5.7.4. Minimum Open Space Set-Aside Requirements

   A.   Amount.

      1.   The minimum required amount of open-space set-aside, as a percentage of a development's size, shall be provided in accordance with the Table 5.7.4.A: Minimum Open Space Set-Aside Required.

      2.   Nothing shall limit the provision of a greater minimum percentage or other type of open space set-aside, provided the minimum requirements in this section are met.

Table 5.7.4.A: Minimum Open Space Set-Aside Required
Type of Land Use [1]	Amount of Open Space Set-Aside Required (% of development area) [2]	Open Space Set-Aside Composition [3] [4]
		Min. % Active	Min. % Passive	Min. % Urban
Residential, Single-Family Detached	10	At least 25% when outside of OI or DTC districts	No minimum requirement	Up to 50% when inside OI or DTP districts
Residential, All Use Types Except Single-Family Detached	10	At least 50% when outside of OI or DTC districts	No minimum requirement	At least 50% when inside OI or DTP districts
Institutional, Other Than Utility-Related	8	No requirement	No minimum requirement	Up to 100% when inside OI or DTP districts
Institutional, Utility-Related	None Required	N/A
Mixed-Use, with Residential	5	At least 25% when outside of OI & DTC districts	No minimum requirement	Up to 100% when inside OI or DTP districts
Mixed-Use, no Residential	3	No minimum requirement	No minimum requirement	Up to 100% when inside OI or DTP districts
Commercial	3	No minimum requirement	No minimum requirement	Up to 100% when inside OI or DTP districts
Industrial	None Required	N/A
Agricultural	None Required	N/A
NOTES: [1] Determined based on the Use Classification listing in Table 4.2.3, Principal Use Table. [2] Applied at the time of subdivision or site plan if subdivision is not required. [31 See Section 5.7.5, Open Space Set-Aside Configuration, for details on the distinctions between active, passive, and urban set-aside. [4] In cases where the total amount of open space set-aside is insufficient to be useable in the opinion of the Planning Director, the Town may accept a fee-in-lieu (see Section 6.3, Fee-in-Lieu).

 

   B.   Type.

      1.   Unless otherwise indicated in the appropriate dimensional standards table in Article 3: Districts, open space set-aside shall be configured in accordance with the standards in Section 5.7.5.A, Passive Open Space Set-Aside.

      2.   In cases where development must configure open space set-aside with active recreation features, it shall be configured in accordance with Section 5.7.5.B, Active Open Space Set-Aside.

      3.   In cases where open space set-aside shall be configured as urban, it shall be configured in accordance with Section 5.7.5, Open Space Set-Aside Configuration.

      4.   Except in instances where open space set-aside must be configured for active recreation, nothing shall limit development from configuring required open space set-aside in accordance with the standards in Section 5.7.5.C, Urban Open Space Set-Aside.

(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)