(a) The area in open space (including recreation areas and water as specified in Section 1240.21(c) above) accomplished through the use of one-family cluster development shall represent at lease fifteen percent (15%) of the total parcel area. The provision of walks, trails and recreation facilities is required within the open space areas.
(b) In order to provide an orderly transition of density, where the parcel proposed for use as a cluster development abuts a one-family residential district, the City shall determine that the abutting one-family district is effectively buffered by means of one (1) of the following within the cluster development:
(1) Single-family lots subject to the standards of the schedule of regulations.
(2) Detached one-family buildings with setbacks as required by the schedule of regulations for the applicable residential district.
(3) Open or recreation space not less than one hundred (100) feet in depth.
(4) A densely planted buffer not less than fifty (50) feet in depth.
(Ord. 24-2006. Passed 3-7-06.)