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Proposed MRCCA Land Use Districts <br />The northern cities and Anoka County have rnet to discuss the prapcsed MRCCA <br />(Mississippi River- Critical Corridor Area) district classifications and proposed district <br />boundaries that were developed by the DNR with assistance from the National Park <br />Service. Because of the general nature of the district descriptions, it is not possihle at <br />this paint to determine and therefore comment on potential specific restrictions for <br />uses, development, utilities (roadways, sewer and water, electric, etc_), stormwater <br />control, vegetation and erosion control). <br />The foliowIng principles were developed From those meetings and are supported by the <br />cities of Anoka, Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Coen Rapids, Dayton, Fridley and Ramsey and <br />Anoka County: <br />The rule making process should result in a framework of guidelines for <br />developing regulations and should not prescribe specific standards. The rules <br />shall authorize decision making by the local unit of government, which is <br />consistent with the authority granted under the statues for planning and zoning. <br />• Existing and future public and private property owners must not be unnecessarily <br />burdened by prescriptive standards, <br />The regulations must not remove property rights for accessory use of the <br />shoreline, i. e. docks, recreational use, vegetation and erosion control, etc, <br />• The standards must not regulate surface water use. <br />• The district standards roust provide for outdoor recreation opportunities, parks <br />and leisure :services for the public. <br />The district standards must accommodate public and private access to the river. <br />It is assumed that districts that include properties of'suburban character' also <br />include private water access (ea g. docks) for riparian properties. <br />• The allowed densities need to be consistent with a community's approved <br />comprehensive plan and adapted zoning ordinance. 'Rural densities' in the north <br />segment of the corridor are much different than `rural densities' in the townships <br />that are in the southern end of the MRCCA corridor. <br />Page 1 <br />