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Goals of the Rural Development Guidelines: <br /> ❑ Pre erve the existing agricultural character of the Town's landscape <br /> ❑ Pre erve valuable farmland and productive agricultural areas <br /> ❑ Pre erve wildlife habitat <br /> ❑ Pro ect ground and surface water quality <br /> Strategies to accomplish these goals: <br /> ❑ Careful siting of proposed development <br /> ❑ Sensitive treatment of the development site (landscaping, location of drive, etc.) <br /> Examples of the specific strategies include: <br /> ❑ Op imize the shape and configuration of farmable parcels <br /> ❑ Mi imize visual impact of development from roadsides <br /> ❑ Int grate development with existing landscape patterns (fields, fencerows, farmsteads, <br /> natural features) <br /> ❑ Use existing vegetation to screen new development <br /> ❑ Use new landscaping to screen and enhance development <br /> ❑ Minimize visual impact of development through sensitive home siting on hillsides and <br /> limiting placement of development on hilltops <br /> ❑ Retain wooded areas <br /> ❑ Minimize number of driveways, and regulate placement and grade <br /> ❑ Integrate development with existing topography and vegetation pattern <br /> ❑ Mimic typical farmstead features for "exposed" new development clusters <br /> ❑ Concentrate new development at edge of existing developed area <br /> ❑ Concentrate new development in compact configurations <br /> ❑ Avoid placement of buildings in groundwater infiltration and recharge areas <br /> ❑ Provide a mechanism to permit Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) from areas <br /> with high agricultural value to those with less agricultural value <br /> Grortlb 11'lanag///e/tt Project <br /> TOWN OF RO X B U RY Dcne Cotmmtj' USN 1 <br /> FAVanderraie 8 Assaciates O Vandewalle&Associates : ltacIR/lent B - 1 <br />