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'¥' <br />7 <br />L; <br />,.v <br />u ■> <br />’rf <br />!rii; <br />p. <br />‘f:7 <br />■ <br />r; <br />'ft <br />; t... <br />T <br />PART THREE <br />MDIF, Appendices <br />Appendix: Criteria for Council Approval of Local Plans that are Inconsjst,^ <br />with MDIF Rural Area Policies <br />Some communities in the rural area have existing development patterns t_hat are inconsistent.vMLb <br />Council policy. Specifically, some communities have tilreadv developed at -residemial densities <br />greater than one unit per 10 acres. This appendix provides criteria and grocedures for re%iew and <br />approval of local comprehensive plans that ire inconsistent wjth the density ix)licy. <br />Exceptions to the policies for the rural area v».-il! be considered only for communities that cannot <br />meet the policy because of the existing subdivisions erjand de>elopment. The Council mav <br />approve an exception as part of its review of a local comprehensive plan. The extent of .tjie <br />exception will be based upon how well the community will or has: <br />protected good agricultural land; <br />protected wetlands and other envTronmentallv sensitive areas; <br />implemented performance standards for on-site sewnge disposal systems th;^t nre consistcrit <br />with the Coundrs Waste\^'nter Treatment and Handling Policy Plan\ and <br />with all Metropolitan Development Guideadopted a comprehensive plan consistent <br />chapters, especially those for the metrot>olitan systems (sewers, transportation, avtatijm <br />^nd parks.^ <br />In order for the Council to support an exception to the rural density policy, the community m_u.Lt <br />ide the following as a part of its comprehensive plan amendment: <br />2. <br />1 <br />The total land area facreige) of the community, adjusted For surface water and maigr <br />hiyhwav rii^hts-ot-wav. <br />The number of existing lots of record. <br />The amount an<| fncatinn of land owned bv public agencies or occupied bv institutionjii <br />uses and rcftricted from development. <br />The amount and location of undeveloped land, with an ansivsis of its development <br />2. <br />& <br />1 <br />8a <br />2a <br />IQ. <br />iia <br />potential based on current and proposed planning and zoning. <br />The amount and location of land planned and zoned for uses other than agriculture and <br />residenti)||| ^^v<[>|9pment. with a description of uses that will be permitted <br />uses, and anv areas that will be certifiedThe amount and location of aericultural land <br />eligible for the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves prograrm <br />The amount and location of wetlands, with information demonstrating how such areas .Mnll <br />be protected from developmcnL <br />Conies of all local ordinances relating to adoption of performance standards for on-si^ <br />sewage disposal systems. j r • <br />The location of anv proposed rural-to-urban transition areas, alon.^ with plans and poliges <br />^o protect such areas from prematufc or incompatible developmcnL <br />Additional information ffay be ne.x$sarv to brine the local comprehensive plan t.nto <br />compliance with metropolitan systems plans. <br />Schedule for implementing the plan amendment,