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r URBAN AREA GOALS AND POLICIES JUNE, 1980 r URBAN DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN BE ADEQUATELY SERVED BY THE EXISTING PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES. New development will not be permitted to exceed the existing capacity of local roads, utilities, parks, police and fire protection. Where development within the urban service area requires local extension of roads or utilities, such extension will be the full responsibility of the developer, not the general taxpayer. 6.HIGHER LEVELS OF PUBLIC SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE URBAN AREA THAN IN THE RURAL AREA. The greater land use density and the greater number of residents combines to require more intensive levels of public services. Police, fire, and ambulance calls are more frequent. Roads, parking lots and playgrounds require more maintenance. Public sewer and water is necessary because of population density and proximity to the Lake. All of these factors combine to increase the cost of government in the urban portions of the City, which increased cost will be paid by the u»*ban users of the services without subsidy from the rural residents. PURAI ARgA GOALS AND POLICIES RURAL COMMUNITY GOALS 1.TO MAINTAIN THE RURAL CHARACTER OF OPEN SPACES AND CLOSENESS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 2.TO RETAIN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RURAL COMMERCE SUCH AS FARMING, ORCHARDS, GREENHOUSES, STABLES AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES IJHICH REQUIRE LIMITED SERVICES BUT RELATIVELY LARGE AMQtJNTS OF OPEN SPACE. 3.TO RETAIN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES. 4.TO PREVENT THE ENCROACHMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT OR ANY ACTIVITY WHICH WOULD IN ANY WAY ADVERSELY AFFECT LAKE MINNETONKA OR ITS ASSOCIATED WETLANDS OR DRAINAGE AREAS. 5.TO PROVIDE ONLY THOSE PUBLIC SERVICES WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO SERVE A TRADITIONAL RURAL COMMUNITY SO AS TO LIMIT THE FINANCIAL BURDENS ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE LANDOV^NERS ALIKE. CMP 2-6