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The intent of the Rural Neighborhood Cluster zone is to preserve open land, environmentally sensitive natural resources and rural community character that would be lost under conventional, large-lot development. This would be accomplished by requiring clusters of residential development in the form of small neighborhoods that provide neighborhood identity in an open space setting.
It is further the intent of this zone to implement the recommendations of the relevant master plan, such as maintaining broad vistas of open space, preserving agrarian character or preserving environmentally sensitive natural resources to the maximum extent possible, and to ensure that new development is in harmony with the policies and guidelines of the relevant master plan and is compatible with existing development in adjoining communities.
In order to accomplish the intent of the Rural Neighborhood Cluster zone, no land must be classified in this zone unless the land is within an area for which there is an approved and adopted master or sector plan which recommends application of the Rural Neighborhood Cluster zone. Master plans that recommend the Rural Neighborhood Cluster zone must provide development guidelines and recommendations regarding the density of development in the optional method of development, and the location and rationale for preserving the rural open space.