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i <br />I <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />[] <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Ghost plattil~g does appear to be a viable approach to planning for urban development when it can <br />be implemented on a broader scak it~ areas where there is not a proliferation o£1ots smaller than <br />Il) acres in size. [:or those areas, .~.ho,';t platting is a viable option to reserving future urban <br />devclopmen/scenarios. ~\nother ~ pdc, n to reserving urban development options is to combine a <br />ghost plattm¢ with cluster o~' open .;pace development. In this scenario, the parcel would be <br />platted as an op,:n space dcvelopn',~nt where lots would be much smaller than typical rural estate <br />lots. The open :~9acc wouid m>t ha'.'e permanent protection provisions that are usually <br />ineorporate~t in .,;arious t'orms like ::onservation easements. The open space area of the initial . <br />subdivision cottid then accommod~tte the ghost plat overlay. Ghost platting of the existing lots <br />crmld slill occm' or they c(ndd be l~q~ as originally platted. <br /> <br />This two pr~mgc:d approach may b~ thc most desirable way to ultimately accommodate urban <br />development. ()~e of the largest a,[vaatages is being able to utilize the open space as <br />undcvch)pc~l land rather that fit mt tltiple urban lots within an estate lot. Timing is also a real <br />issue and cart }>,_. very problematic .,vStt~out agreement by all of the property owners in a rural <br />subdivisitm. <br /> <br />Although ghosl 91atting can be acc >n~plished in Inver Grove Heights, there is also the possibility <br />that i~ltroducing scattered ,:~claves o i:' tu' ban development within the context of a larger more <br />established i'm'id estate area c~m[d ;)e viewed as haphazard and undesirable. For those residents of <br />estate lots, the close proxbnity o1: s nailter urban lot development may be inconsistent with their <br />established t'tn'at liI'cstyle. '[ hc Ci/~' :d'.,tmld not underestimate its past rural policies and the <br />expcctatitm~; o~' p~zoplc livim~_ in iht rttral area when considering policy changes that would allow <br />ttl'bU ~1 d. cvcl~,pm,;nt. <br /> <br />page <br /> <br />-35- <br /> <br /> <br />