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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />acres may be allowed for environmentally significant portions of AG-3 sending areas. <br />d. Uses within a new town shall be identified in the new town PD project application and shall comply with the <br />following criteria. <br />1. Commercial, personal services, and office areas shall be provided at a ratio of three (3) to ten (10) acres per <br />1,000 residential units. <br />2. Public facilities, including but not limited to water plants, sewer plants, schools (excluding university <br />campuses or similar uses), fire stations, andpolice stations, and public institutional use areas, should not <br />exceed five (5) percent of the entire PD area. <br />3. Residential use areas shall constitute at least fifteen (15) percent but not more than thirty-five (35) percent of <br />the entire PD area. <br />4. Employment areas, including industrial, business, and office uses, shall comprise at least two (2) percent of <br />the entire PD area. <br />e. The following additional standards shall be met by any new town PD project application. <br />1. Affordable/Workforce Housing: Affordable and/or workforce housing units shall be provided to ensure that <br />there is housing is available within the project area for workers employed within the project area. Therefore, <br />at least ten (10) percent of the total housing units shall be affordable and/or workforce housing units, as <br />defined in the cCounty’s LDRsland development regulations. The applicant shall provide sufficient data and <br />analysis to justify the number and percentage of affordable housing units needed by his proposed project. <br />This amount of affordable housing shall then be provided within the project; however, the total amount of <br />affordable housing shall in no casenot be less than ten (10) percent of the total number of housing units in <br />the project. <br />2. Open Space: At least fifty (50) percent of the entire PD area shall be preserved or provided as open space. <br />Open space areas shall be retained as natural areas or used for agriculture, recreation, stormwater <br />management, water supply, or similar uses that complement the rural nature of the area. <br />(a). At least seventy (70) percent of the minimum required common open space area shall be located <br />along main project boundaries and shall function as perimeter greenbelts or shall be in the form of a <br />large contiguous block of land. If a proposed new town shares a boundary with land identified as <br />conservation either through easement or bythrough easement or comprehensive land use <br />PAGE 20