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Ellenville, NY Cluster Development Affordable Housing
Date Added: Thursday, August 3, 2023Clustering & Cluster Development, Zoning
New York
Municipal
Cluster developments with 10 or more housing units must designate at least 10% of units to be affordable. To be eligible to rent or purchase the household’s annual income must be between 80% and 120% of Ulster County AMI. Compliance with this requirement can only be met through construction of the affordable units on-site. Upon approval of the Village Board, all, or a portion of the fees for planning, zoning, and building related to the affordable units may be waived. ..
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Town of Amherst Development Methods Ordinance
Date Added: Tuesday, May 9, 2017Clustering & Cluster Development, Open Space Preservation, Planned Unit Development, Smart Growth
Massachusetts
Municipal
This ordinance provides for a variety of Smart Growth activities within the town including cluster development, planned unit development, and open space community development according to general standards...
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New York State Town Law – Cluster Development Ordinance
Date Added: Monday, May 8, 2017Clustering & Cluster Development, Transportation & Land Use Planning, Zoning
New York
State
This New York State law is a model for state government seeking to promulgate statutory law to guide its towns in their efforts at local zoning and planning laws. Cluster Development is a tool for municipalities to utilize when working toward smart growth...
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Town of Malta Open Space Development & Preservation Ordinance
Date Added: Saturday, May 6, 2017Affordable Housing , Clustering & Cluster Development, Open Space Preservation
New York
Municipal
This law was created for the purpose of requiring open space development for any subdivision of land 20 acres or greater within the Town of Malta. The goal of the law is to promote the better use of open spaces, recreational development, existing topography and natural features, design, and to provide for economics inherent with open space development. This law empowers the Planning Board of the Town of Malta, acting in a manner which would promote the above goals, to approve, approve with modifications or disapprove open space development pr..
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State of Massachusetts Cluster Development by Special Use Permit Ordinance
Date Added: Saturday, May 6, 2017Development Standards, Clustering & Cluster Development, Zoning
Massachusetts
State
Section nine of chapter 40A authorizes zoning ordinances or by-laws to provide for special permits for uses that are in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the ordinance or bylaw, including special permits for cluster developments. Such cluster developments are to be permitted upon review and approval by a planning board pursuant to the subdivision control laws of chapter forty-one, sections 81K to 81GG inclusive. See paragraph six. Paragraph seven defines cluster development, as among other things, residential developments separa..
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Town of Ellington Age-Restricted Cluster Housing Zone
Date Added: Thursday, May 4, 2017Affordable Housing , Clustering & Cluster Development, Overlay District, Senior Housing, Zoning
Connecticut
Municipal
The Age-Restricted Cluster Housing Zone (ARCHZ) is a floating zone designed to increase availability of market rate privately developed, common interest communities for empty nesters and seniors, while maintaining the rural character of the town, preserving open space and protecting natural resources. ARCHZ zoned property shall only be used for single-family, attached or detached residential housing. Each unit must contain at least one individual 55 or over (or the survivor of such a person); and no more than one child, who must be at least 18 ..
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Village of Croton-on-Hudson Environmental Compliance Ordinance
Date Added: Wednesday, May 3, 2017Development Standards, Clustering & Cluster Development, Environmental Compliance, Site Design Standards, Site Plan Approval, Conservation Districts & Subdivisions
New York
Municipal
This law authorizes the village Planning Board, and other advisory boards within the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, to retain the services of an Environmental Consultant to review and consult the board(s) concerning development taking place within the village’s environmentally sensitive areas, and to assure that environmental compliance measures are followed. The law also describes the role and duties of the Environmental Consultant. ..
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Town of Yorktown Clustering and Flexibility Standards Ordinance
Date Added: Monday, March 21, 2016Clustering & Cluster Development
New York
Municipal
The purpose of this article is to encourage flexibility of design and development of land in such a manner as to promote the most appropriate use of land, to facilitate the adequate and economic provision of streets and utilities and to preserve the natural and scenic qualities of open land. ..
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Agricultural Residential Zone for Readington Township in Hunterdon County
Date Added: Monday, March 21, 2016Clustering & Cluster Development
New Jersey
Municipal
Readington Township passed this Agricultural Residential Zone Ordinance to preserve open space and farmland. This ordinance requires that within the designated Agricultural Residential (AR) zone, any lots over 40 acres must be developed as 1.5 acre open space clusters. Land tracts that are 30 acres or greater adjacent to deed restricted farmland or open space within the AR zone must also be developed as 1.5 open space clusters. ..
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Oklahoma City Cluster Housing Regulations
Date Added: Wednesday, March 2, 2016Clustering & Cluster Development
Oklahoma
Municipal
This ordinance is a subsection zoning ordinance regulating Planned Unit Development. Cluster zoning allows for a higher density of housing units to be developed in a given area to protect more contiguous open space in another section of the development. The overall density of housing units cannot exceed the limits for the zoning class the development sits in. ..
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City of Mapleton Critical Environmental Zone Clustering
Date Added: Wednesday, March 2, 2016Clustering & Cluster Development
Utah
Municipal
The Mapleton City Critical Environmental Zone includes an allowance for cluster zoning when such zoning will improve ridgeline protection, decrease or not increase environmental hazards, and decrease the cost of infrastructure to the city. While the overall allowed density is not increased, dwellings that have been approved for clustering are allowed an increase in density from one dwelling per three acres to one dwelling per acre. Designed open space in approved cluster development may be owned by the city or an approved non-profit. ..
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Town of Clinton Cluster Development Residential Ordinance
Date Added: Wednesday, February 10, 2016Clustering & Cluster Development
New York
Municipal
This residential cluster development law establishes a procedure for specifying the zoning district in which the law is applicable and the objectives to be accomplished. The law’s “standards” provide the applicable density and dimensional requirements and siting guidelines.
The law provides for the preservation of open space land and the granting of perpetual conservation easements to the municipality or qualified not-for-profits that prevent further development.
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