For all development activities in the Intensely Developed Areas, the applicant shall identify any environmental or natural feature described below and meet all of the following standards:
A. 
Development activities shall be designed and implemented to minimize destruction of forest and woodland vegetation;
B. 
All roads, bridges, and utilities are prohibited in a Habitat Protection Area, unless no feasible alternative exists. If a road, bridge, or utility is authorized, the design, construction, and maintenance shall:
(1) 
Provide maximum erosion protection;
(2) 
Minimize negative impact on wildlife, aquatic life, and their habitats; and
(3) 
Maintain hydrologic process and water quality.
C. 
All development activities that must cross or affect streams shall be designed to:
(1) 
Reduce increases in flood frequency and severity that are attributable to development;
(2) 
Retain tree canopy so as to maintain stream water temperature within normal variation;
(3) 
Provide a natural substrate for stream beds; and
(4) 
Minimize adverse water quality and quantity impacts of stormwater.
D. 
All development and redevelopment activities shall include stormwater management technologies that reduce pollutant loadings by at least 10% below the level of pollution on the site prior to development or redevelopment as provided in Critical Area 10% Rule Guidance Manual — Fall 2003, and as may be subsequently amended.
For the alteration, cutting or clearing of forest or developed woodlands, the Town shall apply the following criteria:
A. 
No more than 85% of any forest or developed woodland may be removed from forest use. The remaining 15% shall be maintained through easements, restrictive covenants or similar instruments reviewed by the Town Attorney; and
B. 
If no forest exists on proposed development sites, these sites shall be planted to provide a forest or developed woodland cover of a least 15% of the total site area. The developer shall designate, subject to the approval of the Town, a new forest area on a part of the site not forested. The afforested area shall be maintained as forest cover through easements, restrictive covenants or similar instruments reviewed by the Town Attorney.
C. 
To the extent practicable, new development shall use cluster development as a means to reduce impervious areas and to maximize areas of natural vegetation.
D. 
Development activities shall be designed and implemented to minimize the destruction of forest and developed woodland vegetation.
E. 
Within the Critical Area, protection for forests and developed woodlands identified as Habitat Protection Areas in Article XVII of this chapter shall be provided; and
F. 
Outside the Critical Area, large forested tracts and the habitats of rare, threatened, and endangered species shall be priority areas for the conservation for forest.