Many of the more progressive towns have seen the value in allowing cluster development zoning. It works best if the area has a community or town water & sewer system, which will allow smaller lot sizes and more undeveloped parkland. The idea is to cluster the homes around a cul-de-sac or allow multiple attached housing units, in order to reduce the amount of roads and excavation. This will mean more of the total land area can remain unspoiled and open common land for all the residence to enjoy. An example of this theory working is if a town required one acre zoning on a 400 acre tract of land the developer might get 350 home sites with roads taking up the balance of the acres, and in a cluster development requiring only one third of an acre for each home site you could easily have 100 acres of parkland (open common areas). If the area requires private septic systems and wells for each site this would not be a practical development for single family homes but it does work well for condominium and mixed use developments.

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