DESCRIPTION

Medium-sized lots that allow for the more dense arrangement of buildings in the pattern of traditional rural farms, with buildings grouped together to efficiently meet residential and working needs.

PURPOSE

1. To allow increased density and uses without altering the underlying zoning.
2. To allow the creation of development that maintains a rural pattern while creating real estate value, economic activity, and housing opportunities.
3. To promote a long-term development pattern that keeps rural [NAME OF TOWN / CITY]

PRIMARY BUILDING TYPES

ACCESSORY BUILDING TYPES

STANDARDS

1. Small rural compounds are only allowed on lots that meet the following conditions:
   1. Lot is 5 acres or greater.
   2. Lot width is at least 250 feet along an existing thoroughfare.
2. A small rural compound may include a combination of permitted primary and accessory buildings, with a maximum of one House, Duplex, or Connected Farmhouse and a maximum of 2 Cottages or Bungalows.
3. The small rural compound must designate a main primary building, behind which all additional buildings must be located, with the following exceptions:
   1. When all buildings within the small rural compound are located 300 feet or more from the public thoroughfare.
   2. Farmstands may always front on a thoroughfare.
4. All buildings within a small rural compound must be located entirely within a circle 250 feet in radius. This circle defines the boundary of the small rural compound and must meet all district setbacks.
5. All land within the boundary of a small rural compound must be divided into lots comprised of virtual lot lines, such that each building within the rural compound is located on a single lot.
6. Virtual Lots within a small rural compound must be a minimum of 20 ft in width and have 10 ft minimum front, side, and rear setbacks to enable buildings that are located in closer proximity to abutting thoroughfares and to each other.
7. All lots, real or virtual within a small rural compound must have frontage on an existing thoroughfare or a new natural lane.
8. The main primary building within a small rural compound must front onto a public thoroughfare extant at the time of adoption of this Code unless the primary building is located more than 300 feet from the primary thoroughfare, in which case it may instead front on a new Natural Lane.
9. All additional buildings within the small rural compound must orient themselves perpendicular or parallel to the main primary building, except when located more than 300 ft from the primary thoroughfare, in which case they may front on a new Natural Lane.
10. Outdoor storage must be screened from any thoroughfare by buildings unless they are part of an active agricultural use.
11. Each small rural compound must have a maximum of one curb cut from a public thoroughfare extant at the time of adoption of this Code.
12. The curb cut for a small rural compound must be a minimum of 500 ft from any adjacent curb cut.