§ A162-3. Standards.

A. 

The Planning Board alone shall make the determination whether to use clustering. This procedure may be followed at the discretion of the Planning Board if, in said Board's judgment, its application shall benefit the Village.

B. 

The application of this procedure shall result in a permitted number of building plots or dwelling units which shall in no case exceed the number which would be permitted in the Planning Board's judgment if the land were subdivided into lots conforming to the minimum lot size and density requirements of the Zoning Ordinance applicable to the district in which such land is situated and conforming to all other applicable requirements.

C. 

The use of clustering shall be allowed in the ARC-1 Residential Zone located within the Village. The Planning Board, at it discretion, may specify the amount of housing units permitted, provided that the total number of units does not exceed that permitted for the ARC-1 Zone in which the lot is located.

D. 

Cluster density shall be determined by the Planning Board and shall be based upon § 153-9 of the Village Code.

E. 

All cluster housing must be compatible with the existing neighborhood character and the community's setting.

F. 

The variance of zoning requirements by the Planning Board for cluster applications may include lot size, lot depth and other various yard requirements, but not lot width. Lot sizes may be reduced to no less than 13,500 square feet.

G. 

Building lots and roadways of cluster developments shall not exceed 1/3 of the total site area.

H. 

The permitted gross building coverage on any cluster development site shall not exceed 40% of the building lots.

[Amended 2-18-1998]

I. 

A suitable one-hundred-foot vegetative buffer shall be required between all cluster development and neighboring land uses.

J. 

All cluster applicants are required, prior to the granting of final approval by the Planning Board, to make legal provisions consistent with § A162-5 of this chapter and approval of the Village Board for the future protection/management of the open space resulting from the utilization of cluster zoning.