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a. Goals . Policies Policies INDUSTRIAL LAND USE ELEMENT 1. Concentrated industrial development in larger areas where it can be made compatible with surrounding uses. 2. Provision of sufficient areas for industrial expansion. 1. CONFINE INDUSTRIAL USES TO EXISTING INDUSTRIAL DIS- TRICTS AND THOSE AREAS INDICATED ON THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP. 2. APPLY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO ALL INDUSTRIES THAT WILL PROTECT THE "LIGHTER ", CLEANER USES FROM THE ADVERSE AFFECTS OF THE HEAVY USES, AS WELL AS PRO- TECTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PROVIDING A REASONABLE TRANSITION FOR OTHER URBAN USES. 3. PROTECT INDUSTRIAL AREAS INDICATED ON THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP FROM ENCROACHMENT BY NON- INDUSTRIAL USES IN ORDER TO ALLOW ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT THE HARASSMENT OF ILL - PLACED HOUSING OR OTHER NON- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. Goal 1. Reasonable solar access to parcels of land so that solar energy systems could be used to supplement • or replace conventional fossil fuels for domestic hot water, space heating, and air conditioning. RAMSEY WILL REVISE ITS ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDI- VISION REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT EXISTING LEVELS OF SOLAR ACCESS ARE MAINTAINED IN THE BUILT -UP AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND TO EXPAND SOLAR ACCESS PROTECTION TO DEVELOPING AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. 2. ALL NEW SUBDIVISIONS, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS (PUD'S), AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO CREATE DESIGNS WHICH WILL MAXIMIZE SOLAR ACCESS TO ALL BUILDINGS. 3. RAMSEY WILL ESTABLISH SHADE TREE CONTROL REGULATIONS THAT WILL INCLUDE STANDARDS FOR PERMISSIBLE SHADING DURING THE PEAK SOLAR RADIATION PERIOD. 4. RAMSEY WILL WORK WITH THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO MONITOR NEW LEGISLATION IN THE AREA OF SOLAR ACCESS PROTECTION AND THE USE OF SOLAR AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS. 59 . SOLAR ELEMENT