5985 S Handy Rd, Bloomington, IN 47401

Conservation Residential District

The character of the Conservation Residential (CR) District is defined as that which is primarily intended to provide a residential option (planned unit or cluster development) at environmentally sound locations while protecting the environmentally sensitive watersheds of Lake Griffey and Monroe Reservoir. Its purposes are to protect the environmentally sensitive watershed, especially the floodplain and steep slopes, to permit limited single family residential development on very large lots or in subdivisions (planned unit or cluster development) at environmentally sound locations, to discourage the development of nonresidential uses, to discourage the development of sanitary sewer systems except for existing development and to maintain the character of the surrounding neighborhood. Development in the CR District is hindered by concern over the watershed environment, and, in some cases, extreme topography, poor access and the availability of few or no public services. Therefore, the number of uses permitted in the CR District is limited. Some uses are conditionally permitted. The conditions placed on these uses are to insure their compatibility with the watershed environment and lowdensity residential uses. The development of new residential activities proximate to known mineral resource deposits or extraction operations may be buffered by increased setback distance.