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ponding. A drainageway may be fed by natural overland flow or by constructed means, such as culverts, road ditches, outlets of storm water treatment ponds, or other similar facilities. 7. Gross Acreage. The total area of a parcel. 8. Homeowners Association (HOA). A community association, incorporated or not incorporated, combining individual home ownership with shared use or ownership of common property and/or facilities. 9. LEED. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design of the United States Green Building Council. 10. Non-profit Conservation Organization. Any charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust (such as a land trust), the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property. 11. Parent Parcel. The existing parcel of record, as identified by individual parcel numbers, as of the effective date of this Ordinance, that is proposed to be developed. Amendment: Chapter 17, Article 5.6, Subdivision 3, Rural Residential Zone: �-- Buildable Lot Area - acres, minimum 5 Rural Conservation Subdivision Maximum Density 1 unit/acre Amendment: Chapter 17, Article 5.7, Subdivision 3, Transition Residential Zone: Buildable Lot Area - acres, minimum 5 1 Rural Conservation Subdivision Maximum Density 2 units/acre Amendment: Chapter 17, Article 5.15, Land Use Matrix, shall be amended as follows: Conservation Subdivision would be listed as an Allowable Use in the OS, FM, AG, TR and RR zones. It would be an excluded use in all other districts. Conventional Subdivision would be listed as a Conditional Use in the OS, FM, AG, TR and RR zones and an Allowable Use in all other districts. Amendment: Chapter 17, Article 8.1, Rural Conservation Subdivision, shall be amended as follows: 1. General. Rural Conservation Subdivision (RCS) is to provide for residential development in rural areas in a way that maintains or enhances the large, undivided parcels of land that provide opportunities for compatible agricultural, forestry and other rural land uses; protects sensitive environmental resources; facilitates creation of open space corridors; and minimizes impacts of plat.