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Cluster subdivisions are intended to allow flexibility in the neighborhood and subdivision lot design by permitting the development of single-family and two-family dwellings on lots smaller than normally required for the zone in which the subdivision is located and by dedicating or reserving the land so saved to needed open space. It is not intended that this type of subdivision be universally applied but only where circumstances or natural features and land use make it appropriate and of special benefit to the residents of the subdivision and surrounding area. The consolidated lot resulting from the reduction of lot sizes shall be usable land, not swamp land or steep slope.
(1985 Code § 19-9-1)