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2. Comprehensive Guide Plan Discussion
It PHO14E (612) 423.4at1 FAX 1612) 423-5203 (911y of ��osemounl 2875 • 145th Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota Mailing Address: P.O. Sox 510. Rosemount, Minnesote 550880510 MAYOR Edward S. McMenomy COUNCILMEMSERS Shells, Klassan James (Rech Stags Harry Whim Dennis Wippermann ADMINISTRATOR Stephen J& TO: Mayor E.B. McMenomy Council Members: Klassen, Staats, Willcox, Wippermann Planning Commissioners Port Authority Commissioners Utilities Commissioners Parks & Recreation Committee FROM: Lisa J. Freese DATE May 22, 1992 RE: Special City Council Meeting Comprehensive Guide Plan Discussion On Tuesday, May 26 a Special City Council meeting will be held for the purpose of discussing the Comprehensive Guide Plan Policies. Because of the Parks & Recreation Committee's meeting at City Hall, this special meeting will be held at the Rosemount High School Commons. All commissions and committees are being invited and strongly encouraged to participate in this meeting. I realize that the Parks Committee has other commitments, so I would suggest that any extensive discussion on parks related topics be postponed until the second meeting scheduled for June 30th. Attached is a copy of the updated polices. These policies have been updated to reflect the disucssion of previous special council meetings on the guide plan. The following is a brief summary of the items that are scheduled to be discussed at Tuesday nights meeting. LF/Ij 01'erylilisiq's C01111liq (�4 (Ro�sc)41OU4110 5/22/92 COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE PLAN UPDATE 1. Sewer Capacity At the meeting on Tuesday I will be apprising you of issues regarding the capacity of the Rosemount Treatment Plant. The City's growth has exceeded the Metropolitan Councils growth projections which were used to determine the design capacity issue has serious implications on the city'p ability to open up large tracts of land for development until an expansion can be completed. 2. Rural Residential The Metropolitan Council has changed policies regarding unsevered development. we will discuss the potential implications for the city and the alternative strategies that the city could pursue for our rural residential policies. 3. Urban/Rural Residential Transition Zone At previous guide plan discussions there has been considerable discussion with regard to Kelley Trust property and the various development scenarios. Enclosed in your packet is a memo from Steve Jilk which outlines the current status of this property with regard to assessments, stormwater ponds, park rededication and the water tower. `4. Commercial Land Use Included in your packet are retail studies that were done for the Economic Development Authority. Please review these studies and the proposed commercial retail policies for Tuesdays discussion. cc: Department Heads Attar lmienis: Kelley Property Memo Draft Policies, 5/22/92 McComb Study Metropolitan Council Rural Policies o�CRosemoUn$ PHONE (612) 423.4411 2875 - 145th Street West. Rosemount, Minnesota FAX (612) 4235203 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 510. Rosemount, Minnesota 55068.0510 MAYOR Edward B. McMenomy COUNCIL MEMBERS Sheila Klassen James (Rea) Staats Harry Willcox Dennis Wippermann ADMINISTRATOR Stephan 'Ilk TO: Mayor E.B. McMenomy Council Members: Klassen, Staats, Willcox, Wippermann FROM: Stephan Jilk, City Administrator DATE: May 22, 1992 RE: Property Held by the Kell y Trust I thought that in preparation for discussion on the Comprehensive Guide Plan and specifically the Rural Residential issue some review of the Kelly and Daly property would be in order. The Kelly Trust represents heirs of the Hamm Foundation. The Trust owns several acreages in the metropolitan area and are noted for their success in challenging the City of Bloomington's attempt to gain control of their property for construction of the Mall of America. A number of the properties are used as sheep pasture.' 'sheep farming is pursued by the Trust as a business activity, and at present grazing is the Trust's desired use for their holdings in Rosemount. In Rosemount the Kelly Trust owns approximately 400 acres in Section 19 (the Birger farm area) and approximately 150 acres in Section 20 (the Daly farm area). The majority of the Birger farm is zoned R-1 Single Family Residential. A small portion -- now the site of the elementary school and park -- was previously zoned RM Multiple Residential. Approximately 90 acres in the northwest corner of the Birger farm is zoned AG Agriculture. The Daly farm portion is zoned Agriculture. The 1990 Land Use Plan designates all of the Birger farm (except park and open space areas) as medium density residential. The 2000 Land Use Plan also designates the Daly farm for medium density residential development. It is the intent of state enabling legislation that land use plans be consistent with zoning ordinances. However, since long range plans often designate land uses that are staged and thus may not reflect underlying zoning, the Minnesota Supreme Court has _held that where any discrepancies may exist the zoning designation prevails. &Jveryllz:ng's (Pom:ng `t -'C (Rosemount .l Kelly Background Page 2 At present the representatives of the Kelly Trust have indicated their desire to sell both of the properties for development. Staff has had several meetings with one potential buyer, the Duffrin development firm. History of the Property 1971 to 1973 Original sewer plan created when MWCC took over included plans for how all of west Rosemount could be served by sewer. Mid 1970s Large developers such as Mickelson and Ed Dunn put out feelers for the City s reaction to urban density development in the northwestern part of the City. The City indicated at that time that leapfrog development would not be approved and that the areas along CR 38 where not available for immediate utility serve. i Late 1970s Mickelson and Dunn proceed with development of large lot unsewered'plats in Mickelson's 1st and 2nd and Rosemount Hills' 1st and 2nd. Update of the present Guide Plan began in 1978. Orrin Thompson's (U.S. Home Corp.) proposal for urban development in Section 19 (Country Hills) was presented. At this point the current urban and rural residential boundaries are established and a utility feasibility study done for Sections 19 & 20. 1981 Current (1990) Comprehensive Guide Plan adopted. An EAW process and final PUD agreement for U.S. Home led to the inclusion of all of Section 19 in the designated MUSA. Part of the PUD approval also included the rezoning of Section 19 for residential development. This is the existing zoning. 1985 U.S. Home dropped its option on part of Section 19, leaving 400 of the 670 acres on the market. Kelly Background Page 3 1986 Kelly trust purchases the balance (400 acres) of Section 19. Comprehensive Guide Plan Amendment #5 removes the majority of undeveloped property (about 800 acres) from the designated MUSA and transfers it to an undesignated MUSA landbank. The Kelly property is one of the properties so transferred. 1987 Kelly Trust purchases the Daly farm. 1988 to the Present Late in 1988 the City Council and District 196 agree to the concept of the joint use/development of a school and park complex. Shannon Park Public Improvements Feasibility Study was ordered by the City Council in January of 1989. City Council discussed the possibility of downzoning the urban residential portions of the property to rural residential. The Kelly Trust indicated it would sue should such an action be taken. Discussion on the downzoning is dropped and the Shannon Park street and utility project is ordered on a split vote. Shannon School The location for Shannon School was selected by the City and School District 196 after the original site selected by the school district (where Amberwood is currently located) met with considerable opposition due to the lack of City utilities in the area and the environmental impact such development would have on the site's wooded hills. The site on the Kelly Trust and U.S. Home properties met the school district's criteria and provided an opportunity to co -locate school and park Facilities. The site was identified in the Comprehensive Guide Plan and the U.S. Home PUD as a community park. Park plans were in the five-year CTP prior to the joint use proposal with the school district. Access to the site was available through the Country Hills development, but access from County Road 38 viz Shannon Parkway was a priority for the school district. Late in 1988 the City Council and School Board agreed to the concept of the joint use/development of a school and park complex. At that point the City negotiated a "pre -dedication agreement" with the Kelly Estate for approximately 20 acres of land. The school district agreed to purchase 13.5 acres of land for the school site. The City negotiated with the district "pay" the City for any land that could be jointly acquired and utilized. This was to result in a $52,500 reimbursement to the City form the school district. Kell y Background Page 4 Financing of the project in 1989 (ahead of the schedule established by the CIP) was possible due to several factors: 1) Portions of the 1992, 1992, and 1993 CIP expenditures were already in the CIP "reserve," 2) The City would receive $52,000 from the school district for land acquisition, 3) The City would receive and unanticipated $33,000 in permit fees from development of the school, and 4) The City would receive another $33,000 in "excess" connection charges due to the difference between locating the school on ten acres and the development of single family homes on that same site. Park Pre -dedication Agreement In order to meet the school district's schedule a "pre - dedication" agreement was negotiated with the Kelly Trust to secure approximately 20 acres of land for the park at Shannon Elementary School. The dedication was based on an amount of land equal to 4% of the proposed developable residential units within the total area (which included the Daly farm portion of the property) based on the formula: Total acreage x no. of units/acre x .04 = Dedication Or: 547.01 x 2 x .04 = 43.76 acres Since the formula is based on variables, the actual dedication required will be calculated at the time of development, pursuant to the Code and Ordinances in effect at the time such development occurs. Thus additional park dedications will be made based on the level of previously dedicated 20 acres. This would also appear to require the City to reimburse the Kelly Trust for any portion of the pre -dedicated property not required should development occur at a density below that which would trigger its dedication. Pending Assessments Against the Property Based on the extension of utilities along Shannon Parkway in the Country Hills subdivision and the R-1 Single Family Residential zoning of the Kelly property, the feasibility study for streets and utilities to serve the park included the provision of utilities through the Kelly Trust portion of Shannon Parkway. Pending assessments against the Kelly properties for the street and utilities are $32,615 for the parcel south of Shannon Elementary and $277,365 for the remainder of the property. There are no assessments against the Daly farm portion of the property for this project. These assessments were levied against the property based on the present zoning of R-1 which would allow the use of the utilities and improvements for such development. If downzoning to RR or AG Kell y Background Page 5 is done the property owner would not have benefit from the improvements and the City may be liable for payment of those assessments. Zoning Change for Property The process necessary to consider the change from "urban residential" to "rural residential" on the Birger farm is an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. The amendment would be required to change the current zoning from R-1 to RR. An amendment to the Zoning Ordinance may be initiated by the Planning Commission, requested. Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance require approval by two-thirds vote of the City Council. If a zoning change was successful the City would initiate a change in the guide plan for consistency between the two documents. The legal implications of a change in either the guide plan or zoning ordinance depend upon the impact of the particular landowner involved. In this case, we are referring to the change in the value of property owned by the Kelly Trust. The Kelly Trust is opposed to the down zoning of their property and would file suite against the City to pay damages for the taking of property (the loss of a higher use of the property.) City staff was asked to discuss options for development of the Kelly property allowing for greater open space, large lot phase in, development of a transition zone, etc.. 1 This has not been done because the Kelly Trust is simply marketing the property for development by others leaving these discussions to new owners/developers. SJ/ lj EAGAN f is�_ ......•� ...» G R r. `• » -_ N .w M•N _ ---- -RR- RR l�u.E I RUSI 66 s4B m. t+ j AG 1 RR jL cl 1 © i 7�- ,� ,. u ,t PUB l - . u+'- F ' ■ � _ ' f . � ; tI'-_- ,• 1 •• -��, '�/ rte. � .i''.^ t i� !1 w' t - . —-'"''-+. _==tet ._,x.�.�-•' CITY OF ROSEMOUNT POLICY PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT ACIRiCULTURAL AREAS Objectives May 22, 1992 1. Continuation of long term agriculture on lands having commercial agricultural production capabilities. 2. Continuation of agricultural preserves in areas beyond the 2010 Urban Service Area. 3. Continuation of agricultural production, experimentation and research at the University of Minnesota Experiment Station for the sake of agricultural preservation and maintenance of the rural character and appearance of Rosemount. Plan Elements The City intends to continue to perpetuate the long term agricultural use of land in areas that are intrinsically hest suited for agriculture which are beyond urban service areas and meet the eligibility requirements of the Metrolxditan Agricultural Preserves Act (Chapter 47311.03). It is, however, the intent of the City that such participation he at the discretion of the properly owner rather -than he imposed by the -City. It is the City's intent to designate lands beyond urban service areas for agricultural use having a maximum density of four units per 40 acres. Clustering is intended to be permitted in accordance with City policy provided overall densities are not exceeded and clustering criteria is filet. Within any agricultural area landowners may voluntarily initiate long term agricultural preservation certification including rezoning of the land by'the City for agricultural preservation. Such designation shall require a maximum residential density of one unit per 40 acres. Minimum lot size is intended to he detennined by the capability of soils to accommodate on-site waste water systems. Typical uses within agricultunal areas include those customarily associated tivith crop production, the raising, keeping and breeding of animals and residency. Compatible parks, recreation and open space uses are also intended to be accommodated in agricultural areas. Policies The following are the City's policies for Agricultural areas: 1. To support state-wide property tax strategies/reforms which will encourage the continuation of Tong -term agricultural activities and curtail the premature loss of agricultural lands to urban development. 2. To avoid development in locations where public services cannot be efficiently delivered (fire, police, street maintenance). 3. To support residential clustering in areas that can be readily serviced, offer residential amenities that are not suitable for farming (trees, surface waters), allow for the continuing use of suitable agricultural lands and will not create land use conflicts (residential/industrial, agriculture/residential). 4. To support voluntary landowner enrollment in agricultural preservation programs 5. To maintain existing public roads, but construct no new public roads (with the exception of mator streets) in agricultural areas. 6. To coordinate planning and development activities with the University of Minnesota Io avoid conflicts and ensure compatibility. 7. To support only agricultural experimentation, education and research at the University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. 2 IIOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS Objectives 1. Provide housing in appropriate proportions, based on need, for people of all income, age and life style. 2. Create and maintain quality living environments that are in tune with the natural environment and the neral character of Rosemount. 3. Upgrade and maintain the existing mousing stock. 4. Strengthen neighborhoods and protect them from adverse influences (excessive traffic, junk cars, nuisances). .C!wIIJElrm€ds The plan establishes four categories of residential land use termed High Density Residential (HR), Urban Residential (UR), Low Density Residential (LR) and Rural Residential (RR). Each is intended to offer a distinctly different lifestyle to satisfy the needs and desires of a diverse population. Bach is intended to be planned to create neighborhood cohesiveness and identity, to promote neighborhood conservation and long term residency, and to protect the natural environment and incorporate it as an element of human habitation. IIieh Density Residential (IIR). High Density Residential development is intended to be permitted only within MUSA. It has a maximum density of 18 units per acre (except within the CBD) and will include the full range of attached multi -family rental and owner occupied housing ranging from townhouses to apartments. While the City has a rather substantial amount of land already used and/or zoned for multi -family housing, some of which is designated on the land use plan, it is the City's intent to be circumspect about where and under what circumstances it will approve additional higher density housing. 'The City currently has 12.7% or YA units of its housing stack in multifamily housing exceeding a density of six units per acre. Saturation use of currently zoned but vacant R-3 land (29 acres) at 19 u/a would produce a multi -fancily ratio of 17.5% or 895 units by year 2000. 11 is the City's intent to limit multi -Family housing to 20% of its future housing stock. This will require the rezoning of approximately 46 acres of land by year 2010 for up to 5.50 additional units. Areas for these units are not designated on the land use plan. Their location will be based on the degree to which individual projects meet adopted locational criteria. 11 is the City's intent to discourage large multi -family concentrations and large projects and to cricourage projects that are unique, properly located. fill market niches, entail a higher level of amenity and/or satisfv a need for affordable housing. 3 Multi -family housing exceeding a density of six units per acre will be considered with a density not to exceed 12 units per gross acre only if it meets all of the following locational criteria: 1) Located within MUSA, 2) Does not require the use of existing local residential streets for access, and 3) Is compatible with adjoining uses and represents a logical transition from higher to lower intensity land uses or provides sufficient on-site open space to effectively buffer dissimilar uses or is adjacent to a permanent open space that buffers dissimilar uses or is adjacent to the CBD or represents a logical extension of existing multi -family zoning. Density bonuses are intended to be considered for up to 18 units per gross acre outside of the CBD for noncontiguous projects, the provision of extraordinary landscaping, outdoor group open space, indoor and outdoor recreational amenities, high quality design standards, energy conservation and the satisfying of unique and special market niches and needs for affordable housing. Within the CBD densities up to 40 u/a are intended to be considered for seniors housing with such amenities. Urban Residential (UR). Urban Residential is located entirely within MUSA and is serviced by public sewer and water utilities. This designation correlates with the already established urban neighborhoods of western Rosemount plus lands that are currently vacant but are easily served by public utilities. The full range of single-family housing is intended to be accommodated at modest densities (two to six units per gross acre). Housing types intended to be accommodated include single-family detached (traditional and zero -lot line), single-family attached (townhouses and duplexes) and manufactured housing. Multi -family housing is also intended to be accommodated but only upon satisfying the qualifying locational criteria described above (HR). Clustering and density transfers are encouraged where steep slopes (12% and up), undevelopable soils, surface water and wetlands and quality vegetation can be avoided and protected. Clustering is encouraged where it is desirable to avoid such potentially adverse innuences as major streets, railroad lines and nonresidential uses and as a means to reduce land development costs (grading and utilities). Permanent usable open space and natural resource preservation are intended to be the products of clustering. The clustering of single- family housing is intended to be permitted only by Planned Unit Development (PUD). Densities of up to .six units per gross acre will lie considered, provided the coverall P111) density is no greater than three units per gross acre. Density bonuses will be ce►neidered for a P11D to a maximum ovel-Al density of four units per gross acre where the P11D offers, such things as extraordinary landscaping, outdoor group open space, indoor and outdoor recreational amenities. high quality design standards, energy conservation or satisfies oonique and special market niches and file need for affordable housing. Attached single-f.