(a) Residential density shall not exceed one dwelling unit per 16 acres or one dwelling unit per parcel on existing parcels less than 16 acres in size which were created before the effective date of this title. Higher densities are permitted under the agricultural retention development standards outlined in subsection (10) of this section when an Agricultural Retention development is proposed.

(b) Minimum size for an Agricultural Retention development: 16 acres.

(c) Setbacks:

(a) Developments with less than twelve (12) dwelling units must have a single development section. Larger developments, with more than one development section, may be approved; provided, that the minimum number of homes in a development with more than one development section is six (6) homes and that the maximum number of homes in one development section is fourteen (14) homes; and provided, that the provisions of subsection (7) of this section are available if the conditions can be met.

(b) Separate owners of contiguous parcels may combine their parcels for the purpose of designating the combined parcels as an Agricultural Retention development and an agricultural reserve site.

(c) In the case where contiguous parcels are under one ownership and are reflected in a survey recorded prior to the effective date of this title, such parcels may not be further subdivided except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No boundary line adjustments shall be approved which would in any way reduce the size of an agricultural reserve or would reduce the future ability of a parcel of land to be developed in accordance with this chapter.

(d) At the time the development site and the agricultural reserve are approved and recorded, the landowner(s) and any successors or assigns may not prohibit the use of the agricultural reserve site for agriculture purposes.

(e) Agricultural retention developments may be developed in phases with one or more lots set aside for future development in accordance with the Clallam County Land Division Code, CCC Title 29.

(a) Where more than one home site would be permitted in a proposed development on a portion of the Agricultural Retention zone that does not contain previously divided lots of approximately five (5) acres and smaller, then the maximum lot size of additional home sites (beyond one home site) shall be limited to a maximum of two (2) acres in size in order to conserve farmable land. In this case where small lots of five (5) acres or less have not been previously created (approximately 3,900 acres of the Agricultural Retention zone), the sixteen (16) acre density allowed and the maximum lot size for home sites (two (2) acres) will increase the percentage of agricultural reserve retained to approximately eighty-eight (88) percent of the total development site while decreasing the size of the developable area for homesites to approximately twelve (12) percent of the total development site.

(b) A minimum of either seventy-five (75) percent (lands already divided into five (5) acre parcels) or approximately eighty-eight (88) percent (lands not divided into five (5) acre or smaller parcels) of the area to be developed shall be reserved for agricultural land uses as shown in subsections (7) and (8) of this section; provided, however, that if the parcel is greater than fifty (50) acres, the landowner may exclude any additional fifty (50) acre blocks of land under his ownership from the development site. The agricultural reserve shall be noted on the preliminary master site plan (PMSP) and final master site plan (MSP) and shall state that the reserve is to remain in agriculture in perpetuity. Once an agricultural reserve is established, the reserve area shall not be rezoned nor shall plat alterations or boundary line adjustments be allowed which would remove the land from its status as an agricultural reserve.

(c) The minimum residential lot area, width, frontage and yard requirements, setback standards, street standards, and building heights applying to development in this zone will be established in the preliminary master site plan, as approved in conformance with Chapter 33.23 CCC.

(d) A transition buffer shall be established within the perimeter boundaries of the development section of an agricultural retention development to assure the development is compatible to abutting property through appropriate screening and/or setbacks. The width of the transition buffer shall be at least fifteen (15) feet unless more appropriate standards are approved in the preliminary master site plan. The transition buffer shall consist of screening, landscaping, fencing or structural setbacks as appropriate to ensure compatibility to abutting property.

(e) The development portion should occupy that portion of the tract which is least appropriate for agricultural uses; provided, that the development section should meet all of the requirements of the Clallam County Critical Areas Code. Consideration shall be given to site conditions conducive to agriculture in reviewing the development portion location, such as maintenance of large contiguous blocks of farmland to allow for ease of equipment use and harvesting operations, minimizing unusable isolated portions of farmland within the development, soils, irrigation availability, winds, solar power, etc.

(f) The maximum number of dwelling units per gross acre of the parcel subject to the Agricultural Retention development shall be determined as outlined in subsection (10) of this section. The maximum number of dwellings within a single Agricultural Retention development area shall be fourteen (14) dwelling units.

(g) All final plats approved pursuant to this chapter shall include a notice that agricultural uses of the land are favored uses in this zone and that noise, tree removal, odors, insects, fumes, dust, smoke, operation of machinery, the storage and disposal of manure, and the application by spraying or otherwise of chemical fertilizers, soil amendments, herbicides, and pesticides generated by agricultural land activities on the agricultural reserve site shall not be considered nuisances by the county if best management practices as defined by the Clallam County Conservation District are in use by the operator.

(h) The agricultural land reservation in all Agricultural Retention developments shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) acres in area.