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police protection is provided by the city's police department to all residents whether in the MUSA or in the nqn-sewered areas. Similarly, fire protection (currently cont}::'acted from Anoka and Elk River) will be available through the City's fire department to all residents in non- sewered and MUSA areas. Figure ~ illustrates the civil defense siren system currently being installed in the city. As shown, the system provides city wide coverage and is not limited to the areas within the MUSA. The extent to which these services are provided are :more indicative of a developing community rather than a fringe community on a clearly defined urban/rural edqe. Current Policy The current policy of the city is to limit development outside of the MUSA to one lot per 10 areas of remaining undeveloped property with a minimum lot size of 2.5 acres. Table ~ indicates that 3687 acres of land in the "rural" area will be undeveloped (approximately 25%). Also indicated on Table is the existing development density of the "rural" area which is one lot per 1.9 acres. with the city's 2.5 acre minimum lot size applied to remaining undeveloped land, that density can be reduced tol lot per 2.8 acres. As a contrast, if the City were to implement "four in forty" zoning on the remaining developable land, the lowest overall density that could be achieved would be 1 lot in 3.6 acres.