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' Efforts to retain the present rural environment will be maximized <br /> through the development and enforcement of appropriate codes and <br /> ordinances . <br /> 2. The maintenance of a relatively sparse population and a low urban <br /> development density shall be Village policy to attain the desired <br /> goals as follows : <br /> a . Maintain , to the extent possible , the present environment and <br /> atmosphere of the Community. <br /> b . Avoid excessive public service costs and difficult adminis- <br /> trative problems that would result from high density urban <br /> development. <br /> c . Reduce the economic pressures upon the four school districts <br /> and the need for local , Village services . <br /> d . Adhere to standards of the Metropolitan Development Guide <br /> pertaining to the extension of sanitary sewers ; spacing of <br /> highway interchanges and intersections ; generation of traffic <br /> volumes ; and the like . <br /> 3 . The policy of the Village shall be to limit single-family housing <br /> unit densities to one (1 ) unit per gross acre of buildable land west <br /> of the Metro Sewer Board ' s Sanitary Sewer District #1 boundary line , <br /> pending the availability of municipal sewer service, and to limit <br /> single-family housing unit densities to one ( 1) unit per ross <br /> five ( 5) acres of buildable land east of the Sanitary Sewer Districts ' <br /> boundary line. Higher net densities may be permitted on specific <br /> land parcels under conditions of a Planned Unit. Development (PUD ) <br /> permit provided the Village Council determines the following : <br /> a. Proposed development would be consistent with the general goals <br /> and policies of the Village Comprehensive Plan ; <br /> b . It can be demonstrated that such a development meets all <br /> requirements for on-site and/or off-site sewage disposal , <br /> as the case may be ; <br /> c . That such proposed development would assist in attaining the <br /> goals for preservation of the natural environment and would , <br /> in fact, contribute to the ecology of the Village in a manner <br /> superior to that of single-family detached homes . <br /> d. Such development would not create undue detrimental affects <br /> upon the environment such as traffic hazards and congestion , <br /> lowering of adjacent property values , and the like . <br /> 4 . The policy will be to locate apartment structures adjacent to or <br /> very near major or secondary thoroughfares so as not to introduce an <br /> excessive amount of vehicular traffic onto minor residential streets <br /> and where possible locate them so that they might serve as a <br /> "buffer" between single family homes and non-residential uses such <br /> as commercial and industrial areas . <br /> 5 . All future subdivisions will be required to dedicate public green <br /> space (parks and playgrounds ) where needed for the convenience and <br /> enjoyment of nearby residents in accordance with uniform park and <br /> playground standards . <br /> 16 <br />