Conservation Subdivision Design

Conservation subdivision design (CSD) represents a subtle, but significant, twist to the traditional subdivision design and review process. In a more "traditional" subdivision design -- often referred to as the "cookie cutter" approach -- all of the developable land within a tract is divided into roads and house lots, typically subject to minimum lot size requirements. Open space typically consists only of the undevelopable portions of the tract, such as wetlands and steep slopes. In other words, most of the land is either built upon, apportioned to individual lots as yards, or surfaced for roads.

Thanks to George Passantino