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m:h <br />■ <br />U <br />c- <br />0-f ■', <br />regional plan^ and if it meets all environmental uuaiitv standards. An arpropruite land use <br />not require urban-le^’d support services fsuch as highv.a\^. transit or sevsersi UsfsjJiou]dJ::ejX-^ <br />scale compatible with services :ivailjhle and the need to ser^e local market dem;ynds^_TLUilv; <br />extent possible, they should not interfere wuh agricultural yjiyi.tjg.L <br />One category of land uses that mav be approonate in the rural area is neighborhood conven ience <br />retail, such as a grocery store or gasoline station. If it is of an ap propriate scale to serve local <br />residents and does not need urban sev>ere or highways, it mav be appropria te m the 6ener3l_rur,i! <br />use area. <br />F.ven though a particular land use mav be acceptable from a regional pcnpectivc^Jhe CQuncjl wiH <br />not recommend that every community provide for every possible land use in its rural ajeajfjt <br />would not be consistent with local plans. Each community must determine whether parti cujii <br />be compatible with existing uses, local standards and the goals of the com munity <br />Ml !ses would be subject to anv local, regional or state permitting or licensing requirement^ <br />Fj amoleit that mav be acceptable are included in an appcndixjo this document^ <br />lot lizes for all land uses should be determined bv performance standards. At a minimum, thev <br />should ensure at least two sewage disposal drainfic lds on each site, a prirparv drainfield and _a <br />should the original system fail. All development in the general rural use area mus| <br />■ ‘ location, installation, maintenance and on-goingbe subject to the standards for proper desiai <br />monitoring provided bv the CounciPs Wastewater Treatment and Handlim Police Plan to ensure <br />against negative impacts on the environment and the metropolitan wastewater treatment svstern <br />Rural Centers <br />Rural centers historically have served as retail service centers and transportation centers for the <br />surrounding rural area. However, changes in agriculture and rapid urban expansion have changed <br />the traditional rural service roles of many of these small centers to residential areas for urban <br />people and lo'’v.tions for industries with little tie to local agriculture The latter make use of <br />available lab ir n • .i J areas and, by their nature, tend not to be depenaent on close contact with <br />other firms fo: tiir . * upplies or critically dependent on transportation. <br />The Council has identified 35 rural centers, with populations ranging from just over 100 to more <br />than 5,000. Some rural centers, such as Norwood and Young America, encompass the entire <br />corporate limits of the community. Others, such as Lake Elmo, arc small enclaves within a larger <br />rural community. <br />Services avadablc within rural centers vary. Some have central sanitary sewer; others depend on <br />on-site waste disposal systems. Some have central water systems. Some provide the full range of <br />convenience retail stores, while others have only a bar or gas station. Some have small <br />manu&cturing or service businesses; others arc almost exclusively residential. The Council does <br />not support the extension of regional systems to rural centers because of the distance from the <br />urban center the small populations of rural centers. <br />Rural locations in the past decade have been attractive and some, although not all, communities <br />have experienced an upsurge in growth, principally residential development Development trends <br />are down from the highs noted in the early 1970s but continue at modest levels into the 1980s.