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L- ■■.-■■■' ■r.~Trr’ I?-. W. i mtf %■ r V;.. I m METROPOLITAN COINCIL Mears Pj'k Centre Z'O E F;fth St . S’ Paul. MN '. f • - '^r ^'.«o 4 ^ < DATE*Februarv 10. 1 9*?: TO;Metropolitan ar<J r.>r*n'u.n.i\ revCiOpment Lorr-r r’ce FROM;Research and Long Range F;j...v''g R. her: CHerh\) SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW RI;r .\: P'OLICY INTRODUCTION On December 5. 1991. the Council amended the Metr.^cv’ntan Pevelopmer.: and Inve^tmeni Framewrk (\fDIF) to include r.e\v policies for the rural sc^^^ce area of the reg:on The nevv policies becam.- effective on the date of their adoptii'n The rural se.Mve .irea is that part ot the regiofi located outside of the metropolitan urban serv ^e i.'ea (Ml SA ma not designated tor commerciai ajnculiurc. The ne'* rural policy atfccts ' 'wnships or it.es that have areas ,n their communities that are in the Council's rural service area, and affects counties which ‘•t.isc luthvHiry (or an agreement with townships or cities) to plan and rone in 'he rural are.i t the .. untv The Council will hold a Planning Forum on Thursday, Februarv 2Tth at IX) a m. in the Council Chambers. The forum will explain the poiicv changes and d.scuss how ^al governmental unis should irjcocporate the new policies in their planning and zoning. A nc’tice inv'!U''a Icxal planning staff and consultants to attend the forum has been mailed Along with the piartmr.’ forum nonce, the (Council will send a copy of the i.e.v rural scn-tcc area poncies to r! local gvwernments n the rural service policy area A second p'lannmg torum will be ^eid somei.’'e in May. and wiu .uldress specific options for cluster development m the rur.i! area. ISSUES The purpose of this memo is to explain the following: L How will the Council review plan amendments from rural service area governmental units until metropolitan system policy plans are a.mended to reflect the new rural poiicv.’ ‘Ahat ' zsholds or criteria will the Council use to require a local government to modify a plan amendment that is not consistent with the new rural service area policy ’ NEW RURAL AREA POLICIES SUMNLKRY The new policy continues to uphold the basic rural density policy of one unit per 10 acres. However, many of the policy changes provide more options for local governments to use in their planning. There are two major changes that will affect how the Council reviews local plan amemlments as they concern the rural area policy and metropolitan sv-stem plans. The first significant change is that the policy states that the Council may require communities to modify plarts that are inconsistent with the new policies: The cumulative negative impacts of development that is inconsistent v.ith the Councils rural area policies may have a substantial impact on or constitute a substantial departure from metropolitan transportation and wastewater treatment systems plans. Therefore, the Council may require communities to modify comprehensive plans that are inconsistert with the [rural area) policies. adki