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[] <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />[] <br />mm <br />[] <br /> <br />Th is rural devch;pntent {>al.t(:~] has ,~'vo [ved on lots generally rang~g between 1 to 10 acres ~ <br />size. A majoFity o~'those arc be[we :n 2.:5 anti 5 acres ~ size. Past agreements with the <br />Mctropolitai~ C~)[incil during the 19:0':-~. and i 980's have allowed [Ns area to develop with lot <br />sizes less that[ th~ 10 acre minim, un. Although these agreements were not consistent with <br />Metropolit:m Cr)~mcil development 9olieies, the Metropolitan Council recognized that the number . <br />of estate lots :;m~llec than the ~0 ac e minimum had akeady established a development pa~em for <br />tilt: aFca. <br /> <br />The data provided below in 'l'able 1 sh~.,ws the large range of rural residential parcel sizes. Of the <br />1373 parcels, 95" or 81 pecccnt are ie'~s than 10 acres in size. Only 307 parcels or 19 percent are <br />larger than l i) ac'~'cs. SlightI7 over ,me-quai-ter (27.7%) of the parcels are less than 1.75 acres. <br />The City's/.onitt,.~ regulati~t~s defh~: these lo~s as nonconforming as they do not meet the lot area <br />FoF thc sma[lies[ r~n'al residential zor, ing district. The average parcel size in the rural area is 4 <br />scl-es. <br /> <br />There arc ti)re' major land owners i~ tt'~ rural area that together hold over 1100 acres or 18 <br />percent et' !he [amd area. They inch dc Koch Re~ning Co. (600 + acres), Macalester College (166 <br />acres), 13itum inotts Roadways (1160 ~lcres), and the City of lnver Grove Heights (203 acres). <br />Although m<;st {~i' lite Koc}~ Retailer.,' ~heilitv is located in Rosemount, the company has been <br />purchasing hind within at 1 ~ mile r;tdius of the facility to serve as buffer area. Of the 38 parcels <br />in thc rural au'~:a larger [bari 20 acre:. Koch holds 4. Macalester holdings include the Katherine <br />Ordway Center :~ long thc Miss istsipt~i River. The City has a number of park and open space <br />parcels, I:hc lacgc:it oFwhich is Rich Valley Acres Park which is about 69 acres. Most of these <br />large parcels ;ir(: located al(rog Clitq arx(] l~ch Valley Roads, the two major roadways in the rural <br />area. It is li k t:ly that these large par :els will remain undeveloped well into the foreseeable future. <br /> <br />Table 1. Rttr~d /~,~,.;'identird .,l~'erz Pr~'ce/ Size and Dilvtribution. <br /> <br />Size 6045 acres <br />Number el" pat-cc is 1373 <br />Pst'col Distrilmti~ .1~ <br /> Ox. et 40 acres 9 (0.6%) <br /> Over .20 acres 29 (2.1) <br /> Between 10 ml.d 20 acres 53 (3.8) <br /> Between 5 a~d i0 acres 216 (15.7) <br /> <br />Between 2.5 :md 5 acres <br /> <br />Between ).75 a~d 215 acres <br /> <br />604 (44.0) <br /> <br />(10.0) <br /> <br /> hc=~s tha~ 1175 acres 381 (27.7) <br />Largest par<:cl 80 acres <br />Average parcel ~h~: 4 acres <br /> <br />Notes.' <br />*Pr:feet in./~J~'mrtdr~/l used fi~' ,'he'/Jre~a: ,:z~ir)n etd:ix re~ort is based <br />Oil ./stiltedly .?0/~2 /),~r<:c/ dam vupp/ied ;:~c, Ci(~ ~¥ b, ver Grove Heights by <br />Drl/co/~I (.'oitHl v <br />**Iv'or pur/Jos,:v ~/ ~his i'epor/ /h~e ztnde~ ~:/~q.,ed p/at containing ]68 "urban sized" <br />/O/S /~ //Id XOll//~}VC:'/d/Tl /IlO,X[ Ct)/TleF Oj '/ld 2.[ltC(V ~,'ea was not included in the <br />crt/czt[r~dt)n,s' b~e~:r/u.'c it would ztn/~d/'(x~ ,. teeny//ze pewcentage of xmal/ tots and <br /> <br />page 5 <br /> <br />-29- <br /> <br /> <br />