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ike Elmo Municipal Code <br />Chapter 3 — Zoning <br />Section 300 — Zoning Ordinance <br />21/18/97 <br />4. In locations least likely to block or interrupt scenic vistas, as viewed <br />from Highway 36 and Highway 5 corridors, and other local roads as <br />designated in the Comprehensive Plan. <br />5. Away from woodlands in open fields. <br />D. Structures. Homes shall be oriented on the site that meet the criteria of <br />rural hamlet. It is desired that the structures within neighborhoods convey <br />a particular architectural style with similar building components, <br />materials, roof pitches. <br />E. Buffer Zones. <br />1. Intent and Purpose <br />The stated primary intent of the Open Space Development Ordinance <br />is the preservation of rural character through the preservation of <br />meaningful open spaces within the City. Those portions of lands <br />developed responsive to the Open Space Development Ordinance that <br />are platted into residential lots and blocks, by nature of the allowed <br />minimum lot sizes, will take on the appearance of urbanized <br />development, rather than preservation of Rural Character. Where <br />adjacent parcels are developed as Open Space Development <br />neighborhoods proximity of multiple platted home sites will <br />compound the appearance of urbanized development. <br />It is, therefore, the intent of these Buffer Zone standards to provide <br />spatial and/or visual separation between the Urban Character of the <br />home sites in Open Space Development neighborhoods, and adjacent <br />lands not platted as Open Space Development neighborhoods; existing <br />adjacent Open Space Development housing sites; and public <br />roadways. <br />2. Where a proposed OP development abuts an existing residential <br />development or a parcel of land not eligible for future development <br />under the OP Ordinance due to insufficient parcel area, a two -hundred <br />(200) foot setback shall be provided between the property line of the <br />abutting parcel and any structure or driving surface within the OP <br />development. Driving surfaces that cross the setback area at a 90 <br />degree angle shall be the only exception.. Where a proposed OP <br />development abuts an existing OP development, or a land parcel <br />eligible for future development under the OP Ordinance, a one hundred <br />(100) foot setback from any structure within the proposed OP <br />development and the property line of the abutting parcel may be <br />6 <br />300-66B <br />