A.         Exemptions, whether partial or total, from the bufferyard provisions may be granted by the Board of Supervisors in the following cases where the characteristics of the existing visual environment would be detracted from by the provision of a required bufferyard:

1.   Views and vistas of existing buildings which are viewed by the community as important landmarks or contain value as important historical resources.

2.   Views and vistas of existing natural landscape/topographical features which correspond to certain high points affording panoramic views, views to settlement clusters, farmland, pastures, views of water, valleys and other elements of the physical landscape.

3.   Views and vistas to existing recreational/open space areas, whether natural or man-made, such as golf courses, state or local parks, equestrian centers and cemeteries.

 

Last Updated on September 29, 2008
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