►mily pr() jects in UR are intended to lie relatively sinal) (riot exceeding a size of ISO units). it is intended that a range of housing styles and designs be employed ranging .4 from contemporary to traditional and that maximum consideration be given to the creation of neighborhoods that are safe, healthful and enjoyable places to live. LOW Density Residential (LR). Low Density Residential areas serve as the mid -density component of the density gradient between Urban Residential and Rural Residential areas. They are intended to accommodate single-family housing at densities up to two units per gross acre with public utilities available. Clustering is encouraged to protect unique natural features that might be lost if developed in rigid lot and block fashion with lot size requirements. It is also intended to be used to minimize public utility costs. Maximum protection of environmental features including the preservation of hills and trees is required and permanent open space buffers are intended to be established to balance residentiai and environmental values. Ritrale5tiept��air(�tIt�. Rural Residential areas are characterized by natural features which are unique in Rosemount. They have rolling topography and excellent stands of upland hardwoods, features that are supportive of a single-family estate lifestyle and without which rural residential development is not viable or sustainable. In Rural Residential areas the development pattern is already established at a density of one unit per five acres with a minimum lot size of 2.5 acres. Rural Residential areas are intended to be developed with utmost attention given to the preservation of natural features and the continuation of this unique Rosemount lifestyle. TABLE DENSITY SUMMARY 1IR - high Density Residential 6-12 a/a' UR - Urban Residential 2-6 u/a2 LR - Loc Density Residential 2 u/a RR -Rural Residential 1 1115 a ' `io 18 u/a with honuses and 40 u/n i0th bonuses and seniong housing in the CBD. Overall density average 3 u/a; to 4 u/a with bonuses. General liousing:l'4.icier The Following are Ow Cily'c llousing and Neighborhood Policies as they apply to all housing in Rosemount: 1. To eliminate cede i•iolations that threaten life and safety and nuisance conditions that adversely affect neighborhoods. i 2. To monitor the housing stock to determine the need for a mandatory housing maintenance program. I To participate in programs to meet the City's low and moderate income housing needs. 4. To cooperate with Federal, State and County agencies to make affordable housing available and to redevelop and rehabilitate older homes in the City. 5. To disperse affordable housing, multi -family housing and group homes throughout the City rather than concentrate them in Targe projects or in close proximity to one another. 6. To encourage clustering and/or extraordinary setbacks at neighborhood edges to minimize the impact of major streets and conflicting land uses. 7. To require residences to back or side to major streets. 8. To facilitate neighborhood planning for improvements which create/ reinforce neighborhood unity, safety and identity and increase home ownership potential on a cost-sharing basis with neighborhoods. Improvements may include landscaping, parks, and local street modifications to reduce traffic impacts. 9. To formulate an ongoing policy and funding program for the reconstruction of local residential streets. 10. To reconstruct local neighborhood streets (not MSA streets) to a standard that is in time with neighborhood scale and character with emphases on preserving healthy significant street trees. 11. To fonnulate a funding policy and conduct an ongoing residential street tree maintenance and replacement program. 12. To encourage innovative housing developments which are targeted at filling market niches. 13. To allow manufactured homes and clustering only by PUD in numbers that represent an appropriate balance with other housing opportunities. 14. To require Ilse ase of 1'111) for all developments proposing to utilize density transfers. 15 To encourage the use of 1'111) to protccl/cnh;ince natural fe.itures, open space, and provide neighborhood transitions. 6 Agriculture, Rural Residential and Low Density Housing Policies in ()rdcr to protect the rural character of Rosemount, the following policies shall apply: 1. To discourage the placement of structures in open fields and on the top of exposed ridge lines. 2. To locate houses adjacent to tree lines and wooded field edges. 3. To utilize clustering where open space and active agriculture can be retained. 4. To preserve and incorporate stone rows, tree lines, existing agricultural structures and usable faun roads with site plans, wherever possible. 5. To require that roads follow existing contours to minimize grading, where practicable. 6. To maximize the retention of vegetation and maintain natural landforms. 7. To maintain vegetation along ridge lines. 8. To discourage. excessive lawn areas in general and maintain natural habitat areas. 9. To define, during the platting process, building envelopes which avoid the location of slnictures in areas needing to be preserved. 10. To give consideration, at the time of subdivision approval, to the resubdivision of lots, including ghost -plats, should public utilities become a necessity at a later date. 11. To protect open space or conservation areas with conservation easements, deed restrictions and scenic easements. These tools are intended to be used for environmental and scenic resource protection, not public access. TAiILE, 1990 HOUSING UNIT MIX Housing Type Number Units % Average Density Single Family' 2,291 79.9 Multi -Family 364 12.7 Mobile IlomeslOther 211 7.4 TOTAL 2,866 100.0 7 TABLE 2010 IIOUSING UNIT 11IIX IIOUSIN(T '1'YI'I; % NUMBER UNITS ADDITIONAL UNITS AVERAGE DENSTI'Y ACRES NEEDED Single Family' 72.6 5,198 2,907 2.5 1,163 11Ulti-Family 20.0 1,432. 1,068 12.0 752 Mobile Ilomes/Other 7.4 530 310 3.0 106 TOTALS 100.0 7,160 4,294 1,344 ji ' Includes single-family detached, two-family and single-family attached having densities of less than six units per acre. 29 vacaW acres are already zoned R -i. Cf?MMERCIAI. AREA Ol)jectives 1. Sali,sfy the weekly convenience retail and service needs of market area residents. 2. Maintain the Town Center as the historical retail/governmental center of Rosemount and the remainder of the CBD for highway service and support commercial activity. .1. PrOvidC for rcwitali7atic►n of the CBi) as a n)cans to maintain its viahilily and competitiveness in file market place. 4. Build on the historical values of the 'Town Center by maintaining its mainstrerct (vs shopping center) character. 5. Maximize the efficiency and synergy of retail/service developments within the CBD. Plan Elements The Rosemount Central Business District (CBD) consists of two rather distinctly different sub - elements: the Town Center which generally lies Borth of Lower 147th Street and the remainder which extends south along South Robert Trail to the intersection of County Road 42 and west to Chippendale. The CBD as a whole has a sufficient supply of vacant land and redevelopment capacity to satisfy the needs of its retail market area until at least year 2000. It is for this reason that the City intends to concentrate all commercial development in this single contiguous area. The Town Center exemplifies the City's small town character and serves as the center for civic interaction. It is intended that the Town Center continue to accommodate a mixture of non -auto oriented retail, office, governmental, religious and educational facilities and function in an historical or in, fashion with buildings oriented to the street, sidewalks, on -street barking, parking lots•hehind or between buildings and small vestpocket park or pedestrian scale open spaces. It is intended that the Town Center be redeveloped with buildings of an appropriate massing, scale and size to create a pedestrian friendly environment. The remainder of the CBD is intended to accommodate freestanding destination -type retail and service establishments including auto -oriented uses that may be of more contemporary design. These uses generally benefit from arterial access and high visibility. They include auto service, fast food, convenience retail and other uses of a one-stop nature. Policies The 1,011ONving are the City's policies for Commercial areas: 1. To consider commercial development beyond the CBD only when contiguous, the site is five acres or larger in size. a viable plan is submitted, a market study is 0 presented which establishes market absorption compatibilities and the proposed development is acceptably preleased in accordance with prevailing financial standards. 2. To facilitate the rehabilitation of sound structures and the redevelopment of unsafe, blighted or obsolete structures where consistent with the City's Redevelopment and Comprehensive Plans. 3. To facilitate CBD planning and redevelopment and the implementation of parking and landscaping improvements. 4. To assume responsibility for the development of all Town Center parking and streetscape improvements and assess landowners for improvements based on benefits received. 5. To assist with the relocation of inappropriale businesses away from the CRD as pail of' the City's rrdrvelopmenl program. 0. To encourage land use arrangements which improve retail mix and maximize land use/parking efficiencies in the Town Center. 7. To provide convenient parking in appropriate locations and in sufficient amounts to satisfy parking demands. K. To encourage shared parking, wherever practicable, to minimize excessive hard surface land coverage. 9. To discourage strip commercial and spat zoning patterns that are not in conforniance with the Compreliensive .Pian. 10. To minimize the number and maximize the spacing of street and driveway accesses to major streets from business areas. I (. To maximize land use compatibility between commercial and residential uses by proper design, land use transitions and extraordinary buffering, landscaping and screening at neighborhood edges. 12. To encourage a unified management structure and the collective promotion of husiness in tlnc CBD. 13. To ensure safe and convenient pedestrian access and maintain a pedestrian scale within the Town Center. H. To establish a design concept with design guidelines for the CBD which will unify it as a cenler of retail activity. I5. To generally upgrade business signage throughout the City and continue to prohibit off-site advctlising signs. 10 1 h. To minimize commercial traffic impacts on residcntial streets. IT To carefully control offensive commercial uses by requiring that they be concentrated away from residential areas, churches, schools, parks and other public facilities. 18. To rezone properties that are not in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan to bring them into compliance with public land use policy. INDUSTRiAi, AREAS ( )bjec•t i es 1. Provide the full range of opportunities for industrial development in Rosemount. 2. Ensure that conflicts with the natural environment and other land uses are minimized. . I Expansion of the Pine Bend Industrial Area in a logical, orderly and sequential fashion in coordination with waste processing/ management plans. Plan Elements kosemount presently has a significant amount of heavy industrial development in the Pine Bend area and only limited light industrial development near the old Village. Koch refinery is one of only two such facilities in the entire State of Minnesota. These factors suggest that more heavy industrial development may be forthcoming, that alternative uses will be increasingly unlikely in this area and that public utilities will be needed to service this collection of regional and larger scale land uses. Two types of industrial development are proposed as follows: Industrial Park (I -I'). Industrial park areas are intended to serve light industrial arses as well as general office development and supporting commercial service uses. Generally, industrial parks are developed under one single ownership, but, in any event, development must occur in a coordinated fashion that demonstrates future phasing capability (if applicable); an internal circulation system with limited access to collectors and streets); high standards of planning, architectural and landscaping design which remain consistent throughout the park; adequate buffering (through the use of extra -ordinary setbacks and/or effective screening) from adjacent residential uses; and limited outdoor storage. Typical industrial park uses include warehousing, distribution, light assembly, and wholesaling as well as office uses and commercial uses that clearly support, are incidental to, or complement the industrial park (e.g. office supplies and services or restaurants that serve employees). Industrial parks are intended to be developed within the Urban Service Area. adiacent to an arterial or collector street. General Industrial (G -I), General industrial areas are these reserved exclusively for industries requiring large sites and/or exterior storage. The general industrial areas are located so as to minimize adverse effects on adjacent land uses and to be well -served by arterial roadways as well as harge and rail transportation systems. Typical general industrial uses include processing and heavy manufacturing, large-scale transhipment and distribution centers, outdoor storage yards and mining. Offices and general commercial uses are permitted only where clearly accessory to the general industrial activities. 12 Policies The fallowing are the City's policies for Industrial areas: 1. To create an Urban Service Area for cast Rosemount to service regional -scale industrial and waste management/processing land uses. 2. To allow for the expansion of industrial development in the Pine Bend area where land is undesirable for other nses or could he adversely influenced by adjoining uses (incinerator) provided such development is within the Urban Service Arca, will not adversely impact long-term agricultural activities, is serviceable by public utilities in sequential fashion (is contiguous to already served areas where services can be readily extended) and is able to lie accessed via public streets without public assistance. .t. To require that all industrial developments comply with U.S. EPA and MITA standards for effluent emissions per NPDFS pennit and SDS permit procedures. a. To require that all on-site industrial waste water treatment systems be maintained and inspected according to the requirements of the City's Subdivision Ordinance, Building Code and Chapter 70-80, MPCA Rules. 5. To require that all industrial vises within Urban Service Areas be connected to public sewer and water services as such services become available. 6. To require that planning for industrial developments minimize environmental impacts, land use conflicts and visual accessibility from surrounding properkies and public streets and highways. 7. To initiate the development of an industrial park for low impact light industries in western Rosemount and consider the use of economic incentives as means to stimulate tax base enhancement and job creation. S. To maximize land use compatibility by requiring extraordinary standards for setbacks, buffering, screening and landscaping at the edges of industrial areas and along major streets and highways. 9. To encourage the provision of small green spaces and (rails within industrial areas for use• by employees and to tie industrial areas into the City's trail system. 10. To require fire suppression systems in all industrial buildings in accordance with Appendix Chapter 38, State Building Code. 13 CONSERVANCY AREAS OAlectives l . Creation of a buffer to minimize conflicts between heavy industrial and residential land uses. 2. Allowance for very low intensity land uses that are not likely to be impacted by or have an impact on the existing Pine Bend heavy industrial development. 3. Protection and limited public use of the existing natural landscape. Plan Elements Conservancy areas are those where development is intended to be carefully controlled in the interests of precluding urban land use encroachments which might conflict with heavy industrial and waste management uses and/or protecting natural environmental feat -tires (trees, slopes, surface waters, wetlands, etc.). Within conservancy areas it is the intent of the City to prohibit the construction of new principal structures while allowing existing land owners the right to continue to use lands for present uses, expand principal structures and add accessory structures and uses as appropriate. folic The following are the City's policies for Conservancy Areas: 1. To maintain all tree stands and natural topographic landforms (hills, slopes, etc.). 2. To prohibit all new development other than as accessory town existing use. 3. To allow owners to improve existing properties and maintain their status as legally, conforming land uses per (lie City's Zoning Ordinance. 4. To disallow the extension of public utilities to any part of a Conservancy Area. 5. To allow only such low intensity uses within Conservancy Areas as parks, recreation, open space and trails, agriculture and already existing residences. h. To permit interim uses such as sand and gravel mining only in areas where they do not disturb unique natural landforms (wetlands, hills, slopes and trees). 7. To acquire, whenever possible, conservation easements and deed restrictions to protect valuable natural features and allow for their use by the public. 9. To assist. as appropriate.. with the acquisition of land to implement the conservancy arra c onrc•p1. 14 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT (�ectives 1. Provide opportunities for the attraction of new business and the retention of existing business as means to expand employment opportunities and increase/diversify the City's tax base. 2. Stimulate the redevelopment of blighted or obsolete land uses. 3. Insure that puj)licly assisted economic development projects meet established criteria. that.. guarantee public benefit. 4. Coordinate economic development activities/programs with other public agencies. Economic Development Policies The following are the City's policies for Economic Development: 1. To promote public financial assistance/incentives and/or infrastructure available for projects that eliminate blight, increase or retain predominantly fill -time professional, technical and managerial employment or retain existing viable businesses. 2. To avoid public financial assistance for any business relocating or expanding where the assistance alone makes the business viable. 3. To make public financial assistance available for redevelopment only when it can be demonstrated that the project would not be feasible without public assistance. 4. To make public assistance available only when a project can be proven to be financially feasible and will produce tax base benefits which exceed public costs. 5. Tei require developer financial guarantees as part of redevelopment agreements as the first line of defence against project failure. In other words, the developer should guarantee that payments in lieu of tax increments will be made by the developer in the event of a shortfail. h. To actively identify- redevelopment needs and initiate projects which meet the City's qualifying criteria. 7. To communicate regularly and effectively with Dakota County and the Rosemount School District whenever tax increment financing is to be used. 8. Nccd to comlyine%dd.jo,a„er EDA policies and STAR City plan -- or,cference herein like /hr Pol-A Plait. 15 I'llANSPORTA'I'ION ELEMENT EXISTING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Major Thoroughfares. The City is traversed by only one Metropolitan System Highway; State Trunk Highway 52 which is located in eastern Rosemount. This is a four -lane expressway facility with at -grade intersections (except at County Road 42) that carries approximately 23,300 and 16,000 vehicles per average day north and south of Highway 55 respectively (1991). According to the Metropolitan Council's Transportation Development Guide, no improvements are scheduled for Trunk Highway 52 prior to 2010. it will become an extremely important roadway necessitating substantial improvements if MSP•International Airport is relocated south of Rosemount. Other existing arterial streets include County Road 42 and State Trunk Highways 3 and 55. The entire system of Siate, County, and Municipal State Aid (MSA) streets is operating at a favorable traffic volume to capacity ration except for State Trunk Highway 3 where current capacity is deficient. Trunk Highway 3 is a two-lane street, currently carrying approximately 8,500 ADT (average daily traffic), which bisects downtown Rosemount. Any efforts to increase its capacity would be in direct conflict with the redevelopment of this center as the City's primary shopping district. Public Transit. The City of Rosemount, along with Apple Valley, Burnsville, Pagan, Prior Lake and Savage, is a member of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority. This opt out authority provides a work commute express bus service to and from downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis. The City has one park and ride lot located near the intersection of 143rd Street West and South Robert Trail (TH 3) from which the Green Line Shuttle currently provides a feeder route through Rosemount, east Apple Valley and Fagan connecting with the express buses. The MVTA, which is overseen by the Regional Transit Hoard (RTB), is also responsible for monitoring and meeting transit needs throughout the six city member region. In addition, Rosemount is also served by DARTS (Seniors), Metro Mobility (handicapped, and the Community Action Council Transportation System (low income). Aviation. The City currently has no airport or heliport facilities within its jurisdiction. It is, however, within a Critical Airspace Policy Area which must be protected from the encroachment of obstructions to air navigation (strictures over 500 feet tall). Southern and easlern Rosemount are. also included within the Dakota Candidate Search Arca for a new hub or major ahport, an area that seems to be the preferred area should MSP be relocated. If the decision is made to relocate MSP; actual constriction will not occur until after the turn of the century. The nearest reliever airports are South St. Paul and Airlake, both of which are six or more, miles from Rosemount. 