Residential Development Guidelines Requiring Cluster Design

Connecticut River Valley, Massachusetts

After realizing the reduction in agricultural and open land, The Connecticut River Valley implemented residential development guidelines that requiring all new developments occurring on farmland to be arranged in a cluster design on no more than 50% of the parcel. The remaining half of the parcel is then preserved as a tract suitable for farming. All residential development must occur on lots ranging size from ¼ to ½ acre, be served by septic, and are to be screened from the active farming portion of the tract.

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