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Houle/DeHaven page 3 This district is designed and intended to aid in guiding development toward fulfillment of the Comprehensive Plan and to serve the following functions: 1. To preserve productive land for agricultural use and maintain "open space" within and near to urban areas. 2. To help guide development of urban and rural areas along an orderly design to preserve continuity and efficiency of service. 3. To provide a method by which the urban farm can be guided so as to control urban sprawl and still conserve land in an economic status until such time as the need is present for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. 4. To reduce the possibilities of rural -urban conflicts in establishing types and levels of service, methods of financing the services and needs. To maintain an acceptable per capita cost for such services as sanitary sewer, water, police, fire, road maintenance, school transportation, and other necessary services. The comprehensive plan establishes a growth strategy which includes . prohibiting new lots less than 10 acres in staged growth areas. Departing from this would interfere with the orderly design intended to preserve continuity and efficiency of service. Future development will be reviewed based on complete information for the proposed development. PLANNING & ZONING BOARD The P & Z recommended approval of the variances at its April 14th meeting. OPTIONS 1. Approve the requested variances for lot area and lot width. 2. Deny the variances. RECOMMENDATION Option 2 • The proposed variances would provide for a minor subdivision that is inconsistent with the comprehensive plan strategy. • A new lot would exceed the allowable growth under the growth management policy. • The variance request is based on economic considerations. This report is based on the following information: Sketch & Description received March 24, 2004 Letter from Martha Houle/DeHaven, dated 2/24/04, received March 24, 2004 -64-