Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/27/2023

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1 acres for contiguous parcels that abut the Mississippi River and 20 or more acres for all 2 other parcels, including smaller individual sites within the following developments that 3 are part of a common plan of development that may be constructed at different times: 4 1. Subdivisions; 5 2. Planned unit developments; and 6 3. Master-planned development and redevelopment of land. 7 b. The following activities are exempt from the requirements of this section: 8 1. Minor subdivisions consisting of three or fewer lots; 9 2. Minor boundary line corrections; 10 3. Resolutions of encroachments; 11 4. Additions to existing lots of record; 12 5. Placement of essential services; and 13 6. Activities involving river-dependent commercial and industrial uses. 14 15 „'�+or mi ic.I + ho c��hrv,i++o.� f^r ;Jl mr-nn^cini-1 dinwininiq �on+c 16 (4) Design standards. 17 a. Primary conservation areas, where they exist, must be set aside and designated as 18 protected open space in quantities meeting the following as a percentage of total parcel 19 area: 20 1. CA-ROS District: 50 percent; 21 2. CA-RN District: 20 percent; 22 3. CA-SR District: Ten percent if the parcel includes native plant communities or 23 provides feasible connections to a regional park or trail system, otherwise no 24 requirement. 25 b. If the primary conservation areas exceed the amounts specified in section 117- 26 148(k)(4)a above, then protection of native plant communities and natural vegetation 27 in riparian areas shall be prioritized. 28 C. If primary conservation areas exist but do not have natural vegetation (identified as 29 restoration priorities in the MRCCA plan), then a vegetation assessment must be 30 completed to evaluate the unvegetated primary conservation areas and determine 31 whether vegetation restoration is needed. , 32 33 d. If primary conservation areas do not exist on the parcel and portions of the parcel have 34 been identified in the MRCCA plan as a restoration area, vegetation must be restored 35 in the identified areas ^rd;nig+^c T�_1 n Qr,)(63)h r„h,�or„ems ien roc+�a+� 36 and the area must be set aside and designated as protected open space. 37 e. Storm water treatment areas or other green infrastructure may be used to meet the 38 protected open space requirements if the vegetation provides biological and ecological 39 functions. 40 f. Land dedicated under this section for public river access, parks, or other open space, or 41 public facilities may be counted toward the protected open space requirement. 42 g. Protected open space areas must connect open space, natural areas, and recreational 43 areas, where present on adjacent parcels, as much as possible, to form an 44 interconnected network. 45 (5) Permanent protection of designated open space. 46 a. Designated open space areas must be protected through one or more of the following 47 methods: 48 1. Public acquisition by a government entity for conservation purposes; 49 2. A permanent conservation easement, as provided in Minn. Stats. ch. 84C; Page 108 of 147