§ 3.4.16. Density bonus.

The director of planning is authorized to approve an increase of up to twenty-five (25) percent in housing density within the district for any parcel of land having a single-family residential zoning classification. In making application to the director of planning the applicant shall present a site plan in which required lot coverage limitations are met. The site plan shall further demonstrate that the tree canopy will be preserved and protected. In approving any such plan, the director of planning is authorized to approve gravel or other permeable surface for driveways and parking areas where it is demonstrated that such permeable surface will aid in minimizing damage to the root system of trees and will prevent the impaction of soil under the canopies of trees. It is the intent of these regulations that houses be spread out rather than clustered in the effort to protect and preserve the tree canopy which is essential to the maintenance of the character of the district.

( Ord. No. 15-06 , 8-25-2015)