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1 1. Minor subdivisions consisting of three or fewer lots; <br />2 2. Minor boundary line corrections; <br />3 3. Resolutions of encroachments; <br />4 4. Additions to existing lots of record; <br />5 5. Placement of essential services; and <br />6 6. Activities involving river -dependent commercial and industrial uses. <br />7 3) Application materials. Project information liste-d in section 117 148(c)(6) (application <br />8 materials) must be submitted for all proposed development. <br />9 (4) Design standards. <br />10 a. Primary conservation areas, where they exist, must be set aside and designated as <br />11 protected open space in quantities meeting the following as a percentage of total parcel <br />12 area: <br />13 1. CA-ROS District: 50 percent; <br />14 2. CA -RN District: 20 percent; <br />15 3. CA -SR District: Ten percent if the parcel includes native plant communities or <br />16 provides feasible connections to a regional park or trail system, otherwise no <br />17 requirement. <br />18 b. If the primary conservation areas exceed the amounts specified in section 920(K)(4)a <br />19 above, then protection of native plant communities and natural vegetation in riparian <br />20 areas shall be prioritized. <br />21 c. If primary conservation areas exist but do not have natural vegetation (identified as <br />22 restoration priorities in the MRCCA plan), then a vegetation assessment must be <br />23 completed to evaluate the unvegetated primary conservation areas and determine <br />24 whether vegetation restoration is needed. If restoration needed, vegetation must be <br />25 restored accefding to section 117 148(i)(6)b (under vegetation restoration plan). <br />26 d. If primary conservation areas do not exist on the parcel and portions of the parcel have <br />27 been identified in the MRCCA plan as a restoration area, vegetation must be restored <br />28 in the identified areas to se-e+on 117 148(i)(6)b (under vegetation restoratie- <br />29 plan) and the area must be set aside and designated as protected open space. <br />30 e. Storm water treatment areas or other green infrastructure may be used to meet the <br />31 protected open space requirements if the vegetation provides biological and ecological <br />32 functions. <br />33 f. Land dedicated under this section for public river access, parks, or other open space, or <br />34 public facilities may be counted toward the protected open space requirement. <br />35 g. Protected open space areas must connect open space, natural areas, and recreational <br />36 areas, where present on adjacent parcels, as much as possible, to form an <br />37 interconnected network. <br />38 (5) Permanent protection of designated open space. <br />39 a. Designated open space areas must be protected through one or more of the following <br />40 methods: <br />41 1. Public acquisition by a government entity for conservation purposes; <br />42 2. A permanent conservation easement, as provided in Minn. Stats. ch. 84C; <br />43 3. A deed restriction; and <br />44 4. Other arrangements that achieve an equivalent degree of protection. <br />45 b. Permanent protection methods must ensure the long-term management of vegetation <br />46 to meet its biological and ecological functions, prohibit structures, and prohibit land <br />47 alteration, except as needed to provide public recreational facilities and access to the <br />48 river. <br />49 (L) Exemptions <br />Page 115 of 160 <br />