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-■ A/' M i. .*;v ■r,>v K- ;^V. fi.-. ■U •? ! /I ' ■**«•, I'- “ :f^ ■ fi K'r ’ -.* »■h. :?P ■§& P" % »i -^' :-•< ‘W y. :vS' y*: IfK- .... * Secondary protection areas cover the farms in the area that have not yet fefmed-been covenanted 22 agricultural preserves. The Council believcj the commercial agriculture area is a place where agriculture is the best permanent use of the land. Long-term investments in farm equipment and in land preservation can be made with the confidence that urban development is not going to destroy or limit these investments. General Rural Use Area The general rural use area is the area outside the urban service area that is not designated for cominercial agriculture. Over 40 percent of the land in the Metropolitan Area falls in this categoiy. The area contains a wide variety of land uses, including agricultural, residential and urban-type facilities. There are sizable parts of the general rural use area that host no particular kind of land use-land that is often called unused. Most of the area looks rural, but many of its residents are tied economically to the urban area and many of its land uses provide services to people living in the urban service area. fftict within the general rural use Qrea» General Farmland A large part of the general rural use area is devoted to agriculture. The Council supports the continuation of agriculture and encourages local governments to support it by zoning agricultural land at one unit per 40 acres. For farms within an area so zoned that are_subsequently certified eligible st«t-ue for the agriculture preserves program, the Council will reclassify them as part of the commercial agricultural area. Rural Residential E)evelopment s%w*« »wiw.atial development consists of homes' on large lots may be an appropriate land. ,u^_in areas that are hilly, wooded or otherwise unsuited to agricultural production. The Council iiral rtfidantiol daiulopmant ii parmonant land use and not an -rnrly 'w The Council supports this type of use as long as the density does not exceed on.o housing * .t per 10 acres of land. The Council will compute rural residential density on the basis of jt40-acre parcels square mile or section based on the public land survey). This will prevent excessive clustering of a large number of homes on small nunimuin loij lhat ciioc, b^ iithin tht ^nrall rltnitl] nap Thr C-—^pp"*** ri..rr«rifyt hmr-uirm it could result in the need for urban services, such as package sewarggs disposal systems. Some communities in the rural area have significant land area in Public P?rlff ?.hd 9P?n ?p?ce ^ or wetlands that are legally restricted from dev elQoment. Others have protected !arge? Qi agricultural land bv designating it part of the commercial agricvltyniJ ?rW. Th? r-«^wmbe thta when it aonlies the density policy. Lower densities in areas restnet^ ffOm dewelonment mav be balance higher densities in sections, without SUCh ded [1 pot result in excessive clustering that would create demands for services (sucfl-M lewef and water systems, storm sewers, roads and other urban services'! not typically needed ill t