6 Rail Service. Itarte Facilities. TRANSPORTATION PLAN Ob,Lectives 1. Development of a safe and efficient hierarchy of public streets and highways that provides for the movement of large volumes of long distance traffic on major streets and minimizes traffic on local streets within neighborhoods. 2. Optimum accessibility throughout the City and to major regional activity centers via systems that are coordinated with neighboring communities, the County, and the State. 3. Reduction in single occupant automobile travel to diminish the growing demand for street capacity. 4. Provision of greater transit choice and improved mobility for all City residents, especially the transit dependent. S. Continuing improvements to public streets to protect the public's investment in infrastructure. 6. Protection of airspace throughout the City from vertical obstructions to aviation. 1 Ipjor Thoroughfare i'Ian i�aenien(s Until substantial increases in the cost of parking at the work destination, gasoline and commuting in general occur, or stronger efforts by transportation agencies are made to promote public transit, the automobile will be the primary mode of transportation for City residents until well into the next century. For this reason, this plan will primarily focus on major thoroughfares. Most of the major street system is already in place with the exception of County Road 46 (1601h Street), the relocation of Trunk Highway 3, and needed collector streets in the Pine Bend area. The proposed major Thoroughfare Functional Classification System correlates with that of Dakota County with the exception of Tnunk Highway 3 north of County Road 42 and County Road 42 Ntdhere both are classified as principal arterials by the County. Based on the County's 17 projected 2()10 traffic volumes, an arterial classification is warranted but high 2010 traffic volumes on Trunk Highway 3 (16,000 to 20,000 ADT) will be totally inconsistent with the City's intent to redevelop its historical Town Center. At hest, on -street parking will have to be removed to accommodate such traffic, an act that is inconsistent with the Town Center's intended mainstreet concept. In the case of County Road 42, at -grade intersections warrant its designation as a minor arterial. A potentially significant departure from the Dakota County Transportation Plan includes the relocation of Trunk Highway 3 easterly of the old Village after year 2000 and its classification as a minor arterial. To avoid the relocation of Trunk Highway 3, if at all possible, the City prefers that excess traffic be assigned, by design, to Diamond Path and Pilot Knob Roads, an action that may require the redesignation of Diamond Path to minor arterial status. If that is not anticipated to produce the desired result, the new alignment for Trunk Highway 3 should be established and protected so that construction can be commenced when traffic volumes on existing Trunk Highway 3 approach its current capacity threshhold, warranting the removal of on -street parking or widening. The movement of MSP International south of Rosemount, 'will" almost certainly require the relocation of TH 3. If relocated, existing Trunk Highway 3 is intended to function as a collector street, providing direct access to the Town Center from all residential areas without having to utilize the arterial street system. Other lesser changes in the thoroughfare plan include a system of collector streets which service the proposed industrial areas at Pine Bend. Providing access to adjacent properties via local streets, this will allow for the eventual upgrading of Trunk Highway 52 to meet freeway standards. All streets not shown as major thoroughfares are classified as local streets for which the City has exclusive responsibility. Most major streets are under the jurisdiction of the State of Minnesota and Dakota County. Major ThL(roughfare policies 1. To require Ilrc dediraition of all rights -orf -way for collector and local streets. 2. To require adequately spaced driveways and street intersections along major streets to maintain maximum efficiency and capacity and minimize vehicular conflicts. 3. To recpirire Ilre elimination or rednctio►n in the number of direct driveway accesses to the arterial street system as redevelopment occurs and prohibit any new direct accesses to Trunk Highway .52. 4. To c:slablish and enforce minimum setback distances between intersections and driveways to ;]CCOnuuodate clucuing and avoid traffic conflicts at street intersections. U 5. To require expanded setbacks for land uses adjacent to major streets between major intersections where accessibility is not available or desirable but consider reduced setbacks along frontage roads and at intersections to accommodate public transit accessibility. h. To use signage, traffic diverters, and other appropriate measures to minimize traffic volumes and through traffic on local residential streets (not MSA streets) but avoid fire use of stop signs for such purposes unless warranted by cross traffic volumes. 7. To protect rights-of-way for future collector and arterial streets from land use encroachments. R. To require the protection of sight lines at street intersections. 9. To require that accepted standards (ITE) for sight distances based on speed are met at intersections and driveway entrances to major streets. 10. To require residences to back or side to major streets. 11. To build sideivalks and, where practicable, bikeways/trails as integral parts of the upgrading of major streets and coordinate pedestrian and nonmotorized systems with the Parks Master Plan. 12. To permit the use of col -de -sacs only as means to avoid street extensions that would be detrimental to the natural environment or where, due to topographic change, such extensions cannot feasibility be made. 13. To approve streets only where every effort has been made to fit the natural contour and avoid landform disruption. 14. To require traffic impact studies for larger residential, commercial or industrial developments or where proiects are unable to meet the minimum standards set forth in this Plan. 15. To cooperate with the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, Dakota County, MnDOT, and neighboring communities in the planning and implementation of major street, highway and transit improvements. I ca FUNCTIONAL THOROUGHFARE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM PRINCIPAL MINOR COLLECTOR LOCAL A nrcnIAI AnTIMIA1 gTRFFT STRFFT i ;. ,racing 3.6 rnile s 1-2 miles 0.5-1 mile 1 block - urban 1 mile - rural ^cation On edges of development On edges of developmeni On edges or Within neighborhoods and neighborhoods. and neighborhoods. within neighborhoods. and other homogeneous land use areas. Intersection Grade separated. Trellis• signals and 4 -way stops and As required. IChar,acteristics cross street stops. some signals. Local street stops. !Voiurnes Carried 5,000.50.000 1,000-10,000 250-2,500 Less than 1,000 i ;Posted Speed Legal limit. 50 35-45 Maximum 30 !Parking None Restricted as Restricted as Restricted it MSA. necessary. necessary. IManagement Tools Ramp metering wills Signal timing with Number of lanes. Intersection control. preferential treatment preferential treatment Signal timing. Cul-de-sacs. for transit. for transit. Access control. Qiverters. ISvstern Access "To interstate freeways, To interstate freeways, To minor arterials, To collectors and other arterials. other arterials and other collectors. other locals. collectors. Trip -making Trips greater than Medium to short trips Short trips Short trips Service Performed 0 miles at moderately (2-6 miles) at (1-4 miles) at allow speeds. I high speed. Express moderate speeds. low speeds. transit trips. Local transit trips. Local transit trips. Source: Metropolitan Council DESIGN ELEMENT THOROUGHFARE STANDARDS PRINCIPAL MINOR COLLECTOR LOCAL ARTERIAL ARTERIAL STREET STREET Number of traffic lanes 4 - 6 ti 4 2'4 2 Traffic lane width (ft) 12-14 12-14 12 10.12 Curb parking or No parking, No parking 8-10 8 shoulder width (ft) Minimum pavement 52 1 4� 5 2 36 2$ width (ft) Minimum R -O -W 300 100.120 80 50 width (ft) 55 45 '"r3p. 40 30 Design speed (mph) ACCESS CONTROL STANDARDS PRINCIPAL AnTERiAL MINOR ITERIAL COLLECTOR LOCAL CTIPIPl--r STREET Rural Minimum Lin+lled access carefully planned Access carefully planned Entrances combined where possible Entrances Genoral type of Dositablo Access onlyat Principal and Minor Access -only at Pr, Mtn and Colt Access carefully combined where control. Urban Minimum /Access only at Principal and Minor Some access at major generators Access carefully planned 3 miles 7cess Dnsirable No access between Interchanges No access between public streets No access between public streets possibl9 COrnor clearance Rural Principal f miles (eel 50 100 teat feet 50 100 test est to non-public Minor 3 miles 3 miles feet 30 toot Desirable spacing lest Collector t mile 2 miles 2 miles t mile Carefullyplanned 100 of interseCtionS of too Local None t mite . - f00 feet crossing public Urban Principal 3 miles roadways. Minor Minor t Mlle t mile Mlle Collector None .5 mile 25 mile Carefully Ciannad Local None Norio floral Minimum 1,250 lest 500 loot 300 feet 100 300 feet feet Non-public Dosirable None 1,250 feet 1.000 feet 100 feet 50 test entrance spacing Urban Minimum 1 mile 200 feet 300 feet 100 tsel Desirable None 500 lest COrnor clearance dural Minimum 300 lest, It any 50 (eel 50 100 teat feet 50 100 test est to non-public Desirable No access ermilted loo feet 30 toot 30 lest enhance. Urban Minimum No access permitted 50 teat 100 feet too toot Desirable No access permitted f00 feet (Major Thoroughfare Plan) (with 2010 volumes) 24 Public 'Transit Plan Elements For reasons primarily related to the lack of financing public usage, transit service to Rosemount is very limited, consisting of a feeder bus service connecting with express buses to downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis from a park and ride lot located ,just north of downtown Rosemount. According to the Community Survey (1989) only 17% of Rosemount's residents are employed in Minneapolis and St. Paul while a substantial percent (34%) are employed in Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley and Bloomington/South Hennepin County to which no service is available. According to the March, 1986 Transit Service needs Assessment prepared by the RTB, transit dependency is low in Rosemount with primary work trip attractions being Bloomington, Eagan and Apple Valley. Public transit is and will continue to be a very minor need for Rosemount, except for the truly dependent rider, until congestion increases, parking fees are initiated or spaces taxed and fuel costs increase dramatically. It is the City's intent to explore with the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA), as opportunities arise, para - transit, flexroute circulator service, park and pool service and to continually monitor and meet the transit needs of the City. Also available is service to seniors through DARTS, service to the handicapped through Metro Mobility, and service to those with low incorne through the Community Action Council Transit System. Another facet of public transit is the possible implementation of Light Rail Transit (LRT). This possibility is currently being studied by several agencies. Rosemount's participation is through the Southern Dakota County Light Rail Committee. As planning of the LRT progresses and as the need for public transit becomes more apparent it will be necessary for the many agencies involved in transportation issues to coordinate their efforts and finances. Puwic Transit Policies 1. Encourage state and federal transportation dollars to be used more toward public transit and less toward freeway construction to increase patronage of transit and decrease traffic congestion. 2. To encourage larger employers to participate in I%Iinnesota Rideshare. 3. To promote and encourage the increased use of public transit and ride -sharing as means to reduce single occupant automobile travel demand. a. Through participation in the MVTA, work with the RTB to ensure Rosemount's bus service needs are met and appropriate dollars made available. 25 5. Through participation in the MVTA, work with the other opt -oat authorities and the RTB to change policies regulating transit tax dollars and bus ownership in order to create a more favorable market for competition among transit operators. G. As the need arises for moving or increasing the number of park and ride lots, the location of such should be in the CBD or near other retail/commercial and higher density residential areas, or in high traffic volume areas such as State Highway 52 and State Highway .55. 7. To exercise local development controls and financing mechanisms to protect needed park and ride sites from urban development. 8. To establish appropriate and supportive land uses in the vicinity of park and ride lots to maximize compatibility and shared parking. To locate higher density developments appropriately to take into account the future availability of public transit services. 10. To encourage developers with transit corridors to design for public transit including the orientation of building entrances to streets, reductions in setbacks, provision of transit stops and walkways and the provision of preferential parking opportunities to those who car and van pool 11. To participate with MVTA, RTB, Met Council, and MnDOT to ensure that transit facility needs are coordinated with highway planning. 12. Through participation in the Southern Dakota County Light Rain Committee, ensure Rosemount's interests are represented. 13. Encourage coordination of bus service and LRT service by working with all involved transportation agencies, such as MnDOT, Met Council, RTB, LRT committees, and other opt-ou(s. Aviation flan Elements it is the C'itv's intent to continue to participate in the process of selecting a search area for a new major replacement airport for Minneapolis St. Paul International. 26 Aviation Policies 1. To require that tall towers having a height of 200 feet or more above ground level be subject to variance, planned unit development, or interim use permit (IUP) requirements and procedures. Also, to include notification of MnDOT and the FAA in said procedure. 2. To require that heliports comply with the licensing requirements of MnDOT, the approach and altitude standards of the FAA and the noise standards of the MPCA as requirements of CUP approval a. To prohibit the use of seaplanes in the City. 4. In the event a new international airport is approved by the Minnesota Legislature near Rosemount to protect all airspace zones from vertical intrusions and prohibit general obstructions to air navigation per Minnesota Department of Ttansportation Rule 14 MCAR 1.3015, Subdivisions C and D. 5. In the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, the MAC should acquire.,, land within the 60 Ldn Contours and the preferred take-off/landing approaches should be clearly directed away from urban concentrations. 6. In the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, MAC shall implement new transportation improvements that 'do not change the character of existing roadways or disrupt the character of the communities in which the roadways exist. 7. In the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, local jurisdictions should retain taxation and development jurisdiction of non -airport development. MAC shall not acquire additional property beyond the area needed for safe/environmental operation or an airport. H. In the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, LRT and other transit policies should be re-evaluated. ��. In the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, Dakota County and Nielropolitan Council highway plans need to be totally updated. 27 City of Rosemount MINOR COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE PLAN AMENDMENT TEXT REVISIONS November 5, 1991 PUBLIC SERVICES PLAN 'e tivg� 1• To establish appropriate, compatible locations for public and institutional onal uses and public 2. 'I'o locate public facilities and provide public services in a manner that as continued l health, welfare and safety of the public. sures the Public Senicec Ptan Elements Public services can be categorized as being either emergency -oriented or non-emer e - oriented. On the basis of this categorization, different locational criteria emerge. P c ncy fire services must be located such that travel times to the development are minimized a Ind -intended that the existing fire station at Brazil Avenue and 145th Street West continue to t r. the urban area and that a new facility be constructed when it is determined that response times can be improved. Police, administrative, and maintenance services will continue at the existing City Hall. When such services require additional space, the City will evaluate options resented in needs analysis completed in 1990. The CievaP e space space needs, as part of the capital improvementsplanningand bud itate s service delivery and g process. The 'Public and Institutional" land use designation is a means for identifying areas foru blic serVlce facilities. Public and institutional uses include local government services as well als as schools, churches, hospitals, libraries, and publicly owned facilities, such as waste water treatment facilities, MSW processing facilities, and recycling facilities. Public Services Politic It shall be the policN? of the City to: 1. Annually assess the needs and deliver}, of public services. 2. Locate publicly owned facilities within public and institutional districts. 3- Protect public and institutional uses from incompatible land uses. 4. Locate public and institutional uses in areas compatible with. existing uses. 5. Permit only educational= research, agricultural and public and institutional use University of Minnesota property. son the b. Locate and operate publicly owned facilities in a manner in which the public health safety and welfare is protected. PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES ELEMENT Objectives 1. Provide public utilities and the full range of urban services within Urban Service Areas to maintain the health, welfare and safety of the public. 2. Provide limited urban services to Rural Service Areas. 3. Provide safeguards to insure against the disruption of essential public services. 4. Expand the capacity of the Rosemount wastewater treatment plant and/or explore alternative ways of increasing capacity in a timely fashion so that development within Urban Service Areas is not restricted. 5. Explore service sharing and alternative methods of providing public services which will maintain levels without substantial cost increases. 6. Communicate often and effectively with constituents to facilitate their understanding of the essential relationship between servicing costs and demands. 7. Continue to monitor and maintain the public infrastructure to protect the public's investment and minimize service failures. Public Utility Policies 1. To provide public sewer service to and replace the existing rural water system in east Rosemount to service regional -scale industrial and waste management/processing land uses. 2. To support the expansion of the waste water treatment facilities to satisfy the growing need for capacity throughout the City. 3. To extend public utility systems in a logical, sequential fashion, concurrent with development, not in advance of development. 4. To define and protect potential public utility rights-of-way that may eventually be needed to extend service to rural residential areas. 5. To require soil testing and establish minimum lot sizes on a case-by-case basis for all on-site waste treatment systems. 6. To maintain an inventory and conduct an ongoing inspection program for on-site septic systems and e_x/mnsion of e-risting. 28 7. To prohibit the development and use of new private waste water treatment plants in the City. 8. To reduce inflow and infiltration to the sanitary sewer system and thereby increase wastewater treatment plant capacity by continuing to upgrade the present system and requiring the termination of the pumping of storm water from basement sumps directly into the sanitary sewer system. 9. To require that the release of stormwater from a developed site comply with the City's storniwater management plans or be retained to the extent that its release rate is no greater than the pre -development ten year peak discharge. 10. To explore with surrounding cities the potential benefits that may accrue to interconnecting public water supply systems in conjunction with appropriate conservation measures to insure a minimum level of service in case of service disruption. 1 I. To cooperate with the MWCC and the Vermillion Watershed Management Organization in providing sufficient waste water treatment capacity and maintaining surface waters quality for a growing population. Other Public Facility and Services Policies 1. To provide fire and rescue services to all the areas of the western Urban Service Area within the shortest time practicable a six to seven minute response time. 2. To site fire stations in locations that offer the best potential accessibility by volunteer fire fighters and recruiting of daytime volunteers within a two minute turnout time from stations. I To continue to cooperate with Koch Refinery and the University of Minnesota to improve fire protection services to the more remote areas of the City. 4. To evaluate the need and feasibility of providing public water service to northwest Rosemount as a means to improve fire protection services. S. To continue to upgrade fire fighting and emergency rescue equipment and water service as needed to maintain present levels of service and improve insurance ratings. 