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[] <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />This rmal dc,'dopment pattern. ~a:-; evolved on lots generally rang/rig between 1 to l0 acres in <br />,~ize. /\ ma0oi'ity o1:' r. hosc ar'e be .ween 2.5 and 5 acres in size. Past agreements with the <br />Mctmpoiitan ,Council durin~ r, hc 1 o :!)'s and !980's have allowed this area to develop with lot <br />size~; [c2..4:4 than dm ~ 0 ac~e mkdr mm. Although these agreements were not consistent with <br />Metropo] kan q'ounciI de,,.dopm mt oolicies, the Metropolitan Council recognized that the number <br />o[ ¢:4mtc lots :;n-miler than ~he 1C acm mi.n~mum had already established a development pattern tbr <br />the area. <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />B <br /> <br />Thc data pro,: i. ded below m 'Tab ¢ t .sim w~ the large range of rural residential parcel sizes. Of the <br />~ 37'3 pan;els. 957 or 81 pe:cent irc foss than 10 acres M size. Only 307 parcels or ~9 percent are <br />Iar~er t[m~t 10 acres. SJiZ~xtJ.~/o,, er c, ne-qya~xer (27.7%) of the parcels are less than 1.75 acres. <br />The Ciq/':; zo,~ing refutations &fmc these lots as noncon~b~g'as they do not meet th~ lot area <br />~br ci~e :smaltc st ruts[ re:m:[endal .cos1 ng district. ~e average parcel s~ e ~ the rural area is 4 <br /> <br />There are ~b,~' raajor la~.d o,,vuer s iht the rural area that together hold over 1100 acres or 18 <br />pert eru ~) [ t[~ [and area. The v i: c Itt< te Koch Re~mg C o. (600 + acres), Macalester College (166 <br />acres), Bitumirmus [~oadway:s ([50 acres), and the City of Inver Grove Heights (203 acres). <br />z~thou~h mo:< oE the Koch ReE~ieq,. ~'hcHity is located m Rosemount, the company has been <br />ptu-chasin,4 [ami within a I ~.~ nile :adius of the I~cility to se~e as buffer area. Of the 38 parcels <br />m the mrs[ arcs larger th;.m 20 a~res Koch holds 4. Macakester hoid~gs bclude the Kathe~e <br />Ordway Center along the Missis: yp[ ~ver. The C~W has a number of park and open space <br />pm'cc[s, the tm'gear of whk:h ia R;ch Valley Acres Park which is about 69 acres. Most of these <br />large pa;ods are located alon~ C ~f/:' :md Rich Valley Roads, the two major roadways m the rural <br />area. [t is likely that these [ar'~e ;arcc!s w/Il rema~ undeveloped well ~to the foreseeable ~ture. <br /> <br />T~zble 1. Rur~z/ Re.s'iden~irz/~4reu P~.,r.::d Si:re and Distribution. <br /> <br /> ~_0 acres' <br />Be[wetm [{~ tt[lJ 20 acres <br /> <br />L4etwee. n :: and 10 acres <br /> <br /> Between !J a~ld ~ acres <br />Between 1.75 and~.~. ~ < acres <br /> <br />6045 acres <br />1373 <br /> <br /> 9 (0.6%) <br /> 29 <br /> 53 (3.8) <br />216 (15.:7) <br />604 (44.0) <br /> (10.0) <br /> <br /> Less ti an 1.75 acres: 381 (27.7) <br />[_arges~: parceJ 80 acres <br />Average parc~:! :~ize 4 acres <br /> <br /> of fnver Grove ~eights by <br /> <br />:"eve,'oped :)[at comainin~ Id8 "urban sized" <br /> stz~d7 area '.vas not included in the <br /> percentage of small lots and <br /> <br /> ,:u'e exchtded~om consideration <br /> r/tere*bre unbuil&zb/e. <br /> <br />page 5 <br /> <br />89 <br /> <br /> <br />