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<br />Rural Cluster Development - Managing Growth and Maintaining the Rural Landscape <br /> <br />Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br />Rural Growth Centers to maintain their village <br />character. "Temporary clusters" in Urban <br />Reserve Areas can allow initial development <br />on a portion of a SITe to transition to urban <br />densities over time. <br /> <br /> <br />Neighborhood Green. Homes are clustered around a <br />shared public space surrounded by working agricultul1 <br />meadows. Hedgerows act as windbreaks and provide <br />and variety to the visual landscape. <br /> <br />Preserving Valuable Land. Planners <br />in Howard County, Maryland, produced <br />the graph at right to illustrate how the <br />percentage of land protected reaches <br />threshold at a base density of 5 acres <br />per unit. They thus concluded that the <br />greatest advantage in terms of land <br />protected can be achieved at this 5 <br />acre density. (This assumes 1 acre <br />cluster lots, with an additional 25% <br />density bonus for clustering). From <br />Howard County, Maryland, Office of <br />Planning and Zoning. <br /> <br /> <br />Percentage of Development Parcels Protected At Various <br />Densities Through Rural Cluster Development <br /> <br />lOOt. <br /> <br />'g 80% <br />:; <br />!I <br />~ 60~ <br /> <br />; ..o~ <br />~ <br />~ 2.0" <br /> <br /> <br />0'" <br />o <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />G..... D.mIl)' A.quI...,.j (.=sI_li~ unI~ <br /> <br />Community-oriented Homes. Homes face onto a central green at a cluster dev <br />Stillwater Township. Windows, doors, and porches. rather than garage' doors. fac <br />green. The shared green functions as a neighborhood gathering place and a safl <br />supervised play area for children. <br /> <br />Hierarchy of Uses <br /> <br />http://www.metrocounciJ.org/pJanninglstcroixvalley/rural_dev.htm <br /> <br />9/7/2004 <br />