of the Comprehensive Plan Update Committee existing at the time of the appointment. The Committee shall elect its own Chairperson. If a Crossroads Community is determined to be appropriate, then the Committee shall determine the boundaries of the district.
(Prior Code, § 7.5) (Ord. 99-1, passed 3-24-1999)