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6 <br /> <br />agriculture and surrounding properties are not affected by the operations and activities of the use. <br />An example of the use is Waldoch Farm. <br /> <br />The agritourism standards are in located in the general provisions section of the zoning ordinance <br />similar to other conditional uses with substantial conditions. <br /> <br />Rural Clusters <br /> <br />Staff has drafted a rural cluster ordinance that will allow cluster developments as a permitted use <br />on parcels located in the Rural (R) and Rural Executive (R-X) districts, which are guided Low <br />Density Residential on the full build land use map and staged in the post-2040 area on the <br />staging plan. The rural cluster ordinance will allow 8 units per 40 acres when utilizing individual <br />septic systems and 12 units per 40 acres when utilizing community septic. Staff is recommending <br />the density bonuses as a tool to provide landowners with additional development opportunities <br />while preserving land for future development with urban services. Performance standards for the <br />rural cluster ordinance will be adopted as part of the general provisions section to ensure that the <br />rural cluster preserves the higher quality natural resources and can transition effectively to urban <br />services when they become available. The performance standards used for the rural cluster <br />ordinance are very similar to the existing rural planned unit development language found in the <br />Zoning Ordinance, which has now been deleted. Some of the language referenced into the draft <br />ordinance is from the conservation subdivision section which is being removed from the <br />Subdivision Ordinance as part of the update and the standards are being utilized as part of the <br />new rural cluster ordinance. <br /> <br />The standards that have changed from the rural planned unit development include: <br /> <br /> Open space is no longer taken in perpetuity but is instead held until the subject property <br />gains access to municipal sanitary sewer and water services. <br /> The density has been increased by four units per 40 acres for both the base density and <br />bonus density. <br /> Standards have been included for maintenance, management and replacement of <br />community septic systems. <br /> Open space is now required to include a minimum of 25 percent upland area. <br /> Residential lots must be large enough to support a primary and secondary septic system. <br /> Included cluster development definition and added number of units required to be <br />considered a cluster. <br /> <br />Liquor Standards <br /> <br />The current ordinance allows brewer taprooms accessory to a malt liquor beverage production <br />and bottling facility in the Light Industrial (LI) and General Industrial (GI). <br /> <br />We have updated the General Business (GB), Light Industrial (LI) and General Industrial (GI) <br />districts to include a broader range of uses related to alcoholic beverages such as, brew pub, <br />brewer taproom, microbrewery/small brewer, microdistillery/small distillery and winery/cider <br />mill (which includes meadery). The uses are defined as: