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service & outreach: land use planning & growth management: Conservation subdivisions are designed to protect natural areas by clustering development and minimizing infrastructure, such as streets and utilities, away from sensitive environmental resources. Property values often increase as land is conserved since homeowners are willing to pay for access to open space. Open space is protected in perpetuity by a conservation easement and may have multiple low-impact uses such as recreation and stormwater control. Papers Conservation Subdivisions: Ecological, Landscape and Construction, and Legal Applications to Cherokee County, Georgia Spring 1999, Amy Bergstedt, Patricia Deyo, Matthew Yungwirth. Written to assist the developer of a proposed Cherokee County conservation subdivision that would preserve 3 1/2 miles of Etowah riverfront; describes the legal process needed to preserve the open space in perpetuity. Research Conservation Subdivision Ordinances, August, 2001, Seth Wenger and Laurie Fowler. Conservation Subdivision Toolkit published by Atlanta Regional Commission and Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Spring 2002 (external site) Resources and References Model Conservation Subdivision Ordinance (MS Word document; external site) Natural Lands Trust "Growing Greener" project (external site) Slideshow (PDF version of Powerpoint slides)
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