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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Sample Lot Layouts. <br />B. Ensuring enjoyable and livable communities <br />Subdivision standards keep communities enjoyable and livable in a number <br />of ways. Some typical examples include: <br />• Requiring lots to be a suitable size for the houses built upon them and for <br />the provision of yards and side yards that avoid crowding and afford <br />privacy. <br />• Requiring that streets and facilities in new areas harmonize with and <br />complement existing features. <br />• Requiring the subdivider to provide parks, trails, and other public places <br />for the enjoyment of residents. <br />• Requiring the subdivider to meet design standards that create a <br />harmonious and aesthetically pleasing subdivision. <br />C. Preserve and protect vital natural resources. <br />Subdivision standards help the city preserve <br />resources. <br />Some <br />typical examples <br />include: <br />and protect vital natural <br />• Requiring the preservation of trees, woodlands, and significant <br />vegetation during the time of construction, and replanting after <br />construction. <br />• Setting standards for the location, size, and sealing of wells, septic tanks <br />water and/or sewer systems to avoid pollution problems. <br />• Preserving and encouraging green and open space by setting standards <br />for lot layout, such as requiring cluster developments. <br />• Requiring preservation of important wetlands during the grading and <br />construction process. <br />• Requiring erosion and sediment control during construction, and <br />regulating grading of the development to minimize the potential for soil <br />loss. <br />For each development built within a city on bare ground there are many <br />possibilities for how the end product will look and interact with the <br />surrounding city environs. A 20 -acre development can be subdivided a <br />myriad of ways—to feature tightly clustered town homes surrounded by <br />open space; 20 houses on one -acre lots on a straight grid pattern; or a middle <br />ground of 10 houses, featuring cul-de-sacs and a shared park. Street patterns <br />within the same 20 acres may also vary greatly, providing for cul-de-sacs <br />and winding lanes, or broad heavy volume streets connected by feeder <br />streets and alleys. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 4/15/2014 <br />Subdivision Guide for aties Page 2 <br />