The following four-step process shall be utilized when subdividing property in accordance with Zoning Ordinance Article XVIII - A "Conservation Subdivision Design: Design Standards for Implementation in Residential Developments within the Countryside District."

STEP ONE: Identification of Primary Conservation Areas (See Article 1600)

From: Growing Greener: A Conservation Planning Workbook for Municipal Officials in Pennsylvania, Natural Lands Trust, Media, Pennsylvania, 1997.

STEP ONE: Identification of Secondary Conservation Areas, (See Article 1600)

STEP ONE: Yields Potential Development Areas

STEP TWO: Align the Street and Trials Networks, (See Article 1600)

STEP THREE: Locating Housing Sites. (See Article 1600)

STEP FOUR: Draw in the Lot Lines. (See Article 1600)

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MARSHALL TOWNSHIP
DETERMINING ADJUSTED TRACT AREA (ATA)
FOR CONSERVATION SUBDIVISIONS — CLUSTER OPTION

ATA = the gross tract area minus the "constrained land."

"Constrained Land" = the acreage resulting from applying multiplication factors to the areas of site constraints.

Gross Tract Area = _______ acres

________ acres gross - ________ acres "constrained land" = ________ acres ATA
Adapted from Natural Lands Trust, Inc. Feb. 2002