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Current Ghost Plat'tin .t Practices <br />The term "ghos~ pkttting~' is not a c.m}rm)n term ~ most zo~ng or subdivision codes. ~ sho~, <br />ghost ptattiny~ rciSrs to an altetnatit e development scenario that anticipates a de user, more urban <br />pattern. Typical fy, ghost platting d~ victcs larger parcels ~to smaller ones ~ addition to provid~g <br />tbt' or requi ri ng th~ dedication o f fi ~tnt -oPways and easements for Dmre public ~frastmcmre. <br />Parks and trails ~mty also be anticil ate,[ an&'or requked ~ ghost plats. <br /> <br />There arc ~lt l eas~. two mctro l:ulitan 'cc, mmunifies, the Cities of Savage and'Ramsey that have <br />ghost platti ng pr,:visions i~t their st bdivision codes. The City of Savage requires a concept rural <br />overlay plan at t. hc time o/'buildint peimit on parcels that are 10 acres or larger. The concept <br />plan is not reconlcd with thc plat b,~t L'; kept on file for future reference. Subdivision 6(g)(ii) of <br />thc [.and Subdivision Ordinance states <br /> <br />"..!J rt..'a~ .verlav i:;lut't to xl:ow, in concept, how the £arcel will (in the fi~ture) be <br />.s'uhJivi~t,;d t'tt~o to'b.tt lots, ¢~;t~/ how the property will be served with street and <br />fozd~hc ,; ilities. " <br /> <br />Ramscy's ~rdinzxnce require:; thc 15 'i2~ off a sketch plan at the preliminary plat stage. Similar to <br />Savage, rccordir~ with the final pl;~t is not required but is kept on file. Section 9.20.11(7) of the <br />Rural. Rcsi{lcn. ti;:~l District :4tatcs. <br /> <br />"hz thc, ,!/';-bat-t Reserve ~ztz~' Rtu'~d Fransirion districts, the subdivider must file a <br />.~'k,:t~'h p/u, with thc p~'elir; m~z~3; p/ar ilhtstrating the reasonable resubdivision of <br />. thc'/;[czl .'o ~,o'bcut ~[evt~'itie3'." <br /> <br />Like lurer (;mvc [Icigbts, both Sa,:a~c and Ramsey, have Urban Reserve lands with similar <br />development is~,¢t[cs. In practice, b,;th ,,:ommunities have had success with implementing ghost <br />platt/ng on indi vidual subdi visions bu.t have not made it mandatory that the ghost plat would be <br />adhered to ii' a rc'subdivisiou were ~roposed. Neither City to date has had a previously ghost <br />platted property rcsubdividc~t. Tiff:: i.'; aot to say it will never occur, but might suggest that the <br />market lbrctz:; of land supply and h.;ush2g demand are not strong enough at present time to prompt <br />rcsubdivisio.. <br /> <br />As a parI: o1:' the literature review J'<< tit:: preparation this report, a request for examples on ghost <br />platting was submitted t,)tl~e zkmerictm Plam~g Association's (~A)Pla~ers Adviso~ Se~ice <br />(PAS) durim~ 1999 and 2{)0t;. The PAS was not able to identi~ any specific literature or <br />examples fi'om around the c ~u ~ ~ ,m ~his topic. PAS was able to provide additional ~fo~ation <br />related to rural open space {[csign, :mt again, none of that literature mentions how to address the <br />litture urbanization o~' run~l parcds ~ web search fbr Mfo~ation on the topic was also <br />conducted ali:hot~gh no specific lite:'ac ute on tlds topic was identified. <br /> <br />Ghost Platting Approach in lnver Grove Heights <br />'Phc City h;t:~ dr;~lied lan ~uagc in b,~]:~ zonin~ and subdivision regulations that provide the City <br />Council diz;creii<,nm-y atuthority to iacoq~orate ways to implement "ghost plattin.g" and <br />conservatism subdivision tlc~ik,..n o~ a City ,,vide basis. These provisions (Appendix "A") provide <br />reasonable tccln, iqucs thai can be implemented in subdivision design to achieve both the goals of <br />thc (titv and ,:t~c: 'v[ctrop()lJtan C,)uz cii. <br /> <br />page 9 <br /> <br />-33- <br /> <br /> <br />