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Cff.joh!Sbntfz <br />5 <br />Municipal Ordinances and Best Practices <br />PSEJOBODFT <br />Nboz!djujft!jo!Njooftpub!ibwf!bepqufe!fggfdujwf!qpmmjobups!psejobodft!boe!qpmjdjft/!Uif!Djuz!pg!Sbntfz!dbo! <br />mfbso!gspn!uiftf!cftu!qsbdujdft!up!qsftfswf!boe!qspufdu!qpmmjobups!ibcjubut!xjuijo!uif!djuz/!Jo!uijt!qptufs-!xf!mppl! <br />bu!wbsjpvt!nvojdjqbm!psejobodft!boe!cftu!qsbdujdft!gspn!dpnnvojujft!xjuijo!Njooftpub/ <br />QPMMJOBUPS!MBOETDBQF!DBTF!TUVEJFT <br />Kbdltpo!NfbepxtHsffo!Mjwjoh!Bqbsunfout <br />Dibsbdufsjtujdt:Dibsbdufsjtujdt:Dibsbdufsjtujdt: <br />Rural ResidentialUrban Medium DensityUrban Complex <br />Residential <br />Tdpqf!pg!Xpsl:Tdpqf!pg!Xpsl: <br />Tdpqf!pg!Xpsl: <br />Planned unit developmentApartment as built <br />Planned Unit Development <br />Mpdbujpo:Mpdbujpo: <br />St. Croix, MN <br />St. Paul, MN <br />Mpdbujpo: <br />Lake Elmo, MN <br />Green living apartments created pollinator <br />highly valued its surrounding open space.landscapes that support diverse wildlife and habitat within the small plots of land outside the <br />enrich residents lives. apartment buildings. <br />Cftu!Nbobhfnfou!Qsbdujdft;!Smaller cluster Cftu!Nbobhfnfou!Qsbdujdft;!Creation of Cftu!Nbobhfnfou!Qsbdujdft;!Creating areas of <br />developments with placement close to a native plant trail along a portion of the pollinator habitat within dense urban areas. <br />neighboring lots. Surrounding landscape is promenade. Conservation easements were <br />leased for protection and designated for wildlife.given by developers for designated open <br />These open spaces are connected by trail. space. <br />Sfhvmbujpo!boe!PsejobodftSfhvmbujpot!boe!Psejobodft;Sfhvmbujpot!boe!Psejobodft; <br />•Implementation of cluster development•Home sites required to contain at minimum •Pollinator plantings are considered to be a <br />“worthwhile aesthetic improvement” in line <br />•Conservation easements were <br />•Land easement given to ity of Lake Elmo to <br /> surrounding natural landscape. <br />preserve remaining wetland open space. <br />Source: Lake Elmo <br />NoE!Ijhixbz!Qpmmjobups!QmboujohtD/M/!Efft!Obuvsf!UsbjmFehfxbufs!Dpoepnjojvnt!Hsffo!Sppg <br />This trail is located within <br />the Sandhill Crane <br />MnD manages open <br />Wildlife Refuge, and is <br />square feet and has saved <br />space throughout the state, <br />lined with native plants. <br />including many pollinator <br />The trail is an easy walk <br />from entering the sewers by <br />friendly plantings. <br />making it accessible to <br />using native plants. <br />most residents. <br />OBUJWF!MBOETDBQF!PSEJOBODFT <br />The language in land use ordinances is very important for promoting and preserving pollinator habitat because it sets the rules and regulations for <br />the appearance and quality of the habitat. The following cities throughout Minnesota have adopted ordinance language that promotes pollinators <br />est practices. <br />Ejggfsfou!qpmmjobupst!offe!wbszjoh! <br />Qpmmjobupst!offe!mbshf!bsfbtQpmmjobupst!offe!dpoofdufe!ibcjubut! <br />uzqft!pg!qpmmjobujoh!qmbout!up! <br />xjui!ibcjubu!boe!oftujoh!hspvoet!jo!psefs!up!usbwfm/!Uiftf!offe!up!cf! <br />qspwjef!ejggfsfou!gvodujpot/ <br />uibu!bsf!dmfbsmz! <br />Xijuf!Cfbs!Mblf;!Obujwf!Hsbtt!PsejobodftNbolbup;!Eftjhojoh!gps!b!Hsffofs!Fowjsponfou <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />“Native grasses joejhfopvt!up!Njooftpub,“Qsftfswjoh existing healthy and long-lived trees <br />broadleaf plants that are obujwf!up-!ps!bebqufe!planted and maintained on any occupied whenever possible.” <br />up!uif!tubuf!pg!Njooftpub-and that are lot or parcel of land, setback a njojnvn!pg! <br />• <br />“Eftjhojoh drainage facilities to qspnpuf the <br />commonlyfound in nfbepx!boe!qsbjsjf!qmbou!uxfouz!gffu <br />use and dpotfswbujpo of natural watercourse <br />dpnnvojujft, except weeds.”line as part of a garden or landscape <br />and patterns of drainage.” <br />treatment are exempt from this ordinance.” <br />•“Turf Grasses: Grasses commonly used in <br />•“Njojnj{joh alterations to existing topography in <br />sfhvmbsmz!dvu!mbxo!bsfbt, such as bluegrass, <br />Tu/!Qbvm;!Qbsl!Eftjhobujpo!Dsjufsjb <br />environmentally sensitive areas.” <br />fescue and rye grass blends, and non-woody <br />• <br />“Areas representing , <br />vegetation interspersed with them.” <br />native plant communities, tfotjujwf!ibcjubu, or <br />Eftjhojoh!gps!Wjtvbmmz!Qmfbtjoh!Mboetdbqft <br />Obujwf!Qmboujoh!Psejobodft <br />historical events.” <br />•“Uif!qsjps!wfhfubujpo!jt!fmjnjobufe!and <br />•“Promoting the use of plant material dpnqbujcmf <br />•“Areas containing <br />the native vegetation is planted through <br />xjui!uif!dmjnbuf of the region and micro-climate <br />foebohfsfe!ps!uisfbufofe, or that provide <br />usbotqmboujoh or seed by human or mechanical <br />conditions on the site.” <br />ibcjubu!gps!bojnbmt <br />means.” <br />••“Fotvsjoh that plant material can be nbjoubjofe <br />threatened, or of <br />of the planting, it must be dvu!up!b!ifjhiu!pg!op!gps!mpoh.ufsn!ifbmui and continued growth.” <br />U.S.C. <br />npsf!uibo!fjhiu!jodift and rules adopted under these respective <br />•“Ensuring that the arrangement of required <br />year.”laws.” <br />landscaping produces the eftjsfe!wjtvbm!fggfdu.” <br />•“A tjho!jt!qptufe!on the property in a location <br />likely to be tffo!cz!uif!qvcmjd, advising that a <br />meadow or prairie is being established.” <br />Sbntfz!dbo!fyqboe!po!dvssfou!qsbdujdft!boe!psejobodf!mbohvbhf!up!npsf!gvmmz!qspnpuf!boe!qspufdu!qpmmjobups!ibcjubut!xjuijo! <br />uif!djuz/!Jo!uif!gpmmpxjoh!qptufs-!xf!cfhjo!mppljoh!bu!ipx!qpmmjobups!ibcjubut!dbo!cf!joufhsbufe!joup!sftjefoujbm!/ <br />QB6322;!Mboe!Vtf!Qmboojoh!0!Jotusvdups;!Gfsoboep!Cvshb!QiE/QB6322;!Mboe!Vtf!Qmboojoh!0!Jotusvdups;!Gfsoboep!Cvshb!QiE/Bmmz!ef!Bmdvb{-!Lbujf!Qbhf-!Cmblf!XfbwfsBmmz!ef!Bmdvb{-!Lbujf!Qbhf-!Cmblf!Xfbwfs <br /> <br /> <br />