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communities has been designated General Development, which Ts the least <br />restrictive of the categories. Development standards which have been <br />provided by the Department of Natural Resources are minimum, and actually <br />other governmental agencies have developed more restrictive standards for <br />river development. The Municipal Shoreland Standards are as follows: <br /> <br />Lot Size <br />Width <br />Height <br />Setback <br /> <br /> Water <br /> Road <br /> <br /> TABLE 1 <br /> <br />MUNICIPAL SHORELAND STANDARDS <br /> <br />Non-sewered Sewered <br /> <br /> Riparian <br /> <br />20,000 sq. ft. 15,OOO sq. ft. <br />]OO feet 75 feet <br />35 feet 35 feet <br /> <br />Non-Riparian <br /> <br />10,OOO sq. ft. <br /> <br />75 feet <br /> <br />35 feet <br /> <br />75 feet 50 feet - <br /> <br />50 feet from right-of-way line of federal, state or <br />county <br /> <br />20 feet from right-of-way line of road, public street <br />or others <br /> <br />In addition, the Department of Natural Resources standards limits the amount <br />of impervious surface to 30% of the total lot, and such an area must be 50 feet <br />from the river and screened by natural material. <br /> <br />CRITICAL AREA REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br />In recognition of the existing land use diversity along the river, the Minnesota <br />EnvironmentaT Quality Board (EQB) has established four districts on the <br />Mississippi River which are used to determine land uses as well as land use <br />standards. Only two of the four districts involve the CAR communities. The <br />most restrictive district is the Rural Open Space District (most of Ramsey is <br /> <br /> -20- <br /> <br /> <br />