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~,., Town of Roxbury Comprehensive Plan Chapter IV: Land Use ',., 4. Rural Development Area and Highway Crossroads Area (as shown on Map 6) Objective: The Rural Development Area is established and mapped on Map 6 to identify certain lands for lower density single-family residential development served by on-site \vaste disposal systems. Within mapped Highway Crossroads Areas, there is also potential for commercial, institutional, and recreational development serving the entire To\vn. The designation of lands in the Rural Development Area or Highway Crossroads Area does not imply that an area is immediately appropriate for rezoning. In fact, given service demands and a desire for controlled gro\vth, careful consideration to the timing of zoning decisions is essential. Policies: a. Require a minimum lot size for all new lots proposed as building sites in the Rural Development Area and Highway Crossroads Area of lY2 acres, unless soil tests or conditions indicate more area is required to provide safe on-site treatment or a group waste disposal system is approved. Lots for residential building sites of over five acres each are discouraged. b. Strongly discourage the rezoning of land or approval of new major subdivisions where there are at least five years of supply of unsold rural lots in major subdivisions in the Town, or where the proposed subdivision is not contiguous to existing major subdivision development. c. Limit residential uses to single-family homes in the Rural Development Area.. d. Require that all new lots have frontage on a public road, unless County subdivision regulations are altered. e. Design all new lots to allow for the construction of drive\vays suitable in length, width, design, and slope for emergency vehicle travel, in accordance with the Town's residential driveway ordinance. ' f. Do not allow placement of new buildings in wetlands, stream banks, floodplains, shoreland setback areas and eagle feeding, perching and roosting areas (depicted as Open Space and Environmental Corridors on Ivfap 6), and slopes greater than 20 percent. Strongly discourage placement of new buildings on hydric soils not in wetlands (depicted as Soils with Building Limitations on Map 6). Development should also be discouraged on slopes between 12 percent and 20 percent where other more appropriate sites are available. Steep slopes, wetlands, and floodplains are shown on ~fap 3, and hydric soils are included in the Dane COlmty Map Book, Town of Roxbury (2001). g. Require that placement of on-site waste disposal systems meets the standards expressed in the "Utilities and Community Facilities" chapter of this Comprehensive Plan. h. Require the submittal of stormwater management and construction site erosion control plans for new developments in accordance with Town, County and State requirements, including the Town's erosion control ordinance. 1. Requll~e parkland dedication or collect fees in-lieu-of parkland dedication for all new residential subdivisions in accordance with the To\vn and County subdivision ordinances.