6. To continue to explore cooperative cost-sharing arrangements with mutual aid fire departments to increase efficiency and improve fire service and training. 7. To continue to promote cooperative arrangements between the Dakota County Sheriff and all other law enforcement agencies to improve services and optimize costs. 29 8. To maintain all public administration functions in a single centrally located City Administration Center. 9. To maintain the City's government center in size and quality to meet acceptable employee workspace standards. 10. To evaluate/explore service sharing opportunities with other jurisdictions and service organizations ranging from cost-sharing to consolidation. 30 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ELEMENT Objectives 1. Conservation of unique and essential natural resources. 2. Integration of urban development with the natural environment in a environmentally responsible manner. 3. Protection of people and property from natural and manmade hazards. 4. Conservation of energy resources. 5. Protection and preservation of scenic and historical resources. Wetland. Shoreland. Floodplain and Recharge Area Policies 1, To prohibit the alteration of all wetlands which are identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Natural Wetlands Inventory unless replacement/mitigation is provided in the ratio of two acres of mitigated wetlands for each acre of drained or filled wetland. 2. To require that any wetland mitigation comply with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Criteria for wetland quantity, character and diversity. 3. To prohibit the use of any Type 3, 4 or 5 wetland as a primary sediment trap during or after construction. 4. To protect designated Recreational Development, General. Development and Natural Ilimircmmeni Waters her the City's Shoreland Overlay Regulations. 5. To protect areas susceptible to flooding from encroachments which could result in property damage or impede the hydraulic efficiency of the water body in accordance with State and Federal floodway standards. Soils andSteep Sl we Protection Policies 1. To require site plan review and strict erosion control measures for any development of slopes in excess of 12°%. 2. To promote agriculture in designated areas which contain prime agricultural soils. 3. To prohibit the constniction of on-site sewer systems in areas having severe or very severe sail limitations for such systems except where alternative systems can be designed and maintained. 31 Vee ion Preservation Policies 1. To identify and minimize the loss of significant trees on public and developable lands and where loss is unavoidable, require replacement with acceptable substitute plant materials. 2. To minimize the loss of significant trees on private property. 3. To encourage a City-wide tree planting program for the purposes of City beautification and facilitating air exchange and thermal balances. 4. To preserve remnants of the three major natural plant communities (oak/savannah, short grass prairie and upland hardwoods/ bottomland shrubs and brush) which historically prevailed in Rosemount. 5. To require, as an element of site plan review, the identification of significant trees and tree stands and proposals for tree preservation/replacement. 6. To require screening, landscaping and tree replacement as an element of development plans. 7. To require that protected trees be marked and fenced prior to the start of construction to minimize damage and future loss. I'�C'�t�rvat iowt.�ttl.Ici� 1. To consider energy conservation during site plan review including solar access protection and the use of vegetation to facilitate summer shading and winter solar gain. 2. To prohibit nonresidential developments from shading residential structures during the winter heating season (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.). 3. To encourage the use of available grant and loan programs to provide for the increased energy efficiency of the City's housing stock. 4. To promote and encourage the increased use of public and nonmotorized transit and ridesharing as means to reduce energy consumption. Water Use/Quality Management Policies 1. To prohibit the use of groundwater for once -through heating and cooling. 2. To promote water conservation programs to diminish the public and private use of water for nonessential pti Hoses. 32 3. To investigate methods and programs which will minimize the use of applied chemicals for lawn care and public street maintenance. 4. To require land alteration and erosion control plans for all developments during construction. 5. To require the maintenance of natural vegetation, shorelines and wetland fringes of and require minimum setbacks from protected waters as means to protect water quality and wildlife habitat. 6. To encourage a dual pond concept per U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guidelines to buffer protected waters from sediment and chemical incursions. 7. To continue to work with the MPGA and the University of Minnesota to remediate all waste contamination. 8. To protect groundwaters by insuring that water wells are capped in accordance with State regulations. 9. To establish a City-wide water quality management plan to protect surface and ground waters. Wildlife Ilabitat Protection Policies 1. To protect the existing wildlife habitat in the Mississippi River Valley and the northwest area of the City and City-wide through protective easements or open space protection. 2. To support the preservation and management of rare, unique, endangered and threatened plants and animals and prohibit any action that would reduce or degrade the habitat supporting such species. 3. To encourage the protection of natural wildlife habitat corridors which link major habitat areas. 4. To encourage the use of yard plantings which also serve as wildlife habitat. Ilistorical, Scenic sand Landmark Policies I . To prolert historic, scenic and landmark features, wherever practicable. 2. To incorporate known historical, scenic and landmark resources, as identified by the City or other agencies with proposed development and redevelopment projects and, where loss is maavoid ible, to mitigate tosses. 33 3. To cooperate with and assist the State Historical Society in locating, evaluating and, where appropriate, preserving historical sites and strictures having significant historical or architectural values. 34 WASTE MANAGEMENT LAND USE PLAN b'ective 1. To promote effective regulation of private waste management activities 2. To supplement and enhance environmental protection policies. 3• To establish appropriate, compatible locations for privately owned waste management activities. Plan Elements Public attitudes and technology involving waste management continue to evolve. Singular approaches to waste management have given way to integrated systems, including waste reduction, reuse, recycling, resource recovery, and disposal. Environmental awareness creates increasing demands for responsible waste management. A waste management land use element serves several functions. It allows for the proper identification of a special use district. It provides for a distinction between publicly owned and privately owned waste management facilities. It allows the City to -pro -actively determine where private waste related activities may be compatible with other uses and should be located. It allows the City to protect private waste management activities from infringement by incompatible uses. It also allows the City the vehicle to establish proper regulations and responsible management for private waste related activities. Policy review and analysis is an on-going requirement in any growth management plan. The need for continual policy analysis in waste management planning is particularly vital due to the rapid changes in waste management technology, regulatory direction, and public sentiment. ."-1;te Nlana;eine Policies It shall be the policy of the Citv to: 1. Permit private %vante related activities only when the public Health. safety, and welfare is ensured. 2. Require that private waste related activities occur in locations that minimize or eliminate conflicts with other uses, 3. Locate private waste related activities in areas in which long term land use compatibility and protection from other conflicting uses may be maximized. 4. Permit private waste related activities only when any potential or known conflicts or impacts are eliminated or properly mitigated. S. Require that any private waste related facility employ the best available technology in any aspect of the facility regarding environmental protection controls. G. Ensure that the design, construction, and operation of private waste related facilities minimize any negative environmental impacts and mitigate them to the fullest extent possible. 7. Allow private waste disposal to occur only when efforts to reuse and recycle wastes have been exhausted. 8. Consider private waste related facilities only when the economic benefits, incentives, and other advantages to the City and community clearly outweigh any known or potential negative aspects of a facility. 9. Permit private waste related facilities only when the proper infrastructure exists to serve facilities or when proper improvements can be made without expense or burden to the City. AMENDMENTS TO 1 METRO P! DEVELOPMENT AN! INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK /1 POLICIES 1' THE RURAL SERVICE Adopted December 5, 1991 Metropolitan Council Mears Park Centre 230 E. Fifth St. St. Paul, MN 55101 Publication No. 640-92-012 AMENDMENTS TO THE METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK (MDIF) INTRODUCTION On the pages that follow are amendments to the Metropolitan Development and Investment Framework (MDIF) that were adopted by the Metropolitan Council on December 5, 1991. The amendments affect three sections of the MDIF. New language is indicated by underlinine. Language that was deleted from the MDIF is stricken (wiskea). Pages 1-9 of the amendments modify pages 22-25 of the MDIF, beginning with the section titled "Rural Service Area." This is part of the Geographic Policy Areas section of the MDIF, and contains the policy statements. Pages 10-14 are modifications to pages 33-35 of the MDIF section titled "Planning and Investment Procedures: the Council and Metropolitan Systems." This section gives direction for future revisions of other chapters of the Metropolitan Development Guide; in this case, the Wastewater Treatment and Handling Policy Plan and the Transportation Policy Plan. A small change was also made to the section on parks which relates to the rural area. This change is being made now in order to incorporate policy direction from the recently adopted Regional Recreation Open Space Development Guide/Policy Plan. It is consistent with discussions of urban -generated uses, held in connection with the rural policy study. Pages 15-16 are two new appendices to the MDIF. The first is Criteria for Council Approval of Local Plans That Are Inconsistent With MDIF Rural Area Policies." The second is "Land Uses in the Rural Area." This clarifies for the Council and local governments what land uses are appropriate for the commercial agricultural region as compared to the general rural use area. For additional copies of this document, for the Metropolitan Development and Investment Framework itself, or for additional background information, contact the Metropolitan Council Data Center, 230 E. Fifth St., St. Paul, MN 55101; telephone 291-8140. The MDIF costs $5; the other documents are free. Questions about the policy amendments should be directed to Anne Hurlburt of the Council staff, 291-6501. AMENDMENTS TO THE METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK (MDIF) PART ONE MDIF, Page 22-25 RURAL SERVICE AREA The focus of the Council's growth -management strategy of encouraging growth within an urban service area requires an accompanying_policv that limits growth in the rural area. Extensive development outside the metropolitan urban service area is not appropriate because it can lead to premature and costly demands to extend regional services such as sewers and highways, and does not take advantage of regional investments that have been made in the urban service area. Development outside the urban service area contributes to urban sprawl and increases the costs of services Some services that require higher concentrations of people to be cost-effective such as transit, may become prohibitively expensive. Development in the rural area also results in demand for local services, and can change the character of rural communities While existing service levels may be low, new residents are likely to demand additional services Development can result in erosion of the natural and man-made environment that attracted residents in the first place. Conflicts often develop between new exurban residents and residents who depend on agriculture for all or part of their livelihoods. Development in the rural area can have adverse imQacts on the quality of the natural environment Protecting and maintaining the quality of surface water and eroundwater is a kev concern of the Council While technological advances have improved on-site sewage disnosai systems their proper installation and maintenance is still a critical concern. A common misconception is that agriculture and other rural activities are only temporary land uses just waiting for the land to be developed Most of the rural area will not be needed for urban development in the foreseeable future Agriculture and rural land uses are legitimate and permanent land uses in these areas. As the region grows there will be a need to ex.„pand the urban service area into some areas that communities do not plan for their future urban service areas before development occurs, it is possible that land uses and development Qattems may later block the contiguous, efficient and cost-effective extension of local and regional urban services. The cumulative negative impacts of development that is inconsistent with the Council's 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 inconsistent with the policies Some communities cannot compiv with all of the Council's policies for the rural area because thcv have existing development patterns that are inconsistent with the 2olicy. In the past the Council has found these plans to be inconsistent with regional policies but has not provided a procedure for making exceptions to the policy where it may be warranted Criteria for Council approval of inconsistent plans are provided in an appendix to this document Commercial Agricultural Area The commercial agricultural area includes those lands certified by local governments as eligible for agricultural preserves under the 1980 Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Act. This approach places the responsibility for defining agricultural lands on local governments. With Council protection policies for commercial agriculture focused only in areas where there are local government plans and protections, local and regional policies support one another. The amount of land included in the commercial agricultural area is large, covering about 600,000 acres in 4-9851990. This constitutes over half the farmland in the seven -county area. The geographic area defined as the commercial agricultural area is subject to frequent change when tied to the Agricultural Preserves Act because land can go into and out of certification when local governments decide to alter its status. Local governments may replan and rezone certified areas if a change in policy is desired, but this change must occur as a public process. For the purposes of this document, the commercial agricultural area is defined as the area certified as of March 1 of each year. This date is the end of each Council reporting year required under the Agricultural Preserves Act. Under the Agricultural Preserves Act, a local government passes a resolution certifying land eligible for protections and benefits and limiting housing density to one unit per 40 acres. The certified area is then considered long-term agricultural land. The local comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance must reflect this land use and zoning. Farmers owning land within the certified area may then enter the program. Land in the program is referred to as covenanted land. The Agriculture Preserves Act provides protection for the farmer from urban assessments, property taxes at development value and conflicting land uses in exchange for a legal commitment to continue farming for at least eight years. Within the commercial agricultural area, all land has been certified by local governments as eligible for the agriculture preserves program. However, the Council recognizes two levels of protection in the commercial agricultural area: primary and secondary protection areas. Primary protection areas are lands covenanted as agricultural preserves. They will receive the greatest protection possible from incompatible uses because the greatest level of commitment to farming has been established. 2 Secondary protection areas cover the farms in the area that have not yet laFMe4-been covenanted as agricultural preserves. The Council believes 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 commercial agriculture. Over 40 percent of the land in the Metropolitan Area falls in this category. 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. 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 ell ible sigma for the agriculture preserves program, the Council will reclassify them as part of the commercial agricultural area. Rural Residential Development Rural residential development may be an a2propriate land use in areas that are hilly, wooded or otherwise unsuited to agricultural production. The Geonc l rVes-sid-e-n. Fiffal Fe6ideatial develepfneat a peFmaaea; land tire and Ret aH effly Stage ---CME The Council supports this type of use as long as the density does not exceed one housing unit per 10 acres of land. The Council will compute rural residential density on the basis of 640 -acre parcels (one square mile or section based on the public land survey). This will prevent excessive clustering of a large number of homes on small fainifaum lots that sires, could result in the need for urban services, such as package sews Ue disposal systems. Some communities in the rural area have significant land area in public parks and open space, or wetlands that are legally restricted from develoRment Others have protected large amounts of agricultural land by designating, it part of the commercial agricultural area. The Council will recognize this when it applies the density Rolicv Lower densities in areas restricted from development may be used to balance higher densities in sections without such limitations, provided it does not result in excessive clustering that would create demands for services (such as sewer and water systems storm sewers roads and other urban services) not tonically needed in 3 rura? developments. The only areas that will be excluded from this calculation are surface water and maior metropolitan highway rights-of-way. The Council encourages communities to implement the density standard throughclustering where aj2rroopnate and consistent with local lanning.objectives Implementingy the density standard as a 10 -acre minimum lot size is simple to-administer—but may result in an inefficient development pattern and in more land removed from agricultural production than if smaller lot sizes are used Clusterine may aid in adapting the density policy to the diverse character of the landscape Some areas have lakes, wetlands, wildlife areas large areas of public lands or difficult soil conditions that make clustering more desirable Other areas have good agricultural land that can be protected through clustering and used to balance the density of development on areas less suited to agriculture. — The Council does not recommend a minimum lot size. Lot sizes in the general rural use area should be determined by performance standards At a minimum they shall ensure at least two sewage disposal drainfields on each site a primary drainfield and a replacement should the original system fail. All residential development in the general rural use area must be subject to the standards for proper design location installation maintenance and on-going monitoring provided by the Council's Wastewater Treatment and Handling Policy Plan to ensure ai gainst negative impacts on the environment and the metropolitan wastewater treatment system Existing Urban -Density Development Residential subdivisions, mobile home parks and clusters of moderate -density residential development also exist in the general rural use area. They frequently demand urban services but are in locations where urban services are difficult or costly to provide. The Council's principal concern is the potential need for the costly extension of central sanitary sewer and particularly metropolitan sewer service. Local governments with existing urban - density development should address the operation and maintenance issues of on-site systems to avoid potential problems and the eventual need for costly local investments. Urban -Generated Uses Many facilities exist in the general rural use area that require isolated and spacious locations but may be intended to serve the urban or entire metropolitan area public. These facilities include campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks, regional parks, trails, waste