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Prepared by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, November 5, 2010
<br />Standard
<br />Yp
<br />Type
<br />Preliminary Draft Standards
<br />Executive Order 79 -19
<br />Current Standards & Guidelines
<br />(Currently ill effect; arr local plans and ordinances must
<br />be consistent with these standards and guidelines.)
<br />Interim Development Regulations (IDR)
<br />(ED 79 -19 provided the IDRS as temporary standards until local MRCCA
<br />ordinances were approved by the EQB. Hastings, Brooklyn Center, and a small
<br />area M Hennepin County are still subject to the IDRs because they do not have
<br />approved MRCCA ordinances. The DEIR used some of the /DRs in drafting new
<br />MRCCA rules, and some LGUs have used portions of the IDRS in their current
<br />ordinances. The IDRS are provided here for reference. Local ordinonces, which
<br />vary widely, will contain the current effective standards in any given community.)
<br />Public
<br />Transportation
<br />Facilities
<br />Scenic
<br />Overlooks &
<br />Access from
<br />Roads
<br />n planning and designing the construction or reconstruction of public
<br />transportation facilities within the MRCCA, consideration shall be gi en to
<br />the pro ision of scenic o erlooks for motorists, safe pedestrian crossings
<br />and facilities along the ri er corridor, access to the ri erfront in public
<br />ownership, and reasonable use of the and between the ri er and the
<br />transportation facility. These facilities must be designed to minimize isual
<br />impact from the ri er and WL of the opposite shore. Where public
<br />transportation facilities intersect or abut two or more districts, the least
<br />restricts e standards shall apply.
<br />See previous page.
<br />3 construction across wetlands shall take place in a manner
<br />which minimizes damage to egetation, and in a manner
<br />pre enting erosion and sedimentation
<br />4 construct at times when local fish and wildlife are not
<br />spawning or nesting.
<br />d. Safety considerations
<br />De elopers must adhere to applicable Federal and State safety
<br />regulations with regard to new road construction or reconstruction of an
<br />existing road.
<br />Public
<br />Recreational
<br />Facilities
<br />Screening
<br />When reasonable and consistent with the purpose of the facility, new or
<br />reconstructed public trails and recreational facilities must be designed and
<br />constructed so they are not readily isible from the ri er and the WL of
<br />the opposite shore.
<br />See C.2.0., b., and d. listed on the first page of this handout.
<br />C. 6. LG sand regional and state agencies shall de elop plans an
<br />regulations to maximize the creation and maintenance of open space
<br />and recreational potential of the Corridor in accordance with the
<br />following guidelines
<br />a. Existing and potential sites for the following uses shall be identified
<br />and in entoried.
<br />1 eighborhood, municipal, county and regional parks
<br />2 Scenic o erlooks, scenic sews, and public obser ation
<br />platforms
<br />3 Protected open space areas, including islands, gorges, wildlife
<br />preser ation areas, and natural areas
<br />4 Beaches and orde elation er frontage on backwaters, which
<br />purposes
<br />are suitable for recreation p
<br />5 Commercial marinas and boat launching facilities
<br />6 Public access points to the ri er
<br />7 istoric sites and districts.
<br />b. The Metropolitan Council shall prepare a general trailway plan for
<br />the entire length of the Ri er Corridor which links regional parks.
<br />c. Local units of go ernment shall identify the potential location of
<br />trails within their jurisdictions, including related problems and
<br />proposed solutions.
<br />d. Plans and programs to acquire sites for public access to the ri er
<br />and to protect open space areas shall be de eloped.
<br />e. Programs to acquire and manage unde eloped islands in their
<br />natural state and to encourage the restoration of other islands for
<br />recreation open space uses shall be adopted.
<br />C. Permitted uses.
<br />7. Recreational uses
<br />a. n all districts, recreational uses and structures and accessory
<br />uses or appurtenances shall be permitted and shall be subject to
<br />the Dimensional standards and criteria in section F. Water-related
<br />commercial recreation uses shall not be subject to the
<br />dimensional standards and criteria in section F.
<br />b. Within rban pen Space District, recreation uses on islands and
<br />lands between the ri er and blufflines shall be only for public recreation
<br />uses, historic preser ation, and wildlife preser es.
<br />Placement
<br />Structures, and imper sous areas, except shoreline facilities, must meet
<br />structural setbacks and must not be placed within BIZ, 5I2, or SPZ when
<br />reasonable and prudent placement alternate es exist, consistent with the
<br />purpose of the facility.
<br />Public
<br />Water
<br />Access
<br />Public water access ramps may be allowed as pro idea under M Rules,
<br />Chapter 61 15 and 6280 promulgated under M Statutes, Chap 1030
<br />Public water access parking areas and approach roads must not be placed
<br />within the BIZ, 512 or SPZ when other reasonable and prudent placement
<br />alternate es exist if placed within the B Z, S Z, SPZ, mitigation shall be
<br />required. All public water access facilities must be designed and
<br />constructed consistent with the standards in the Design andbook for
<br />Recreational Boating and Fishing Facilities S BA, 2006 and must meet the
<br />BMPs and imper sous standards in Sheet 3 —Water Quality.
<br />Trails &
<br />Vistas
<br />Trails pro iding access to or istas of the water may be placed within the
<br />BIZ, SIZ or SPZ if design, construction, and maintenance methods are
<br />consistent with the BMPs in Trail Planning Design and De elopment
<br />Guidelines D R, 2007 . Trails and istas must also meet the BMPs and
<br />im per sous standards in Sheet 3 —Water Quality, and be designed to
<br />minimize isual impact from the ri er and WL of the opposite shore, and
<br />fragmentation of significant existing egetati a stands, tree canopies, and
<br />nati e plant communities per 1160.15 Subd. 4 b , woodlands and habitat.
<br />Prepared by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, November 5, 2010
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