3656 Straley Rd, Xenia, OH 45385

Rural Unsewered Residential District

The intent of the Rural Residential District is to recognize the existence of and the demand for creation of rural residential homesite lots of a relatively rural and spacious nature on land which agricultural activities represent only a minor source of income for the occupants or is no longer considered desirable or necessary nor detrimental to the community if allowed to be discontinued and replaced by residential use this zone would permit. The purpose of this zone is to provide for development of rural residential homesites at an overall net residential density of three acres per dwelling unit. This district is intended for application in outlying rural areas where urbanization and the extension or creation of central water supply and wastewater disposal systems are neither appropriate nor expected to occur for an extended period of time into the future. It is also the intent of this district to encourage the proper placement of planned rural residential homesites development within Cedarville Township and in coordination with the Greene County Subdivision Regulations through the flexible lot requirements it permits in an effort to insure the following: on-going adequacy of the underground water supply for onsite use and consumption, sufficient lot area for long term use of individual on-site leaching devices for wastewater disposal, and the protection of prime agricultural soils and other irreplaceable natural resources by only being encouraged in those areas of Cedarville Township which do not possess prime agricultural soils and/or on areas where similar non-farm residential development has already occurred to such an extent that the principal use of the land for large scale agricultural activities is no longer found feasible or reasonable to continue.