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i <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />,j <br /> <br />Gh.o,~t pla{fiu~: (ioes af.,.pc:u' 7) bt a ',, iable approach to plapming for Urban development when it can <br />be itnplcl~..encc~l on a b~ ot'4icr .sc dc in areas where there is not a proliferation of lots smaller than <br />l0 acrc~, in ~i;<e. For ~hoge area~, 3host platting is a viable option to reserving future urban <br />development 4ctmarios..:(aoth¢-; <Talon to reserving urban development options is to combine a <br />ghost pl;_tliti~ with chtscer or op..:n s;xtce development. In this scenario/the parcel would be <br />platted at>; :m ~)!)en spac~'~ deve[ol ~rne:~t where lots would be much smaller than typical rural.estate <br />h)~s. Thc ,~pcn :4pace wouid m)r. :~av,,, permanent protection provisions that are usually . <br />incoq)orated ia various Ii)ra~; lii<e conser'/ation easements. The open space area of the initial <br />subdivisi~)n c~)u. ld then accomm~ ,&~te the .3host plat overlay. Ghost platting of the existing lots <br />could stJl! ocz.,n' or they c~)uld b,-: le!c as originally platted. <br /> <br />Tbb; t,,w) ~;m%,ed appt°c, ach may be ~he most desirable way to ultimately accommodate urban <br />deveMpm~:nt. On.e of d~.e [ar~e~ a,i./antages ts berg able to utilize the open space as <br />undeveh;ped hind rathe:' dmt i'2t mt[~iple re'ban lots wiain ~ estate lot. T~g is also a real <br />issue ami can be very problcmat c ,,x. ~thow: agreement by all of the prope~ owners ~ a rural <br />st~bdivisi~n. <br /> <br />Altho,~gh ~.ho~it platting cati 10c a :com'plished in Inver Grove Heights, there is als° the possibility <br />that in tr,~duci r~y 4caNered e:Ic la,, :s (.) l? ur ban development wit~ the context of a larger more <br />established rural estate ttrca coui! bo viewed as haphazard and undesffable. For those residents of <br />estate h)ts, the close proximity o smaller urban lot development may be ~consistent with theft <br />estab/tshcet rum[ [ilbstyle. The (itv -~tould not underest~ate its past rural polio.les and the <br />expectations o~f people Ib/{a,f in v~lc z,~ral area when considers policy changes ~at would allow <br />urban dcw:;lopmcnt. <br /> <br />page II <br /> <br />9§ <br /> <br /> <br />