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I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br /> <br />ground water through the porous soils relatively easily. On site <br />sewage disposal is therefore not desirable for large scale or <br />permanent use. <br /> <br /> Much of the vacant land is now covered by grass and brushy <br />growth. Scattered clumps of trees exist, principally in low <br />lands and along the Rum River. About eighty acres in the south- <br />east corner of the study area in the vicinity of the Rum River <br />and east of the intersection of Industry Avenue and MTH 947 is <br />subject to flooding during a regional (one hundred year <br />frequency) flood. <br /> <br /> Study Area Existing Land Use: The total original study <br />area involves approximately 3,000 acres of land. A most sig- <br />nificant fact for this planning effort is that approximately <br />2,000 acres, or 2/3 of the total, is now vacant and being held <br />for development. Of this total, 300 acres are now reserved for <br />industrial use in the southwest corner of the study area, with <br />ten active industrial operations now occupying parts of that <br />acreage. Approximately 250 acres are in large lot (one acre <br />or more) existing residential developments. <br /> <br /> Twelve sets of farm buildings exist in the study area. <br /> <br />Only three of these have qualified as "green acres" for tax <br />purposes and from an inspection of aerial photographs, only one <br />appears to constitute farming on a commercial scale, with 400 <br />acres included in the "green acres" classification. It should <br /> <br />- 15 - <br /> <br /> <br />