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BOOK ill mn 15 <br />2. AGRICULTURAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (PD <br />PROJECTS <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of October 8, 1999: <br />TO: James E. Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />D TMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE <br />obert M. Keating,AIC <br />Community Development irrecto <br />THROUGH: Sasan Rohani, AICP / G <br />Chief, Long -Range Planning <br />FROM: John Wachtel <br />Senior Planner, Long -Range Planning <br />DATE: October 8, 1999 <br />RE: Discussion of Agricultural Planned Developments <br />It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its workshop meeting of October 14, 1999. <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Agricultural Planned Developments (PDs) are residential subdivisions located on agriculturally <br />designated land. The county's comprehensive plan and land development regulations require <br />residential subdivisions of two or more lots (other than a one time lot split) on agriculturally <br />designated land to be approved as Agricultural PDs. Within Agricultural PDs, and PDs in general, <br />special negotiated regulations allow developers additional flexibility in terms of subdivision and lot <br />design (to meet market demand), as long as certain minimum standards are maintained. In addition <br />to providing developers with more design flexibility, the PD process also gives. the Board of County <br />Commissioners more discretion, compared to regular subdivision projects, with respect to project <br />approvals. <br />One of the requirements for Agricultural PDs is to cluster residential lots or homesites on a relatively <br />small portion of the overall project property. The remainder of the site, regardless of its ownership, <br />must remain in open space (either as natural; agricultural; or to a limited degree, recreational, areas) <br />for as long as the property retains an agricultural land use designation. <br />In recent months, several proposals involving Agricultural PDs have been considered by the Board <br />at public hearings. In reviewing those proposals, the Board questioned whether residential <br />subdivisions located on agriculturally designated land outside the urban service area should be <br />required to cluster lots together, as required in the County's comprehensive plan (Future Land Use <br />Element Policy 5.8). <br />OCTOBER 14, 1999 -14- <br />