disposal installations, racing facilities, gun clubs, festivals, mining sites and similar facilities, and are usually public or quasi -public in nature. The general rural use area is an appropriate location for these facilities. The Council's interest is that these facilities are provided with adequate public services adegeately seFved, consistent with local and regional plans, and to the extent possible, that they do not interfere with agricultural activities. Other Land Uses In addition t_o agriculture single-family residential development existing development and urban generated uses, there are other land uses that may be appropriate in the general rural use area Whether or not a Land use is appropriate depends on whether it is consistent with local and 4 regional plans and if it meets all environmental quality standards. An appropriate land use would not require urban -level support services (such as hiehways transit or sewers). Uses should be of a One category of land uses that may be ap2ro2riate in the rural area is neighborhood convenience retail such as a grocery store or gasoline station. If it is of an appropriate scale to serve local residents and does not need urban sewers or highways, it may be appropriate in the general rural use area. Even though a 2articular land use may be acceptable from a regional perspective, the Council will not recommend that every community,. provide for every possible land use in its rural area if it would not be consistent with local plans. Each community must determine whether particular land uses would be compatible with existing ,uses local standards and the goals of the community. All uses would be subject to any local regional or state permitting or licensing requirements. Examples of uses that may be acceptable are included in an appendix to this document. Lot sizes for all land uses should be determined by performance standards. At a minimum, they should ensure at least two sewage disposal drainfields on each site, a primary drainfield and a reelacement should the original system fail. All development in the general rural use area must be subject to the standards for proper design location installation maintenance and on-going, monitoring provided by the Council's Wastewater Treatment and Handling Policy Plan to ensure against negative impacts on the environment and the metropolitan wastewater treatment system. Rural Centers Rural centers historically have served as retail service centers and transportation centers for the surrounding rural area. However, changes in agriculture and rapid urban expansion have changed the traditional rural service roles of many of these small centers to residential areas for urban people and locations for industries with little tie to local agriculture. The latter make use of available labor in rural areas and, by their nature, tend not to be dependent on close contact with other firms for their supplies or critically dependent on transportation. The Council has identified 35 rural centers, with populations ranging from just over 100 to more than 5,000. Some rural centers, such as Norwood and Young America, encompass the entire corporate Iimits of the community. Others, such as Lake Elmo, are small enclaves within a larger rural community. Services available within rural centers vary. Some have central sanitary sewer; others depend on on-site waste disposal systems. Some have central water systems. Some provide the full range of convenience retail stores, while others have only a bar or gas station. Some have small manufacturing or service businesses; others are almost exclusively residential. The Council does not support the extension of regional systems to rural centers because of the distance from the urban center and the small populations of rural centers. Rural locations in the past decade have been attractive and some, although not all, communities have experienced an upsurge in growth, principally residential development. Development trends are down from the highs noted in the early 1970s but continue at modest levels into the 1980s. Several services are important in adequately serving additional rural center development, but sewage disposal is the most critical. Urban-density development in an unsevered rural center poses the risks of on-site sewage system failure, contamina..on of groundwater and eventually the expense of new on-site or central sewer system installation. The possibility also exists that remedying a pollution problem may require an extension of metropolitan sewer service through rural areas. Lack of sewer service is a serious constraint on the amount and type of development that rural centers can safely accommodate. Some parts of the rural Metropolitan Area, especially Anoka County, are receiving large amounts of scattered urban development. This scattered development poses service problems and may, at a later date, result in very high local service costs. The Council proposes a strategy that offers local government an alternative way to structure this development by designating and creating a "rural center." These new centers would be limited enclaves for urban-density land uses, facilities and services within the Iocal governments' broader seFte jurisdictional boundaries. They would not be coterminous with the entire ser-peFatejurisdictional limits. Under this strategy, a local government would identify an area to receive urban-density residential, commercial and industrial development and the facilities, including local central sewer, where appropriate, needed to serve it. Financing of necessary support services would be a local responsibility. Areas of existing urban-density uses are likely candidates for selection as new rural centers. Rural centers should accommodate additional development consistent with their ability to finance and administer services, including sewer, roads, water and stormwater drainage. If additional land is needed to accommodate growth, rural centers should extend services in a staged, contiguous manner. Residential, commercial and industrial development at urban densities should be accommodated only in rural centers with central sanitary sewers that are meeting state and federal water quality standards. Lager projects should be located in freestanding growth centers that have a full range of services. Rural-to-Urban Transition Planning Rural-to-urban transition areas are areas that may eventually be needed for expansion of the urban service area but are currently part of the rural service area. While these areas will not be considered-a separate regional policy area the Council encourages local governments to plan for potential expansions of the urban service area in their comprehensive plans. Communities planning for transition areas should consider land characteristics (such as soils, wetlands, watershed boundaries, agricultural soil capability), existing land use and development patterns, the transportation system, and long-range plans for expansion of local and regional utility systems. Transition areas should generally be contiguous to the existing urban service area. In most cases, it would not include the entire jurisdictional limits of the local government but might if the community wishes to plan for the eventual urbanization of the area. Land in a transition area should be protected from incompatible development patterns and land uses that may later obstruct the ewension of urban services. The most effective strategy to protect the transition area is to restrict development to very low-density (one_per 40 or less) residential development or agricultural uses which preserves large parcels intact until they can be subdivided into small lots and provided with urban services. If residential subdivisions are permitted, clustering should be encouraged The large parcels remaining may later be efficiently 6 resubdivided, and the smaller, clustered lots can be more economically provided with services or bypassed if necessary. Local governments should use caution in implementing "ghost platting" or similar methods for subdividing land into large lots with the intention of resubdividing them when services are to be provided. Resubdivision and installing utilities in existing subdivisions can be a very difficult process and result in higher costs. The development_ pattern established may not be appropriate or desirable when the area is incorporated into the urban service area. Local eovernments may also want to consider whether the land uses permitted in transition areas would discourage or prevent urbanization in the future. For example, a use that requires a spacious, isolated location should probably not be located where it is likely to be surrounded by incompatible urban development in the future. The Council will review local comprehensive plans that include plans for rural -to -urban transition areas, but will not commit to the future extension of metropolitan services to serve the area or to any time frame for expansion of services bevond the urban service area. The Council will continue to apply its policies and criteria for expansion of the urban service area when a regional need has been demonstrated. The Council will support local efforts to prevent development incompatible with future urbanization. The Council will examine the need to plan for rural -to -urban transition areas in its metropolitan systems plans. Local plans will be considered but will not determine the transition areas desienated for regional purposes. RURAL SERVICE AREA POLICIES 17. The Metropolitan Council does not suLport extensive development outside the urban service area because it can lead to the premature expansion of local and regional services. and fails to take advantage of regional investments that have been made in the urban service area. The cumulative negative impacts of development that is inconsistent with the Council's 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 inconsistent with the policies. The Council will consider exceptions to the policies for local governments that cannot meet the policies because of existing subdivisions or land development. Commercial Agricultural Area 1-78. The Metropolitan Council supports the long-term continuation of agriculture in the rural service area. The Council will use the following ranking in decisions to accommodate facilities serving urban residents. 1. Primary protection area: land covenanted in agriculture preserves will receive primary protection. Urban facilities should be prohibited in this area unless there 7 is strong documentation that no other locations in the Metropolitan Area can adequately meet the siting and selection criteria. I Secondary protection area: lands certified but not presently in agricultural preserves will receive a level of protection secondary to agricultural preserves. Urban facilities should not be located in this area unless there is strong evidence that a proposed urban use cannot be located in the general rural use area. General Rural Use Area 4819A. The Metropolitan Council supports long-term preservation of agricultural land in the general rural use area. However, the Council will also support residential development at densities of no more than one unit per 10 acres computed on a 640 -acre basis (a maximum of sixty four units per 40 ncres s care mile based on the public land survey). The Council will allow land area in public parks or open space, wetlands that are legally restricted from development. and agricultural land that has been designated as part of the commercial agricultural area to be used to balance higher densities in sections without such limitations, provided that it would not result in excessive clustering that would created demands for urban services. The only areas that will be excluded from this calculation are surface water and mnior metropolitan highway rights-of-way. 19B. The Council encouragesclusterine of residential development. which will result in a more efficient development pattern and help to protect agricultural and environmentally sensitive lands. Lot sizes in the general rural use area should be determined by Performance standards. At a minimum, they shall ensure at least two sewage disposal drainlieids on each site, a primary drainfield and a replacement should the original system fail. 19C. The Council will not extend metropolitan systems to serve urban -density residential development in the general rural use area. Where urban -density development already exists, a local government should address service issues in its pian, particularly on-site sewer system operation and maintenance. 19D. In addition to agriculture, single family residential development, existing development and urban -generated uses, the Council will support other land uses in the general rural use area, provided that they are consistent with local and regional_ plans. ARprapriate rural land uses must meet all environmental quality standards, not require urian -level support services, and be of a scale compatible with the services available and the need to serve local market demands. To the extent possible thev should not interfere with aericultural activities. Rural Centers 309 The Metropolitan Council will support a rural center's plans to accommodate additional growth provided they are consistent with the center's ability to finance and administer services, particularly sewer service. The Council supports rural center service improvements but not at regional expense. E 218. The Council will support a local government's plan for a new rural center and its requests for state and federal grants, provided the local government restricts urban densities from surrounding rural areas and will support the new center with necessary service investments. Rural -to -Urban Transition Planning 22. The Metropolitan Council will encourage local governments to plan for rural -to -urban transition areas in their comprehensiveplans, and will support local efforts to prevent development incompatible with future urbanization. The Council will not commit to the future extension of metrogolitan services to serve the area until such time as there is a demonstrated, regional need to expand the urban service area in accordance with established Council policies and criteria Local plans will be considered but will not determine transition areas designated for regional purposes. 0 PART TWO MDIF, Page 33-35 PLANNING AND INVESTMENT PROCEDURES: THE COUNCIL AND METROPOLITAN SYSTEMS The Metropolitan Council is concerned with managing metropolitan systems in ways that will help realize the objectives for long-term development of the region as reflected in this document's discussion of the geographic policy areas. The following metropolitan system guidelines provide direction to the Council's systems for developing the more detailed policies and programs contained in the individual system plans. The metro governance process, discussed later, explains the procedures for carrying out the guidelines through the actions of the metropolitan agencies. METROPOLITAN SYSTEM GUIDELINES The Council is committed to providing regional services and facilities within the urban service area. However, the Council will not support development of facilities substantially in excess of forecasted need. The challenge to the Council and commissions is to find the middle ground between overbuilding and undersizing essential facilities. Some facilities that deliver services to the urban service area will have to be physically located within the rural service area even though they primarily serve people living in the urban service area. This may result from land requirements, the location of natural resources or the need for interregional connections. For example, solid waste landfills with requirements for large acreages will likely be located in the rural service area; sand and gravel extraction and regional parks depend on the location of the resource and often occur in the rural service area; and highways, power lines and pipelines that tie this region to other parts of the state and nation will have to traverse the rural service area. When urban facilities must be located in the rural area, they will be located, developed and operated in a manner that minimizes interference with agriculture and the rural settlement pattern. Sewers Only land within the urban service area will receive regional sewer service. Service will be provided in accordance with regional and local staging of development as outlined in the Council's sewer policy plan and local comprehensive plans that are in conformity with the Council's regional plan. The Council will take the necessary actions to provide metropolitan sewer interceptors and wastewater treatment plants adequate to transport sewage generated by users in the urban service area and to treat it to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of the national pollution discharge elimination system permit for each treatment plant. Central sewer service currently provided in rural centers can continue at levels consistent with each center's ability to finance and operate systems locally. In rural centers or any other part of the rural area receiving regional sewer service, the Council will determine regional service allocations for sewer flow using the same procedures that are used for other communities located within the metropolitan urban service area. 10 The Council will assure the continuation of service adequate to meet the needs of development currently receiving regional sewer service. In order to meet this commitment, the Council emphasizes the need to monitor the condition of older sewers and sewers with a history of problems, as well as the trends in sewage volume as opposed to design capacity. The Council will also work for increased coordination between the sewer and the solid waste system in the area of planning and project development of composting and co -composting. Recycling residuals from the waste treatment process with municipal solid waste may help resolve disposal problems confronting both the sewer and the solid waste systems. The Council will establish standards for on-site sewage disposal systems in the rural area to protect the region's groundwater and the health of rural area residents, and to prevent the need fnr r,rwm7twr,- PYt,-nc;r%nc nF the reainnnl sewer system_ All elements of the Minnesota Pollution communities shall require at least two sewage -disposal drainfieids to be located on each building site a primary drainfield and a replacement should the original system fail. Except in the commercial agricultural area all facets of the Council's standards for the proper design, location, installation maintenance and on-going monitoring of on-site systems should also be adopted. The Council will require all communities to certify that they have met these standards prior to aRproval of local comprehensive plan amendments or making favorable recommendations in project reviews. The Council will review its existing policies concerning community on-site sewage disposal systems and package treatment plants in the rural area in light of the Council's policy to encourage clustering in the rural area and the improved technology which is or may become available in the future. The Council will also consider whether monitoringof rural water supplies may be necessary to detect pollution from on-site sewage disposal systems. Planning for the metropolitan sewer system should address the impacts on the system from development outside the urban service area,• specifically, impacts on the service availability charge (SAC)and the underuse of metropolitan sewer facilities. Planning for the metropolitan sewer system should also consider how local comprehensive sewer plans should address the rural -to -urban transition areas and protect them from incompatible development that may later block the efficient extension of the sewer system. Transportation Metropolitan highway improvements will be planned and developed to serve the needs of residents in the urban service area, including the freestanding growth centers. Highways will be provided in accordance with the Council's regional transportation policy plan and local comprehensive plans that are in conformity with the Council's regional plan. Varying levels of highway service will continue to exist in the urban service area due to travel behavior, development patterns and the nature of highways facilities, but efforts will be made to provide a reasonable level of metropolitan highway service throughout the urban service area. 11 The Council influences metropolitan highway development in a variety of ways. