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W- <br />Si- <br />I: <br />k <br />' ■« <br />(!■' <br />i"Li> <br />- 10 - <br />C. Rural Residential <br />Public and private actions should maintain to the greatest <br />extent possible the rural character of this residential <br />classification. Land should remain in parcels large enough <br />to permit quasi-agricultural (hobby farm, horse stables, etc.) <br />conservation, as well as residential uses. <br />Certain restrictions on residential development should <br />be imposed, because of the existence of numerous wetlands and <br />drainageways to Lake Minnetonka, steep slopes, inferior soil <br />types and other natural characteristics. These restrictions should <br />minimize the need for expensive public services such as sanitary <br />sewer, municipal water, major improvements in public transportation, <br />and most important, public storm water sewer and treatment <br />facilities. <br />Standards for residential development should preclude the need <br />for extension of additional metropolitan sewer interceptors <br />through rural lands, a recommended policy of the Metropolitan <br />Council in their working policies for Metropolitan Development • <br />Framework. <br />Therefore, housing within the rural classification would be <br />limited to single family dwellings, with a minimum lot size <br />of at least two acres. This size will allow on-site sewage and <br />private water systems. The resulting population densities will <br />require no major changes to the road system and will produce a <br />minimum environmental impact caused from storm water runoff <br />to Lake Minnetonka.