116 Golden Spike Rd, West Fargo, ND 58078

Rural Estate District

This district is intended to provide low-density, limited-growth residential areas. It is designed to accommodate residential development opportunities for those who desire low-density or estate living and are willing to live in more remote locations such as in the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction, and to assume the costs of providing many of their own services and amenities. In some of these areas municipal services may never be provided because the City must concentrate its limited resources in areas where more intense future development is logical. The low density allowed in this district is needed to preserve and support the existing public infrastructure. Other areas, however, may start as rural residential in character and later be annexed into the City, which requires forethought on the part of City and developer on lot and street layout to provide for further splitting of lots. The low densities permitted in this district generally permit on-site water supply and waste disposal systems, though in some cases soil conditions may require community type systems. This may be done through rural water and sewer districts.