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R.P.C. STAFF COMMENT <br /> Petition 4880. This proposed unsewered single family and duplex development <br /> Is within the Deerfield urban service area. The commercial and residential <br /> uses to the south of London Road are outside the urban service area and <br /> existed prior to plan adoption. <br /> The C-2 area to the north of London Road Is the Deerfield Town Hall , and along <br /> Sky Terrace there are four houses on 1—acre lots. While these uses are in the <br /> urban service area, they were developed unsewered, prior to plan adoption. <br /> The area proposed for development is open farm field. <br /> The town plan has no specific policies for this area, since the village Is the <br /> provider of urban services and does have policies. <br /> The village plan for this area Is residential development at an urban density <br /> of 3 to 6 units per acre. Relevant village policies are: <br /> - Encourage planned residential development restricted to public <br /> water and sewer service areas as designated on the Development Plan <br /> Map. <br /> — All subdivision and apartment housing shall develop contiguous to <br /> existing development . <br /> This proposal conflicts with the plan policies on all points: <br /> - Plan policy restricts development in the urban service area to <br /> sewered development . Sewered development Is higher density, thus <br /> requiring less land area. By developing unsewered, large lots are <br /> required to accommodate septic tanks and filter fields. When sewer <br /> and water reach this area, It will be much more expensive to <br /> Install the utilities and the septic tanks will have to be removed. <br /> — It Is not contiguous to other development " . . . .served by public <br /> utilities. " This site is at the southern edge of the current <br /> Deerfield urban service- area. It will probably be several years <br /> before urbanization with sewer and water reaches this area. Thus <br /> w <br /> development now Is very premature and will make future urban <br /> development of the area much more difficult . <br /> These are the reasons there Is a general policy In the Farmland Preservation <br /> Plan, which states: "Unsewered residential or commercial development should <br /> not be permitted in areas where towns have planned future sewered <br /> development . " <br /> This proposal is obviously In conflict with the adopted county policy. <br /> 1 �� ` <br />