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) constructs and maintains most of the roads in the metropolitan system, and the ultimate authority for highway programming decisions rests with the state commissioner of transportation. However, Mn/DOT seriously considers the Council's highway policymaking and project planning in virtually all metropolitan area highway priorities. The Council approves construction on controlled -access highways and develops guidelines for setting highway priorities as well as guidelines for approval of interchange improvements. The Council is also responsible for endorsing Federal Aid Urban and Interstate Substitution funding priorities, which are set by local elected officials acting through the Council's Transportation Advisory Board. Highway planning is very important because the ability of people to take advantage of the opportunities the area offers and acquiring essential goods and services depend on having a good highway system and on keeping it operating well. This means roads on the existing system must be able to provide the type and level of service designated in the Council's transportation policy plan. Traffic management strategies or new construction will be necessary when traffic volumes' approach design capacities, when road conditions pose hazards and slowdowns, and when new developments are proposed that differ substantially from assumptions made in the regional transportation plan. Implementing traffic management strategies for metropolitan highways is a state or regional responsibility that frequently has direct or indirect implications for local systems. Local governments will have primary responsibility for carrying out traffic management strategies on local systems. New sources may share the responsibility for funding new construction with the traditional county, state and federal sources. New sources may include the region, local governments and the private sector. With the potential for funding and operational limitations, denying access to the regional system may also be necessary for unanticipated new developments. Highway planning should also address air pollution caused by heavy concentrations of auto, truck and bus traffic. Although this problem has traditionally been associated with the two metro centers, it is a growing problem in the regional business concentrations where highways are reaching capacity. The relationship between metropolitan highways and outstate Minnesota is another consideration in highway planning. The Council recognizes the importance of outstare connections, particularly for economic development, Metropolitan highways in the rural area will be olanned to support a level of development consistent with the Council's rural density policies The Council will not plan for a level of service that would suoaort or encourage development rg eater than the pgli2y except where an exceRtion has been anoroved according to the guidelines of the Metropolitan Development and Investment Framework Highway vlanning must also consider the rural -to -urban transition areas and how rights-of-way for the system of 2rincroal and minor arterials that will be needed in the future should be protected from incompatible development 12 Buses operating on streets and highways will probably dominate public transit service through the remainder of the century. This does not preclude the introduction of some fixed -guideway facilities in heavily traveled corridors, but costs and time constraints work against a massive shift in form over the next 15 vears. Nevertheless, the Council will continue to seek creative, forward- looking solutions to transit service problems. Locations with large numbers of households and/or high employment in relatively small areas offer good potential for public transit service. It is also important to provide transit to the people who have no other way to travel. This generally means elderly, handicapped, low-income and young people. Providing service to these people will probably involve above-average subsidies. Some parts of the urban service area with low-density development may be served only by paratransit on a demand basis. This is also true for some of the transit -dependent people who live in low-density areas or cannot use the public system. Regularly scheduled regional transit service will not be provided to the rural service area, but residents of the area can arrange for and finance public transit or public paratransit on their own if they so desire. This does not preclude the Council or the Regional Transit Board from becoming involved in planning for the special mobility needs of elderly and handicapped people in the rural service area or for the use of public funds specially appropriated for this purpose. Transit planning will take into account the cost of Qroviding transit services to low-density areas, and how that may change over time as transit -dependent -populations increase in these areas. Planning for hi hways and transit should consider the relationships among transportation needs, population densities and the provision of human services including public schools, health and social services employment opportunities and emergency services. Parks The regional parks and open space system includes facilities in both the urban and rural service areas. Regional recreation open space will be acquired to serve the needs of today's urban population and to preserve outstanding natural and recreation resources for the area's future population. Facilities will be developed according to priorities in the Council's regional park plan, which will emphasize the needs of residents in the urban service area. The development of regional park facilities that attract large numbers of users will generally, occur in the urban service area unless the demands cannot be adequately met. If it is necessary to develop such facilities in the rural service area adeguate support services such as roads and sewers must be provided. Airports Every effort will be made to get the maximum use out of the existing airport system, consistent with the Council's airport policy plan. This is especially important for the "major" and "intermediate" airports, all of which are located in the urban service area. These facilities should continue to operate and to operate safely even if it requires substantial upgrading of existing facilities and modifications or controls on nearby land uses and development proposals. Land use 13 compatibility is critical to ensure future as well as current adequate operations at the regional airports. If a new "minor" airport site is needed, lands in the commercial agricultural area as defined in this document should be avoided. In addition, the only facilities developed on or adjacent to the airport should be those directly involved with making it useable and safe. Other Area Systems This framework focuses on the four metropolitan systems of sewers, transportation, regional parks and airports because the Council has special obligations and responsibilities for them under the Metropolitan Land Planning Act. Under the Waste Management Act, the Council's solid waste program has the same status in many respects as the four metropolitan systems and will receive the same level of protection as those systems. However. The Council also has planning responsibilities for several other systems that serve the residents of the Metropolitan Area. Currently, the Council has adopted plans dealing with housing, health, surface water management, juvenile justice and water resources, as well as major position papers on the aging, arts and development disabilities. All of these planning documents and the programs associated with them contribute to metropolitan resource management. The Council must direct attention to the impact of this framework and metropolitan system plans on these other area plans and programs, as well as the extent to which the other plans and programs modify the development and investment framework and metropolitan system plans. The Council also recognizes that numerous interrelationships exist among the other area system plans and the metropolitan system plans. Examples include aging and health, transportation and housing, and sewers, solid waste and water resources. For some of the other systems, the relationships are less obvious. However, all of the systems, whether designated as metropolitan or not, have the following in common: a) assumptions about future directions of area -wide growth and change and reliance on a uniform set of forecasts; b) accountability to Council legislative mandates; c) concern with orderly and economic development; d) adherence to the same process of regional planning and decision-making; and e) reliance on the area's population for most of their financial support. 14 PART THREE MDIF, Appendices Appe^ ndix Criteria for Council Aparoval of Local Plans that are Inconsistent with NMIF Rural Area Policies Some communities in the rural area have existing development patterns that are inconsistent with Council policy. Specifically, some communities have already developed at residential densities greater than one unit Rer 10 acres This appendix provides criteria and procedures for review and approval of local comprehensive plans that are inconsistent with the density policy. Exceptions to the policies for the rural area will be considered only for communities that cannot meet the policy because of the existing subdivisions or land development: The Council may approve an exception as part of its review of a local comorehensive plan. The extent of the exception will be based upon how well the community will or has: • protected good agricultural land; _ protected wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas; _ implementedperformance standards for on-site sewage disposal systems that are consistent with the Council's Wastewater Treatment and Handling Policy Plan: and _ adopted a comprehensive plan consistent with all Metropolitan Development Guide chapters especially those for the metroRolitan systems sewers, transportation, aviation and arks. In order for the Council to support an exception to the rural density policy, the community must provide the following as a part of its comprehensive plan amendment: 1. The total land area (acreaoe) of the community, adjusted for surface water and maior hiehwav rights-of-way. 2. The number of existing lots of record. 3. The amount and location of land owned by 2ublic agencies or occupied by institutional uses and restricted from development. 4. The amount and location of undevelo2gd land with an analysis of its development potential based on current and proposed planning and zoning. 5. The amount and location of land Rlanned and zoned for uses other than agriculture and residential development with a description of uses that will be permitted. 6. The amount and location of agricultural land uses and any areas that will be certified eligible for the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves program. 7. The amount and location of wetlands with information demonstrating how such areas will be protected from development. 8. Copies of all local ordinances relating to adoption of performance standards for on-site 9. The location of anv_proposed rural -to -urban transition areas along win pians anu Nunui� to protect such areas from premature or incompatible development. 10. Additional information that may be necessary to bring the local comprehensive plan into compliance with metropolitan systems plans. 11. Schedule for implementing the plan amendment. 15 Appendix: Land Uses in the Rural Area This appendix helps clarify what land uses may be supported by Council policy for the rural service area, and provides guidance for both the Council and local governments. It is important to remember that even though a particular land use may be acceptable in the rural area from a reeional perspective, the Council will not recommend that every community provide for every possible land use in its rural area if it would not be consistent with Iocal plans. All uses would also be subject to any local, regional or state permitting or licensing requirements. Land Use Recommendations for the Rural Area Policy Area Examples of Consistent Land Uses Commercial Agricultural: broad range of agricultural land uses, including horse boarding and Agricultural Region training, kennels, sod farms, tree farms, fish production and processing, storage areas or buildings; for primary protection areas, uses consistent with 1980 Agricultural Preserves Act Residential: single family residences at a maximum density of 1/40 acres, accessory arartments Commercial/Industrial: small on-farm operations normally associated with farming Institutional: urban generated facilities, such as waste disposal facilities; prohibited from primary protection areas unless no other location available; prohibited from secondary protection area unless no site in general rural use area available General Rural Use Agricultural: all uses listed for commercial agricultural policy area Area Residential: single family residences at a maximum density of 1/10 acres computed on the basis of 640 acre parcels (one square mile), twin homes/duplexes (meeting density standard), accessory apartments, group4iving homes with shared cooking facilities Commercial/Recrestional and Urban -Generated Uses: urban -generated uses, including recreational vehicle parks, racetracks, festival sites, campgrounds, gun clubs, private airports, solid waste facilities, auto salvage and recycling, other similar facilities, neighborhood convenience/service/retail uses, such as financial offices, video stores, gasoline, groceries, daycare centers, commercial/service/retail uses adjacent to or served by existing metro highways, agricultural products processing, home occupations, bed and breakfast lodging facilities, dentist and doctor offices, landing areas for ultralight and model airplanes, retreat facilities, golf courses Industrial: sand and gravel mining, urban -generated uses that require a spacious, I isolated location, small manufacturing firms originating from home occupations, oil or gasoline storage tank farms, refineries, solid waste transfer/processing facilities Institutional: urban -generated uses, such as waste -disposal installations, jails, prisons, public airports, human service agency satellite offices, parks, trails, open space, other similar facilities, unique natural or conservation areas, schools, churches, cemeteries b"dibraryV=p1Jibbomppiank mdittupo 16 TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM TO: City of Rosemount FROM: McComb Group, Ltd. DATE: October 2, 1990 RE; SUPPORTABLE RETAIL SPACE ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION The McComb Group was engaged by the City of Rosemount, Minnesota to analyze supportable retail space in Rosemount and to develop a retail area functional plan. Supportable retail sales base analysis conducted by McComb was completed in conjunction with a previously completed technical memorandum from November 17, 1989. Using this memorandum as a base,. sale potential for Rosemount was estimated by Major Merchan- dise category, and Market Share was estimated. Supportable retail space for Rosemount was then estimated based on sales potential, achievable market- share and productivity of retail space. Historical Retail Sales Total retail sales in Rosemount increased from $22.4 million in 1977 to $29.3 million a decade later in 1987, as shown on Table 1. Total retail sales between 1977 and 1982 declined at an annual rate of 4.5 percent to $17.8 million. This decline in sales is reflective of the down turn of the national economy in the early 10,80's and the stare closings in Rosemount during -his period. . � Subsequently, from 1982 to 1987 total retail sales in Rosemount increased to 529.3 million. This growth, which averaged 10.5 percent annually, was significantly greater than the average annual increase in 'P' the Consumer rice Index (CPT), which was 3.3 percen during the same period. Brom 2.977 to 1987, the Convenience Goods category of retail sales increased steadily. Most representative of the existing retail stores within Rosemount, Convenience Goods sales increased from $4.0 million in 10,77 to S8.5 million in 1987. From 1977 to 1982 Convenience Goods retail sales increased at an annual rate of 10.0 percent which is about in line with the 9.8 percent increase shown by the CPI for the same period. From 1982 to 1987 Convenience at 5.4 percent which was Goods retail sales increased annually treater than the 3.3 percent of the CPI. The Hardware and Building Materials classification experienced the most significant Growth, i increasing from a total sales of 5556,000 in 1977 to $2.3 million in 1987. The Food classification, throughout the study period, realized a growth rate which was consistently lower than the change in the Consumer Price Index. From 1977 to 1982 Food sales increased at an annual rate of 9.5 percent. Increased competition from surrounding cities in the Food category during the 1982 to 1987'period put significant pressure on local stores and growth rate dropped to 2.5 percent annually, -which represents a decline in sales in constant dollar terms. The Drug category experienced a growth rate of 6.0 percent between 1977 and 1982 which was below the inflation rate of 9.8 percent. However, from 1982 and 1987 it was 4.7 percent the sales gain, which was slightly above the inflation rate. The Shopping Goods category of retail sales has been affected by the loss of stores in Rosemount. Total sales of Shopping Goods declined from $2.9 million in 1977 to S1.1 million in 1982. This decline in sales is a direct result of the loss of all of the General Merchandise and Apparel stores, and the loss of some Furniture and Home Furnishing stores. Between 1982 and 1987 total retail sales of Shopping Goods rebounded, increasing to S2.5 million by 1987. The annual growth of retail sales during this period of 13.2 percent, which was significantly higher than the CPI, however, for total sales in 1987 of $2.0 million was less than in 1977. Additional stores in the Furniture and Home Furnishings category improved sales at a rate of 36.9 percent annually from 1982 to 1987. No additional General Merchandise or Apparel and Accessory stores opened in Rosemount between 1982 to 1987. Eating and Drinking establishments in Rosemount also experienced a decline in sales from $2.0 million in 1977 to S1.1 million in 1982. This represented a decline in sales of 10.3 percent annually. From 1982 to 1987 Eating and Drinking establishments experienced significant growth of 26.9 percent annually, increasing its sales to $3.8 million in 1987. This increase in sales if reflective of the addition of several Eating and Drinking establishments in Rose- mount. Retail sales data shown. in Table 1 is from the U.S. Census of Reta_l Trade for theveers; 1_77, 1962, and 1967. Retail sales classific2ticns which have been o^:itted in the Retail Census, have been estimated by the McComb Group based on assumptions of growth rates as well as major chances in the retai'_ environment. The sales comparisons in the table are expressed in current dollars and reflect inflation. 2 Table 1 RETAIL SALES: 1977-1987 , CITY OF ROSEMOUNT (In Thousands of Dollars) 1977-82 1982-87 1977 1982 1987 Annual Rate Annual Growth Rate Category sales S=_ SalesGrowth Convenience Goods15.9% S 556. $ 1,164E $ 2,327 14.9% 2.5 Hardware, Bldg. ML-rls. 2, 9?_2 4,608 5,223 9.5 4.7 Food 572 764 959E 6.0 5.4 Drug r 4 050 6,536 8 509 10 0 Subtotal Shopping Goods 1,654 -0- -0- -100.0% 0.0% 0.0 General Merchandise 322 -0- -0-- -100.0 36,9 Apparel & Accessories 301 2050 984E -.21..7 3,1 Furniture, liome Furn. 532E 876E 1,021E 10.5 13.2 Other -2, 1109 1,081 2,005 . -17.8 Subtotal Subtotal 1,963 i, 149 3,787 -10.3 26.9 Eating and Drinking . 9.1% 11,789 3,724 5,751E -20.6% Automotive Dealers 11.7 1,679 5,309 91211 25.9% Service Stations 10.5 $22,390 $17,799 $29,263 -4.5% Total Change in Consumer Price 9.0% 3.3% Index (CPI) E: Estimated by McComb Group, Ltd. E2etail Trade, McComb Group, Ltd. Source: U.S. Census of 3 Market Share The task of estimating market share for the City of Rosemount has been conducted by comparing the purchasing power of the Rosemount Trade Area, see Map 1, to its•1987 retail sales. Purchasing power is defined as the potential dollar sales for various types of retail stores which are generated by .residents of the Rosemount Trade Area. This process identified the percentage of the market that is being captured by Rosemount retailers and what percent is being lost to retailers located outside of Rosemount. in 1987 the purchasing power for total retail sales in the City of Rosemount reached $57.5 million. Actual sales within the Rosemount Trade Area, an area from which 80 percent of the City's estimated retail sales are derived, was $23.4 million in 1987, which represents an overall rate capture of rate 40.7 percent, as shown in Table 2. Capture of rates vary significantly between categori- es. For Convenience Goods, Rosemount captured a 39.5 percent share of the market in total sales. The Hardware and Building Material classification as well as the Drug classification, led the Convenience Goods category with both categories capturing 45.9 percent of the market. The Food category captured. 36.4 percent of the market. Rosemount has few stores in the Shopping Goods category. This is reflected in the 9.6 percent market share that the city was able to capture in 1987. Furniture and Home Furnishings classification was able to capture 21.4 percent of the market, while the Other Retail Shopping Goods classification captured 40.0 percent. General Merchandise and Apparel and Accessories stores do not exist in the city, therefore no market share is reflected. Eating and Drinking establishments, including the fast food operations, capture 49.5 percent market share, a rate which is reflective of the demographic profile of young households. The Service Station class i_ caticn captured 145.1 percent market share cf the Rcsemount Trade ".rea, and is -the only retail clas- s i f las-sif ca 4 on that experienced a sales import. Th_i high rate of capture may be explained by a large amount cz- traffic passing through Rosemount which utilized the Service Station facilities. 