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® HARRISBURG AREA LAND USE PLAN farmland soils and soils of statewide importance, provide incentives to protect these soils. As a model for this, the Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) recommends the LEED ND certification process provision that gives credit for protecting such soils. (LU -2) Support additional residential development in the Harrisburg planning area at varying densities based on the pattern expressed in the Harrisburg Area Land Use Map. ■ Allow single - family detached residential units in most, if not all portions of the Harrisburg planning area. o Single- family detached homes should be allowed throughout the Harrisburg planning area, especially where adequate utility and transportation infrastructure is available to support such development. Development should be discouraged in areas with limited or no utility infrastructure presently, particularly south of Rocky River Road; although, single - family development that is compatible with and does not encroach upon agricultural uses would be more appropriate than other types of development. o To protect the existing single - family residential neighborhoods, new development should consider the density of such neighborhoods and incorporate single - family units in a manner that provides a sensitive transition between new development and existing development. This can be achieved by developing new neighborhoods at densities equal to or less than those of existing neighborhoods that adjoin new development sites, as indicated in the Harrisburg Area Land Use Map. At a minimum, new development should consider the incorporation of like uses at comparable densities on portions of the site that adjoin existing development. o A land conservation approach to the subdivision of land, as permissible in the County's Open Space Subdivision Option and the Town's Conservation District, should be encouraged to accomplish single - family development in areas where the preservation of natural resources is imperative and where conventional development would have a negative impact on the protection of such resources. ✓ These exemplary tools should be strengthened with increased flexibility to set aside more land without increasing residential density or losing home sites, provided that land development proposals seeking the most flexibility also propose to meet a higher standard for conservation of valuable natural and cultural assets in the Harrisburg planning area. While Town and County zoning ordinances can be amended to establish such higher standards, successful conservation would best be achieved through implementation of a Preservation Plan. (See Recommendation ENR -6.) A conservation subdivision employing flexibility in subdivision design greater than currently allowed would optimally demonstrate achievement of a Preservation PART VI: RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AUGUST 2010 Attachment number 1 G -1 Page 363