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The purpose of this zone is to allow limited types of service and commercial uses in rural areas of the County. Such uses must support traditional low density rural land uses, while protecting and maintaining an overall rural character. Further, it is intended that this zone be located in areas that are not suitable for primarily residential development. The zone must be located in areas recommended on an approved and adopted master plan and must front on and have direct access to a road of arterial or higher classification.
Development in this zone must have a rural appearance and character. In order to maintain rural character, development must have limited imperviousness and may provide landscaping and screening and a high percentage of open space. Landscaping and screening is also to be used to provide adequate screening from adjacent land uses. All proposed landscaping, and screening must be approved at the site plan review.
The fact that an application for this zoning designation complies with all specific requirements and purposes set forth herein does not create a presumption that the application is, in fact, compatible with surrounding land uses, and, in itself, is not sufficient to require the granting of any application.