4 Table 2 ESTIMATED PURCHASING POWER, RETAIL SALES AND MARKET SHARE, 1987 80% TRADE AREA CITY OF ROSEMOUNT (in Thousands of Dollars) Sales Category Convenience Goods Hardware, Bldg. Materials Food Drug Subtotal Shopping Goods General Merchandise Apparel & Accessories Furniture, Home Furn. Other Subtotal Eating and Drinking Automotive Dealers Service Stations Total E: Estimated Source: McComb Group, Ltd. Supportable Retail Space Purchasing 1987 Share of Power Sales Market $ 4,054 S 1,862 45.9$ 11,488 4,178 36.4 1,670 7 57 E 45.9 17,212 61807 39.5 8,386 -0- 0.0 2,695 -0- 0.0 3,672 787E 21.4 2,042 817E 40.0 16,795 1,604 9.6 6,119 3,030 49.5 12,270 4,601E 37.5 5,078 7,369 145.1 S 571474 S 231X10 40.7 Supportable retail space analysis is an analytical approach of representing the amount of retail space which can be supported by Rosemount's sales potential. The process of estimating supportable retail space takes into consideration previous analysis of historical retail sales trends as well as market share, sales potential, and productivity of retail space. Supportable retail space in Rosemount has been estimated for years 1990, 1995, and 2000. Sales potential for Rosemount in 1990 indicates that the city is able to support about 53,000 square feet of Convenience and Shopping Goods. Within the Convenience Goods category an 5 Table 3 SUPPORTABLE RETAIL SPACE 1990, 1995 AND 2000 ROSEMOUNT TRADE AREA Source: McComb Group, Ltd. N 1990 1995 2000 Supportable Additional Additional Retail Supportable Cumulative Supportable Cumulative Sales Category Space Retail Space Total Retail Space Total Convenience Goods Food 24,700 7,900 32,600 .4,300 36,900 Drug 6,000 1,200 8,000 1,200 9,200 Hardware 4,100 1,400 5,500 900 6,400 Subtotal 35,600 10,500 46,100 6,400 52,500 Stropping Goods General Merchandise -0- 10,000 10,000 3,000 13,000 Apparel & Accessories -0- 2,000 2,000 1,900 3,900 Furniture, Rome Turn. 7,200 2,200 9,400 3,100 12,500 Other 10,100 21,200 12,300 3,900 16,200 Subtotal 17,300 16,400 33,700 11,900 45,600 Total. Convenience and Shopping Goods 52,900 26,900 79,800 18,300 98,100 Eating and Drinking 41,600 7,700 49,300 15,800 65,100 Total 94,500 34,600 1200 341100, 163,200 Source: McComb Group, Ltd. N estimated 35,600 square feet of retail space can be supported in 1990. Within the Shopping Goods category 17,300 square feet can be supported. :'hese square footage amounts are not actual listings of space which currently exist within Rosemount, but are represen- tative of the space that can be supported by the sales potential within the city. -These figures are however, consistent with existing retail facilities that currently exist within the city. Furthermore, the ratio and square footage of existing Convenience Goods and Shopping Goods facilities are representative of a typical neighborhood shopping center. The 1995 supportable retail space analysis indicates that there is a potential for retail growth within the City of Rosemount. Based upon this analysis, retail space offering products in the Con- venience Goods category can support an additional 10,500 square feet of retail space. The majority of the space, 7,900 square feet, is within the Food classification. This growth potential could be most effectively realized if Tom's Food Market was able to expand its selling space in order to capture this additional sales potential. if a new and larger supermarket were to be developed within Rosemount, it appears likely that sales transfer would have a negative impact on the sales volume at Tom's Food Market. Within the Shopping Goods category, an additional 16,400 square feet of retail space may be supported within the market. The majority of the space, 10,000 square feet, is allocated within the General Merchandise category. All combined, supportable retail space within Rosemount in 1995 would total 79,800 square feet within the Convenience and Shopping Goods categories. Supportable retail space analysis for year 2000 indicates that demand for additional retail space will continue within Rosemount, but at a slower rate than the 1990 to 1995 period. 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TYPICAL BUSINESS TYPES CBD Core Food Drug Liquor Hardware Variety Store Clothing, Accessories Furniture Appliances Music Barber/Beauty Salon Dry Cleaner Flower Shop Sporting Goods Professional/Business Services Bank/Savings & Loan -financial Real Estate Accountants Medical/Dental Legal Insurance Video Gifts Pet Store Restaurants Film Processing Specialty Retail Financial Post Office Office Uses Other Services Shoe Repair Key Shop Office Uses Barber/Beauty Salon Veterinarian Travel Agent other Services Ootonetrists Print Shop Destination Commercial/Auto Oriented Fast Food AQ Services Auto Supplies Service Station Auto Retair Convenience Store Auto Dealers Day Care Used Cars BI_lcin- Meterials Eaui nment Rental Other Desi. i a t?. cn and Heatina & PIurnb inc Auto Oriented Uses MEMORANDUM TO: City of Rosemount DATE: November 12, 1990 FROM: McComb Group, Ltd. RE: RETAIL AREA FUNCTIONAL PLAN This memorandum recommends a functional plan for Rosemount -'s downtown area that is consistent with previous analysis that deter mined 1. The trade area for retail and service establishments located in downtown Rosemount, and 2. The amount of additional retail space that can be supported by households within those areas over the next ten years. This phase of the analysis examines the relationships between retail and service businesses in Rosemount and recommends- a X plan for these activities that is consistent with Rose - mount's current development patterns and the locational criteria of the various types of businesses. Functional Retail Plan Rosemount is a freestanding community unity that is changing to a suburb by virtue oz expanding metropolitan development. This change presents both opportunities and special problems that are unique to Rosemount. As has been indicated by the previous analysis. Rosemount's retail and commercial potential is limited by the existing MUST line, heavy industrial development to the east, and the University cf Minnesota Research Center. As a result, crow t.. will o^..^..._ t ;a wester- pa.r C= c_tv and -...i= de=n,: ` ��• g, s ✓c.._ ... .^le G.. -..r:, �_ S✓ave R-Ssmo:.... esti. a b.ed C ab r ... , 000 sauae _ee b, �..,. `. 1 an G1.^i.v.� V1C.,.�.._ 34_,00L) square feet by the year 2000. This presents the City with an opportunity to strengthen retailing in downtown Rosemount and p«ov-de local -ons that are consistent with the locational cr_te_ia fcr these types of businesses and reinforce the trad_.tianal role cf downtown. i The traditional Rosemount downtown area is centered along Highway 3 and focuses on the intersection with 145th Street. This is the "100 percent" corner in'downtown Rosemount. Current uses in this area are generally reflective of central business district activity and it serves as the central location for convenience retail, service, financial and government activities in Rosemount. Automobile -oriented and strip -type development has generally located in peripheral locations along Highway 3 south of Lower 147th Street and County Road 42. Past activities of both the private and public sectors have, for the most part, created this logical separation of uses. Proper location of these commercial activities can reinforce and enhance the retailing activities in downtown Rosemount. On the other hand, an inconsistent development pattern of these types of uses can weaken the destination character of Rosemount and hinder its retail growth. The recommended functional plan for downtown Rosemount is shown on Map l and contains three .primaryretail and service land use designations: 1. CBD Core includes uses such as convenience retail, shopping goods retail, and sit-down restaurants, as well as business services, professional services, personal services, financial institutions and other traditional downtown activities. Examples of types of stores are shown below: Food Drug Liquor Hardware variety Store Clothing, Accessories Furniture Appliances Music Barber/Beauty Salon Dry Cleaner Flower Shop Sporting Goods V --deo Gifts Pet Store Restaurants Film Processing Specialty Retail Financial Post Office Office Uses Other Services Shoe Repair Key Shop Government Churches ucatio n 2. Professional/Business Services, including mangy= of t.^.e services indicated above but expanded to include service businesses that have locational criteria that do not require high visibility, and other types of businesses that provide their services off -premise. These uses include: 2 Map 1 Retail Area Functional Plan CBD CBD G pCBDimic a; CBD s Q t1? Vp, .i �nn3a v a rDC a N t DCKEY CED Core "{ PSS Prof essional/ausiness i• Services D C DC Destination Commercial Co. Rd. 42 J Auto Oriented G Government Bank/Savings & Loan Office Uses Financial Barber/Beauty Salon Real.Estate veterinarian Accountants Travel Agent Medical/Dental Other Services Legal Optometrists Insurance Print Shop 3. Auto -Oriented Destination Commercial includes uses that benefit from drive-by traffic and are businesses that tend to be unrelated to other shopping trips. These businesses benefit from arterial access and visibility. Businesses typical of this group include: Fast Food Ag Services Auto Supplies Service Station Auto Repair Convenience Store Auto Dealers Day Care Used Cars Building Materials Equipment Rental Other Destination and Heating & Plumbing Auto Oriented Uses The functional plan contained in Map i focuses the traditional central business district activities around the 100 percent corner. Professional and business services are concentrated south of 145th Street along Burma Avenue and west of the railroad tracks. Auto - oriented destination commercial flanks both sides of Highway 3 south of Lower 147th Street. These land use patterns are consis- tent with locational critera for these types of uses. Phvsical Plan Manv"of the buildings' locations and uses in downtown Rosemount support -the functional retail plan, while some others do not. This section contains suggestions for development and redevelopment to accomodate the various uses in downtown Rosemount that are '-e �'" tha rl:n`�.ti :, l n .-t i t r ^S�•-r•p consis;._rt w_ _ o a p a The obie...._ve s o ^. t' ^,. ��' _' ^^ ^^-ner builcincs, ant 'Lo al so ro:'i downtown uses b_ er. ...__ _ .: ,..._ Sore and business .loci tions _:.c -� are a _ =rac =:vim -�o _ r a-4 C anA ether businesses. T less sue es t_Cns are sho'., n cn Ma; 2 a...n described below: -- o 100 Percent Corner The intersection of State Highway 3 and west 145th Street should be reinforced as the 100 percent corner of downtown Rosemount. The existing buildings on three corners of this intersection (northwest, southwest and southeast) reinforce this concept. 4 Map 2 Suggested Development Concepts gg � 5 The service station on the northeast corner is a convenience use and serves a necessary purpose. However, in the future there may be an opportunity to develop a building that is more consistent with 100 percent corner concepts, framing the intersection by providing parking to the side and rear similar to South Robert Square. The Geraghty building on the southew7&estrt corner gives character to the downtown and reinforces the traditional_ character of Rosemount. However, to adequately utilize this building, it may be necessary to expand the ground floor portion to provide more usable area, and to create more convenient parking to support the building. o Rosemount Mall Block Rosemount Mall provides the most significant challenge to downtownin terms of accommodating retail use. This block is the logical location for many convenience shopping uses that can be accommodated in downtown Rosemount. Tom's Super Value and the hardware store reinforce this use. res on this block creates chaotic However, the mix of structu land use and poor visibility for retail spaces. The buildings occupied by Shenanigan's and Crown Auto block visibility for the Rosemount Mall. Rosemount Mall is a split-level building with ground floor portions at the north and south ends and a split-level _ th end c f the portion in the middle. Retail space at the no'' building is blocked by Crown Auto and the split-level portion of the building is not functional in today's market environ- ment. The service station at the south end of this block could remain until such time as a more consistent use for that site occurs. Sugcested chances that will improve the retail potential of t. ^.i5 a=a= -:i: IUGR the fo--1 owinc: e Rcsemou -Mal_ cou o� _ . "'he snit -level per.. or. cf ,. h � _. - demolished and recons :_uctea with a crounc _roc_ tenant area. 2. The area between Tom's Super Value and Rosemount r:all should be filled with a retail building and a new facade erected along the full length of the building to give it a unified look with a design that is characteristic of Rosemount architecture. 6 3. The buildings housing Shenanigan's, Crown Auto, and possibly the dentist should be demolished and the tenants relocated. Shenanigan's could be a restaurant tenant in a redeveloped mall. This would also provide an opportunity for Shenanigan's to separate its on sale and off sale operations.: Crown Auto could be relocated to the south along Highway 3. This would create a contiguous retail mall anchored by a grocery store and hardware store, and provide additional space for other retail tenants. This solution would create a shopping center building that fits the criteria of retailers in terms of having, good visibility and parking in front of the stores and would provide convenient parking for the Geraghty building. As an alternative, the Rosemount Mall could be demolished and a new building with these characteristics developed on the site. o Block A This area should be redeveloped to provide buildings close to the street with parking between or .behind the buildings to reinforce the downtown character of Rosemount., o Blocks B and C The best use for these blocks is freestanding destination - type businesses as described above. However, the shallow depth of these parcels dictates that parking will be provided to some degree in front but in most cases to the sides of these buildings. o Block D This corner parcel enjoys high visibility from both Highway 3 and Countv Road 42. However, development potential cf this parcel is limited by access constraints. There is a need fcr an add_ _-ona'_ entrance/ex-m- on Coun'-v Road 42 to provice adequate in=ress and egress ;.o c^. y^ -s £�te S:.cu_d be those ^cnS-szant wit% -he %=� `•�c=-�'--- _ an c autor.:��ile crierta ,? cn of the property. These concepts for physical development of the downtown area provide Rosemount with a conceptual framework for use in evaluating the location, type of buildings, and uses to be developed in the X uture within the downtown area. These concepts support the functional plan and are consistent with contemporary retail locational criteria. 7 These concepts, if implemented, will require some businesses to move and provide the opportunity for others to expand and capital ize on the growing retail demand that will exist in the future. Many of the businesses in Rosemount could benefit from new and/or better locations and facilities. This plan provides the oppor- tunity to begin discussions with building owners and businesses to create a downtown area that, works .better for both, public and private interests. EA G A#A Nlap 2 POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENT SITES CITY OF ROSEMOUNT i v GaoVE 15 17 L4 13 13 veam..Lu011 1979 period at 452,491 square feet annually. Since 1379, nus ial development has decreased to an annual everage cf 147,773 scuare feet in the 'latest period from 1985 to 1989. ThiS reduction in industrial development resulted from several fac tors . Residen- tial commercial and industrial development in Burnsville during the 1970's and 1980's resulted in increased concession of the -I- 35W. corridor, thus reducing the desirability of Burnsville as en industrial development site. Another factor is that development Of the most desirable Industrial sites has forced developers to build in alternative locations. Table 1 Estimated Ac=es 110 102 101 137 Sc rce.. Metropolitan Council and MCCOM+ D G:ou^, _td. The C_tv Of Eacan has experienced the larcest amou^.t c_ industrial development Of the South Suburban Study Area. Du__nc the 1970's T : d industrial d 1 p _ .._Orr.. 1 nc: e Eaez.. e .perien a �e.�e_c�:ne:... ocG ��.. arc. _ -he rGeC CG_- _0..-, wr;_C:i S a .:�c3Cr uz:kin 'cr to __,.._ _v__Ov ,he Minnescta _ver in a SO'� :�»cs � C__-Ct_On 0" � C= S �. : E" -� Develcp-ment al On= t.._s ce_-icor -,;PC nc active =rom 1970 t: '_C _ � - when _azar annual SC':G_e. rv. -. .•'�.. r. :'T. G.: ». t... G_r_r � _ ......-.. t..tC _r^eCS �.. tae �...tC_ ... _v .��. :.___ rt pnA �.ae 4CZ St__� O:.S-�C G_:eCt'V t0 tae v:eS t."1e_- r..cre, -4.4 to the east and :-25r. w.':_ch connects =..=nS.'_11 c to Cow:^.t0». S,::. ?Z:.: were C.-_ ete� 5::.._t' �'--he:ea= ter . a_ter_a_S c r e B __y e^.-,an^,ed t:^.e aC: e s s t Ic^_ c.^. S,'.._C. is in the crow -,.h C= _naus-cr_al CeverOpnent. .rOm 1980 to 19064, d, u, st__G_. Oeve., Onmenz in -an Cver C�ec 537,.1.04 sc:ua e. _ee an:iVa' _Gm 1 C.,5 ✓1C..v t:1-7 pe --c' a. ter 'v.::=ch :.:'?eSe , -S tG tes »er _ C :. C te'` _....:St_:c_ devel pme:a nee_ _ c) G.. G....... aver=c= INDUSTRIAL BUILDING PER_MZT.S, 1970-1988 AVERAGE P_NNUAL DEVELOPMENT IN ESTIMATED SQUARE FEET TWIN CITIES SOUTH SUBURBAN AREA Cos�:u^.ity 1970-74 1975-79 1980-84 1986-88 Rosemount 135,830 242,532 63,671 38,168 Bur^sv_lle 398, 194 452, 491 305,23-3 147,773 Eacan' 485,636 325,234 597,104 1,093,208 Lakeville 173,148 68,943 126,956 167,968 Apple Valley 4,462 1 330 !,770 45,432 Total 1,197,470 _, 10,:,30 1, 094, 734 1, 492, 639 Estimated Ac=es 110 102 101 137 Sc rce.. Metropolitan Council and MCCOM+ D G:ou^, _td. The C_tv Of Eacan has experienced the larcest amou^.t c_ industrial development Of the South Suburban Study Area. Du__nc the 1970's T : d industrial d 1 p _ .._Orr.. 1 nc: e Eaez.. e .perien a �e.�e_c�:ne:... ocG ��.. arc. _ -he rGeC CG_- _0..-, wr;_C:i S a .:�c3Cr uz:kin 'cr to __,.._ _v__Ov ,he Minnescta _ver in a SO'� :�»cs � C__-Ct_On 0" � C= S �. : E" -� Develcp-ment al On= t.._s ce_-icor -,;PC nc active =rom 1970 t: '_C _ � - when _azar annual SC':G_e. rv. -. .•'�.. r. :'T. G.: ». t... G_r_r � _ ......-.. t..tC _r^eCS �.. tae �...tC_ ... _v .��. :.___ rt pnA �.ae 4CZ St__� O:.S-�C G_:eCt'V t0 tae v:eS t."1e_- r..cre, -4.4 to the east and :-25r. w.':_ch connects =..=nS.'_11 c to Cow:^.t0». S,::. ?Z:.: were C.-_ ete� 5::.._t' �'--he:ea= ter . a_ter_a_S c r e B __y e^.-,an^,ed t:^.e aC: e s s t Ic^_ c.^. S,'.._C. is in the crow -,.h C= _naus-cr_al CeverOpnent. .rOm 1980 to 19064, d, u, st__G_. Oeve., Onmenz in -an Cver C�ec 537,.1.04 sc:ua e. _ee an:iVa' _Gm 1 C.,5 ✓1C..v t:1-7 pe --c' a. ter 'v.::=ch :.:'?eSe , -S tG tes »er _ C :. C te'` _....:St_:c_ devel pme:a nee_ _ c) G.. G....... aver=c= hav 1 SOUTH: SUBURBM S•.UDY ARZ,m SAok— PAWL J r � J atwS\.. ! • • ST CTOI� tu fT ^---F- - �•�•g 110u:h �IChft[L: "•rlrOei / rt�_CSa 4 _•.+� ECIC %r rS J'U 'IR:h 1►aOL O, I 'Jtlti llllliltJ-- [ `(��� •• i r �wPAUL � •i i iltOr+rw C:Jw � .wYCF G:OYC :�~ � v. \` wElC»T, I CC TJ,G� .:Ov[ LC•Irt7 r-tlis`, ,^,..KCittt:tCz. :I:tztj�_ttt% lurRSYIL• r L— r LI -Lf Ya L:... tC:[VpUwT � rf Inn JJ L;L'� L. ✓J = - K♦$TIM(:$ • ll � �• 1 r � L ly----ZtI— ylLts:Iltttlsttlttit[It;sltstt—'--+ "`�/- �. YE? W,LOOr, ! — �TILTISit I I — LA JCiYiLLL — I E. P-0 C„ E.1; i FtY�p YCFwrLLJCM G^ :xIIrlwC:.Oh - I r t 1 �.. ._�G Z/G��G�' G.: �. uC!•.er ���G W..—..... G—S _CCa-S.: -.:C 5-.. �---. C �.�-.. G.. CEJ=. G— •G.. G. CCV� .uc C S�.uG 2 ..vv ..--- ..G.' .ar'.` --cm _ /S 17, � •s tO.. --.til _970 1374. S,Cce s c_ _devel,T , _e S unique ;;J2 it =!ic _ CC"C:—...._--ES c � c:_8::-$ c- A..: .dGf. —.... .:5-. ... ..�`—... CS �+2_- C. -.,S �G -SSS -.^. _...-C. .•..G^ v. . The C. -ae -:12 C-:12. c-* es G..Z_.v c. S Cc-- -052:'...�..- �.^. ^C- C= -_--_ CC--=---_ ^-- ..r..-----• ., �� =" =:�.:-BCE. Most of the industrial development in Rosemount has been related to the refinery and associated businesses in the Pine Bend industr_al area. 'These expenditures cannot be translated directly into estimated scuere footage as is the case with more traditional industrial development. Outside of the pine Bend area, and the former Brockway Glass plant, ,very little industrial development has occurred. industrial development expenditures in Rosemount were substantial during the 1970's when square foot equivalents indicate -ha;. an average 135,830 square feet was developed annually from 1970 to 1974, and 242,532 square feed from 1975 to 1979. From 1980 to 1984 industrial development slowed to an average of 63,671 square feet annually and further declined to 38,158 square feet annually from 1985 to 1988. The total aver age annual square footage of industrial space these communis es was totaled to provide zr. induction of ..he total land area that was consumed. This was accom!—; stied by assume.^.; an average building coverage of 25 percent and convertins the results to acres. Between 1970 and 1984 slightly more than 100 acres of land were estimated to have been developed. During the last five year period, the rate of development averaged about 137 acres annually. Fut%----e industrial Trends I^dustr_al develcpme^+ _n tae Sou-: Suburban Ares can e::pect co -_n Suburbs sus.. as ?'.:-,sc_1le and Dzea^ wI cort_nue -c continue. . - develo0 industr_al roD4e ert_ss - users w _C:, rEcL' re C_rec7 _ _ r hichway access-.^.ili ty and close pro}:im_ty to other u'smesses . :iowever, , as these areas cont_.nue to become more congest -d. develcpment will—.)11s:7 southward, and eastward' out C= these Cit_ac to cake advanzace c_ the a'va:_, a_—_ _abs_ 'cr:e. E}:e�..t_�e :70115:. _Ower zr_ced lc.^.c an't less =—geste:: m -^C.-^ =c—C ✓aSEC C:a tF7ESE astir r` _:7..uS __Gl deve_c^pm :7i can et:pe=:ed t0 in^_ ...ase _.^ •'.ose:-,�:.u': t ^ the 19 9 v ,. 1S tr_B_ The Ci -,v c= Rosemount has _dent _`_eC several Sites wh-Lch may be used for industrial develcomen-- in the f:1t_re. Two of these sites, Parcels is and B on Map 2 are :ccs tc.. in western Rosemount. These s_tpS have been C_s_ted b%, ?