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896 (5) Placement of essential services; and 897 (6) Activities involving river -dependent commercial and industrial uses. 898 3. Application materials. Project information listed in Section 117-148(c)6 (Application Materials) must be 899 submitted for all proposed developments. 900 4. Design standards. 901 a. Primary conservation areas, where they exist, must be set aside and designated as protected 902 open space in quantities meeting the following as a percentage of total parcel area: 903 (1) CA-ROS District: 50%; 904 (2) CA -RN District: 20%; 905 (3) CA RTC, CA UM, and CA UC Districts: 10%; and 906 (4) CA -SR District: 10% if the parcel includes native plant communities or provides feasible 907 connections to a regional park or trail system, otherwise no requirement. 908 b. If the primary conservation areas exceed the amounts specified in Section 117-148(k)4a above, 909 then protection of native plant communities and natural vegetation in riparian areas shall be 910 prioritized. 911 c. If primary conservation areas exist but do not have natural vegetation (identified as restoration 912 priorities in the MRCCA Plan), then a vegetation assessment must be completed to evaluate the 913 unvegetated primary conservation areas and determine whether vegetation restoration is 914 needed. If restoration is needed, vegetation must be restored according to Section 117-148(i)6b 915 (under Vegetation restoration plan). 916 d. If primary conservation areas do not exist on the parcel and portions of the parcel have been 917 identified in the MRCCA plan as a restoration area, vegetation must be restored in the identified 918 areas according to Section 117-148(i)6b (under Vegetation restoration plan) and the area must 919 be set aside and designated as protected open space. 920 e. Storm water treatment areas or other green infrastructure may be used to meet the protected 921 open space requirements if the vegetation provides biological and ecological functions. 922 f. Land dedicated under this Section for public river access, parks, or other open space or public 923 facilities may be counted toward the protected open space requirement. 924 g. Protected open space areas must connect open space, natural areas, and recreational areas, 925 where present on adjacent parcels, as much as possible to form an interconnected network. 926 5. Permanent protection of designated open space. 927 a. Designated open space areas must be protected through one or more of the following methods: 928 (1) Public acquisition by a government entity for conservation purposes; 929 (2) A permanent conservation easement, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84C; 930 (3) A deed restriction; and 931 (4) Other arrangements that achieve an equivalent degree of protection. 932 b. Permanent protection methods must ensure the long-term management of vegetation to meet 933 its biological and ecological functions, prohibit structures, and prohibit land alteration, except as 934 needed to provide public recreational facilities and access to the river. 26