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Class: Rural

           ESTATE RESIDENTIAL


























           This designation is for areas that, due to public service     •  Planned developments
           limitations or prevailing rural character, should have     •  Residential dwellings set back from rural roads
           limited development  activity  other than  large-lot
           residential. Such areas provide a transition between     •  Some agricultural storage and support
                                                                    uses, e.g., barns and related outbuildings
           the County’s rural fringe and more suburbanized
           development patterns and intensities. Lots in this      •  Ornamental landscape enhancements
           category typically provide substantial openness and      and manicured lawn areas
           separation between individual dwellings.
                                                                Characteristics
           As a result of larger lot sizes, open space and         •  Scattered  residential development on  relatively
           vegetation are intended to be the more dominant          large acreages (greater than three acres),
           views. The buildings remain the most apparent,           resulting in very high open space ratios and very
           dominant forms, with the landscape assuming a            low site coverage (sometimes with residential
           secondary role. Depending on the size of the home        “estate” areas providing a transition from rural to
           and its percent of coverage and location on the          suburban densities).
           lot, the Estate Residential character category may      •  Individual wastewater systems.
           more closely resemble a larger version of the typical
           suburban character. To achieve an Estate Residential     •  The driveway is a dominant element in the
           character, the design of these subdivisions must         composition of the manicured landscape.
           actively seek to imitate more rural areas through the    Garages are often free-standing and situated to
           use  of  rural  street  cross  sections,  significant  open   the side or rear of the main dwelling.
           space throughout the development, the use of rural      •  Transition between suburban and rural character
           fence types to divide properties, the preservation       areas, with further progression along the
           or planting of native vegetation along property          character spectrum  toward rural  environments
           boundaries, and generous building setbacks on all        where the landscape is visually dominant over
           sides.                                                   structures.

           Development Types                                       •  Should be limited to within roughly one miles of
                                                                    an existing paved road.
             •  Large lot, single family detached residential


           Adopted - August 19, 2019                                                                            |  19
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