` = crib Group and are eve_ .1a wed below relat_cn to exist_n„ urban _^cust__al park s,.andards within the i'w_n C:t_eS Gree. Loazt-4 on Parcel A, a site of approximately_ 100 acres is presently zoned fc_ industrial park and is owned by the Chicago Milwaukee Cerperation (CMC). Parcel A is located directly southeast of Rosemount 1s downtown core. This area is,bounded by the Soo Line railroad crack on the west, 145th Street West on the north, County Road 42' on the south and Biscayne Avenue on the east.Included in Parcel A is a small adjoining parcel east of Biscayne Avenue and west of County Road 42, as it curves to the northwest. Parcel B, is the site directly south of Parcel A and is bounded by County Road 42 on the north, Biscayne Avenue on the east, 150th Street on the south and Highway 3 on the west. These parcels provide industrial park users with a unique opper- turity. Located on the frince of the metropolitan area these sites crovide a business with the cpportu_ity to draw employees from the metropolitan area as well as surrounding rural area and small towns. Some employers believe that the work ethic and attitude cf rural and small town employees is more desirable than that of the urban work force. This location will also provide an employer with a convenient suburban work force. The Rosemount area also has a rood selection of executive housing, which is an important factor to a company owner in a locational decision. recess These parcels C"=er an indl St=_c_ parr. User wit:l an a-ces bl= location near the -MF_)c= c=leric. .oad:;�av network C= the 'T'i;in CitieS . County Road 42 and .__Chway 3 are ' c'7 -CE' v a: ter - and dr=ecd v access the sites. ' _hwev __ w^ich. is a Minnesota State ?.ichway, -,ravels north an south alcnc the western e^.Ce c_ eaC.1 S_ tee. Cc ...tJ RrJcG 42, . S a =cur -_ane, =.:7 = two S.eS 8.^:Q__.._^yS Cara ._e C= Cc= n- --.:c:', -- v o_.:aes . .he me cr =CSe^. .:r. _ are _CCB t _==-_ N_. V•.�. �• I..0 M ._v.. _r:'�C •.v. ....'1i G^w.. SVy....• : -_v..- es mese Crate -Seta ate:' access t0 either The C_cSeS _.^.ter Stat_e _ =e» cyS 70 �'.a ca e. les are Cp" = v::�.ua- ' ^re. and cne-..^_a ' _ ;.._1es fu= --her w s t C- «:i chwav %% on Coun rCO -d 42 where it _..ter Se^ is w=t.. _..-.erste les � J1v a. �C where .-IeV 91Y11=. ^. �: t. c -_ .� "1K :; and .._ a .'e: n--=---*- _..`0 :`.gin :e8�.^�� =S a::C St. Paul respectively. Located approx-mate' y nine miles to the north is I-494, theinterstate belcwav which circles the central cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. _ Phi*sical access to the sites is excellent from County P.oad 42, which defines the south and southeasterly boundary of Parcel A and the -northern boundary of Parcel B. Access. to Parcel A from -.Highway 3 is virtually nonexistent and must •be made by entering the site from the north along 145th Street or from the south on County Road 42. Parcel 3 however, does have access from Hichway 3 but only after Highway 3 passes beneath the railroad tracks a=proximately one half mile to the south of County Road 42. Terrain The terrain of Parcel A is flat, and is presen - y being use,. fcr agricultural purposes. There is, however a band of mature trees running throu'ch the center of the parcel from the West to the east located in the p oximity of the _railroad spur. This mature foliace could be kept in the future as a visual amenity to the industrial park area. The flat terrain provides f c r excellent industrial develeoment due to the fact that r..in inial trading Will be needed in order to develop the site assuv�_nc the soils are usable. 'r. pert_on o= Parcel B __ presently devotedt0 acr=C"_tt=ral oL-ooses, as we!', S -zs several industrial uses w'�ic^ are :o =d" alonc ane 150 to V- ee L boundary o ' - 1. a Pa- ver . c_ ..e- B ' S terrainl is relative flat along the ncrtn anA- eastern p^r-_o.^. C. =arce_ but becomes more ro_l_n^_ as _t a^^roaC:.as * 4 ChWc_ 3 o.^. t a Western edge of the parcel Visib_I —y: c= "n= s' teS iS -n Gam.✓rva:.:. r V+'t':e-� ate^ OG^. :�.�.' �_.,,.:.i the east on ....;amu.: � =C=A V -Si -1- v of -.:e Site -S C�:.ve-_� ✓.. i�- �.: .,ne_--,C tC ter..... C so t.: Cn nwaV ✓ _�.:.. .. as on=— .►_=.ses -n cr. C. 'nowever, as �-a=L,_S, ... a -e G-. cf--he Sits 'e=omes ti.cr=_ �..__-,^ Fn- .--- --- nzer sec t=c.^., the terrain• __at ens cut and once ac=-n� Z_s-_-1- .--. T `h^ing the s . from tw-- he as _s c..,.,..: M to the site. When a: proa .. -es .. on County 42 t' -=-==--w Cf site is ex=sIl en-. as --ne _' a^^rCrBr :eS t::e Cou..t Roar .. _ :� �=r52 : t_C:':. V..S-- --- r C.. -tee nc_tn c^. 'HO ichWav 3 does not e::_st beta ,se che daate cD=d S -�__p c_ Iand betWe?n tha railroa d traot:s and . i chway Access to Parcel .. from .. e west G -So does n= t ===Ovide Coos s -- cam= ,.o �.Le fact -ass ,.-,-our ✓ ...,rm__� Services Services or amenities available to the industrial park user play a primary role in the success of an urban industrial park. The Parcel A site presently contains several of these services. Good access. from Coun-,y Road 42,\a four -lane divided highway, provides the- site with good east -west access capable of caring heavier traffic. The site is serviced by the.Soo Line railroad, which runs along its western boundary and has a rail spur,_ which bisects Parcel A from west to east. ?arcel A is also fully serviced by water and sewer. Parcel 3 also contains a good eccess and rail -service, but does not presently have sanity-ry sewer and water service. However, _t can be serviced at env time. These sites have convenient access to seve=al airport -facilities which are important to many indu,:-._ial park users. r.ir'ields located in a convenient distance of the sites include the Lakeville Airport, South St. Paul AirpO�t, St. ?a.ul Holman Field and the Minneapolis -St. Paul Internet.ional Airport. A11 of these airports are located wit.in a fifteen -mile raG1L`S Of file Site. Tax increment- Dist_ ic+ Parcel A present , v has the des_^lat_cn of a Tei: Increment District. T:'Lis des__cnaticn greatly E^ha Hees Its a b_lity to secure an _inter- ested develoter and to assist t.iS developer in at cctinC users �or the S -4-6E. At t.na Cresc: - ims Parcel B is not a Tax r^.c=sma^•- DistriCt. _ maxis tine Develoonen t Developmen z N'_t.^._:7 Pa=.:E_ is CC :S_St^t,F S o= one buiIC=C ^= =S`^ t: E Gr_E� �rvt::�r� iita�::.=Hot.. :,^ ... ...___ _ � �.^r. tam,. _.. t^� ::ter t::N'�► � corner of he pare -el G -� rjust eas C_ the _ __roec rraCL'S. '. E =c' _..: �?= C. c_ n rE:uG_^� L:. _JE_CC_ e : and _s Vv_ Vvr... r_ • .uC no-_ .�VVe_r. D om_ r..a �_ r -r ,ii -i ..r .. r_r v r � __=na a-- one r_.i+C Wes mar r r ...�� ......_.^...�..+�. ^� T.__v. .v T.C. R=_. _r saf . :ne C.._cGCo milwc,;kea Cc= -)^rat. o.^. has land h --,d nos in t.^.E tens C= -_,no, say: s C: acres. Ccrzcrcte land h.^' .^.^ com.sanies Cc_'v CC .^.Ct aevelcp senna_ pCrt_C.^.S C. tie__ Ia. a.^.0 --r re -Son P= -:---a I is ha ..cv$l been .^." t Ems. � CC P rCel B h s several s --'-.es oevelcpe;-f along _ vvth Stn e=t . 'Tris d a v a, c - m a n tS _. _uca tae Gas r_a:a C _Ina ncrt.. S =st corn Street and Hichwav 3 to the east is the AzJA Auto Salvage yard, and the Concord -Tndus =ies buildinc . The remainder of Parcel B is presently being utilized for a.riculTural purposes. S ursmary ROSemou'ntIs potential industrial park Parcels A and B are located on the urban boundary of she Twin Ci4ies Metropolitan Area. This Provides a unicue oppo=- tunny to service industrial park users that desire the hicher working standards or the surrounding small town and rural population, but would like to be located within a suburban area. These parcels have good access and visibility from Hichwav 3 and County Road 42 which services the site as well as connecting them to the major freeway arterials of the Twin Cities area. Both sites have flat terrain which is easily developer, and access to sewer and water. - The site evaluation indicates that Parcels A and B are suitable d:,= development based upon industrial pa:k standards of succes =•.:1 industrial parks w:.th_n the Twin Cities area The Tax Increm r ent District designated =cr Parcel A .enhances she desirabi14ty i. development at this site. However, Rosemourt's industrial development has been restricted by the absence of an accresive industrial developer. In fact ?a= -el A is owned by a company that has been passive _nstead of active. _ .s o_ 1_ the v aloe to the City of Rosemou'nt to have : oneGi_^.GUST__cl 1 and, wit^ access to utilities, _G the owner does not want to sell or develop. ?Cr a.. ^race_ =l ^u -e_ _s not develcpab_e dc= --he tvpes C. - _ �1.rSeS -S pa. �.. ... L users tinct are interested in Rose-moun7 due to an -ndustr`al devel.00ment has occurred w_t^_n Parcel S due to The availability o= 1and that iS Zoned J O==-_ LL.n_ .._...5 �.. Q`. i C- _ ... .. C_ .- __..._ L�-4 Cue to tn_ __ ra j c t..� 'c:Je t..c v� t__o. t.^, b. _.. There -s an o,e_s,:...,, some oes C_-n...:s___a! .. The. eccnOm„ _s weav a.:.•.. �..G� ..C- exDenc:tureS a=.► S I. vN-n_ _nd-u'st_-a_ G_vaIL—pmentp1anning ,..uSt=ecoC_:'_Ce tae =ea-_ C= 1CCct_:'_ _^ *:_nneScta and tae e==e--t C_ current x-rces . C However, even w-th this less than catir.4stic outlook, there are areas of cppc_turity. There are three general types cf Indus izl users active in the Twin Cities: 1. Businesses, large and small, that need specialized industrial buildincs Cr that prefer.to own the:.own builcincs. This croup prefers "build to suit" • structures . Smeller users in this category have expressed interest in Rosemount. Many cf these users prefer developed sites. Manv of. these use=s Prefer developed sites, i.e. including roads and utilities. 2. Businesses that can easily operate out of general purpose industrial or office werehouse bu- incs owned by developers. This type of space is in oversupply at the present time. 3. Industrial users that make poor neig'rbots, such as Koch Refir_inc. Users of this type want to know that they will never have neighbors that are incom=azible with their operations. . They also are -used to working quietly w_th ccmmun_ties to establish credibility and appropriaze slant site c_ite=ia before making commitments. alt this time, Rosemount has the opportunity to serve those users represented by Groups 1 and ,.. Shall businesses represented by Group 1 know the t they can be in a new facility within nine r..onth.c cr less, from the time they decide- =o proceed. In the past, the C�t�- o_ Rosemount has been tae rec_pie c_ several large, heavy _nG'=Str_al de, elO-ZMentS, are re ^._ eSenZSC by Gro"C 'T(heSe Corj.par_' e5 � ocaCed _^ ROSe^Ou:: r _as The 1r_ V� C.lo Va VZ r.e _ b4.�_ T "1 _ C. tae Cep _eS :lc these exist:Lng industrial uses �::resen-... Currently, two ',.'pes C_ CppCrtu'nities exist and tnev can be clearly de:_ned by geoeraphica, area in eastern and western Rcsemourt. Eastern Rose: o -=t ^fie _: er- h -e f C_ FOse-moun— PS as f d, lel c: a.: _.: s tr _a_ ar aC0.^. .G .^.v�:. _ �r n a a..aa 7 •C _C_ .:.SeC 1C C_a nG•v C__G.~.• G_SGr:1G- aG mez=coo__ta^ area. The tic^.. Refinery and its associated tusinesses ^res=_..;.'v -__ e Sarre ✓arce._.S Cr lend r_...._ . 1 RvSe^:�.+.. ... Due 4o he na-_ure cr _nCu'Str1es, a !==a= c::1Ci1::C ct ._a.^.z the a}i_s7_.^.g fac___zies is noz conducive zo mangy t-_pes c_ CO -M 4arc_al an= residerz_al ceve:epme^z. There ---re _z can be expec-=d tzaz the land between these two areas to -be industrial also. Thee is probabiv no other use that would 'like to be between these two users. industrial users that will be attracted to these areas prefer to build and own their =acil=Nies and want to be assured that thev will not have incompatible neighbors. This means that the City should find a wev to satisfy this need to stimulate this type of development. The timing of these types of developments is impossible .to predict er forecast. However, they do prefer to locate in communities that can accommodate their needs. In the absence of identifying future industrial development uses along the County Road 42 and Highway 52 corridors, any development that is approved along these arterials should be done within a plan that takes into consideration the likely future users. The more attractive users that are consistent and compatible with the above use=s could be encouraged to locate along the arterials so as to provide a more attractive future environment. Western Rosemount The western half off Rosemount, presents the City Frith the most immed_ate but different _ndustr_a. development cpportu.^.it_es than - Because Wes -=-'1 R^semount is located �n,.se n she eastern hal. 3_ � se ter,__ ,. F- S==_c4 en-_ C=stance awav from the Koch Rex-ne� ,,'c. Q ^. -he p cpoSe^. garbage incine=ator, and is ad c1. -i._ she developed portion cf t^.e city, an aiternat�ve type c= _ndustr_a_ deve_:.p,��ent m-cv c=.:= _n this area. The -,vne of _ndustr_al properties mos- likely to develop ^. _.^._s area will be dictated bvreal estate market conc_it_ons , as well as the locati Cnal and vhvsical :seeds of -he users. Tre.^.^_s in Twin CltieS i. -,dust=. -Lal de velo=men _ ....at the most 1_ks v to Cevelc:� over --ve tC cE_ :' w__1 b= offce v+a:7eho,:se cr _ _om-.7eSe-C_n^s _.3 lV- oC4-.___naSM,a M___o_ a -Moll; .t c_ C 5 ..c a.^.: dES_C G.n'. _.._C. .. a^..........,,,.��_ �.^.� ..= w__cGS_::�_ .a=s 1 ern R -_same.,; r. Users most 1_ke_v to locate in the weStarn RCsSmo•.,:n- area 'are businesses cr "Moan and Po:," co -pan__ .. es �_cn 0=--=- -. ._d Man;.=aC- tu_ crcrat_^''s . Th us=rs h _-_ be GddrECd- to rose.i�ount primeri ' v because c= lower resat or ae velcpme- t costs ass.^....._....ed w:. Dc_n., 10=a -.ed _.._ __Cm cen c_ c_..les. Tnc CMC size,?ar^el -. on Man 2, _o=aten. d:recd__ east C= the downtown n crr r S`: ,__.. be .:se'd -.. cC: ;..".,^.did= tnE _ -. .^s-_ _� _' an.. western half of Rosemount. This type of development is Clean anA- attractive, and complementary to the residential and commercial areas adjcining the site. .or the next three to five yea=s, annual absorption could be in the 10 to 20 acre ran_e. Under favcrable conditions this rate may be exceeded. Parcel B, should also be utilized for light industrial develo;,ment. This site can be used to accommodate properties which have large_- land requirements, or outdoor storage, because it is more isolated from the existing commercial and residential development. Successful development of these areas as industrial park will firs;. and foremost require that land is in control of an experience and active developer. Once a developer is secured, it is c prime importance for the City to work in complete cooperation with the developer to facilitate the development process. This may or may no require the use of financial development incentives. A coopere tive environment between city and developer will greatly enhance the abilityto create a successful.. industrial park development. Flte_native Use The property in Parcels A and B which groats along County Road 42 is well suited ror development of a shop ,; .^.^ c=rite_ _= market conditions so d c:.Sts. These Sites are excellent for Sh000inc center development. They have coos v_s_bil_ty from the C— -.v Road 42 and : iahwaL J int-e--sect-ion; good __ on age along Cou' �y Road 412; and the ht ahes .._ Gf_ic moi. �e� SLS'. �.�r' _.. ::��JClil�t..:: .. _iii:�::C c= the steel build -n^ a- this locao_cn w__1 creat :o.e c_s___l_-_ =rOffi Bt' , however the _c_lrJcC c=aC : pa=ct l eling ;.he "'._,h av_ does limit access. Supportable retail space completed in the a^.:OPtD'cnv nrt ?`icCO=T:� i'ech.._Ca� fie o0 _na:-a as -z _.. r t Space _c=* the C. _v c= Rosemou t Cc.^.v en_e.^.^e a_ 4 c':�- COOLS is 52, 900 szua=e fejt. C'rrren rE"_l Space RosamC—.: t _S Space sz._._a=e -ozaC_ . 1i7= ana _.`sic _ ,c_C,a t c 1) 2020 -an a .G_ -_Ona_ '. ���Sa t _S =_ S C_ t." c t. c^_= a:-==, an C... -W t:7= area. } Map 2 POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL PARI{ DEVELOPMENT SITES CITY Or ROSEMOUNT EAGAft !HVER. GROVE to J '� _�, 1 ��\_�_ •._r• fl -r /c��.-� Com. .. r —. 13 ILA - 17 .t-. jj�— r.iF, iM j c- (�' 23 -•l 22 I��� 1 ��) !� -24) c I 1 IS -J"�j---- -� 119`i•,�,�� (_ .It zs ' _ ^� 27 1. `2s �L 1 ;I — 30 129 I 29 - — — - I-- i."•'"�-i4 ��Y.. „jJ ��4.�'1=s �1•i.1 � IIS .0. ' �_.. j - _ .. - , 1 s lV. �t 1,,.-�����i1 r l�j �� Ut:�fi.11,• OF--�- rain E`_Oin _ -` ( — - i:r�irl � �1 i� � ,1 -_ 1::1 JParcel A f ��'�•...� , I r • 13 MARKETING RECOMMENDATIONS Marketing strategies for the industrial development of Rosemount focus on providing the opportunity for market forces to set the pace of development with assistance from the City. Implementation strategies focus on those activities that can be undertaken immediately to increase industrial.within the City of Rosemount. o Industrial Land Invento---v The City of Rosemount should identify areas where it would like industrial development to occur. These areas should be located where landowners are either interested in selling to a developer c= wish to facilitate the development process. If the Chicago Milwaukee Ccrperation continues to exhibit a lack of interest in industrial development, the Citv of Rosemount should identifv another area or the city that can be zoned for industrial development that can be served with utilities. The current market for this property will be primarily "mom and pop" businesses and other build -to -suit tenants. Some tenants of this type are seeking land that is platted, roads and utilities installed so that a building can be occupied within an=roximately six to r.-ne months of a decision to proceed The Chicano *:_lwaukee Corporation land as it currently exists is no developable and does not meet, this criteria. in eastern Rosemount, the city must address the issue of assuring large industrial users that they will have compatible neich'pors for the foreseeable future. This criteria dictates that large areas of around be desig- nated for inc serial development to provide assurance c= _ ut;rre lana uses. Rosemount has taken actions the-. appear ,o s i anal -4--c desire to serve as a nea,-v industry focal point 'c- the mezrL^.+p=__tan ar. = t C �.� the c:as = t.:e C_ -, ^r-.. �... .avV ...1e �C"C C SO -c �'eSe^tat_yes of users can be Ilia^..' aware R0sSm0un _ ' c re e p --i v _^ th. S _ •De C_- -development. This seems to indicate a policy of land use combined with Sorinc designed to a.ccompl=sh the City's objectives. To accommodate small- cr industrial users that wish to locate along or adjacent to the County Road 42 cr Highway 52 cOrridOrs, the Citv should develop a zoning program ..:.a` per -4--s these uses. The less at..ractive uses 0. this type should be permitted on interior parcels, reserving the arterial frontage for the more attractive uses. o Identifv Developers The City should begin a process of identifying potential qualified developers. To identify potential qualified developers the City should survey existing industrial parks within the Twin Cities krea that are consistent with the building product and tenants that the City desires for its own industrial park projects. once specific parks have been identified talks with their developers may begin to decide if they are desirable for Rosemount. Developers selected for these sites should be experienced in developing multi -facility industrial parks. These developers should also be aggressive in terms of marketing, and possess good property management skills, which is key in maintaining a successful industrial area. Furthermore; the City should begin talking with Koch Companies to establish a relationship and explore what their ideas and goals are for the potential development of property which Koch has been acquiring. To accommodate small Or industrial users that wish to locate along or a,4 j ace t to the County Road 42 Or i chway 52 ccrridcrs , the City should develop a zoning pro^ram that vermits these uses. The less uses Cf thiS Type should bE DEr%iitted Cn interior per :Els, reserving the arter_al frontage for the more at -tractive Uses. o Financial Incentives Rosemount should pos�.._on _tSE_ .o accept _nnustr_al develooment that ca.. be accomp__s pec through nc:-: gal market and econcr_c fcrces. a:. .^.cremert and ether ceve_onme^t abovE c:: .^_:..:.perc.^__ _ _.^ PPS r'j'. stron"_'v recommended t: the C4--%-' C= 'oGemCl, n-. n.:.- use tax incre.men- __nine _n a way t:.a t Oni y serves to increase the p: ice t:,a t the land owner receives anc does not compensate for some unusual site charzcterist_c. 'inanc_al assistance should be rese Jed for assisting develcpment where unique site problems increase the cost Cf develctment above ether parcels Cf property in tae area. C = :11140bi :1 J, R SERVICE AVAILABILITY CHARGE (SAC) UNITS FACILITY PARAMETER SAC ANIMAL CLINIC (humane societies, animal research, boarding, etc.) animal holding areas 17 f. u. 1 animal runs 34 f. u. 1 ARCHERY (6 feet/lane) 6 lanes 1 ARENAS (bleachers 18 inches/person) 110 seats 1 AUDITORIUMS (7 sq. ft./person) 110 seats 1 AUTOMOBILE SERVICE Fast service (less than 4 hrs per car) 2 service bays 1 Major service (more than 4 hrs per car) 14 employees 1 Car Dealership (charge for office, retail, etc. at established rates) Fast Service (# service bays x 30%) 2 service bays 1 Major Service (# service bays @ 70% x 1 employee/service bay) 14 employees 1 BALLROOM (exclude dance floor) Facility without liquor service 825 sq. ft. 1 Facility with liquor service 590 sq. ft. 1 BANK (exclude cash vault) 2400 sq. ft. 1 BANQUET ROOM (15 sq. ft./person) Food catered 2060 sq. ft. 1 Food catered with dishwashing 1180 sq. ft. 1 Food catered with liquor 1028 sq. ft. 1 Food preparation and dishwashing- 825 sq. ft. 1 Food catered w/dishwashing & liquor 750 sq. ft. 1 Food preparation, dishwashing w/liquor 590 sq. ft. 1 BARBER 4 chairs 1 BATTING CAGES (6 feet/lane) 6 lanes 1 BEAUTY SALON 4 cutting 1 stations BINGO HALL (used only for bingo) 110 seats 1 BOARDING HOUSE (dorm rooms) 5 beds 1 BODY SHOP (major service - more than 4 hours per car, no vehicle washing) 14 employees 1 32 BOWLING ALLEYS (does not include bar or dining area) 3 alleys 1 CAMPS (# gal x occupant or site) Childrens camps 274 gal l (central toilet and bath; overnight, primitive cabins) (# occupants x 50 gal/occupant) Day camps (no meals) 274 gal 1 (# occupants x 10 gal/occupant) Labor/Construction camps 2.74 gal 1 (# occupants x 50 gal/occupant) Resorts (housekeeping cabins) 274 gal 1 (# occupants x 60 gal/occupant) Travel Trailer Parks with water & sewer hookup 274 gal 1 (# sites x 100 gal/site) with central toilet & showers 274 gal 1 (# sites x 75 gal/site) sanitary dump (sites w/o hookup) 274 gal 1 (# sites x 10 gal/site) CAR WASH (Self -Service) 1 stall 3 CAR WASH (Automatic Rollover or Pull Through) (CONTACT MWCC FOR DETERMINATION) CATERING (CONTACT MWCC FOR DETERMINATION) CHURCHES (for sanctuary, nave, chancel) 275 'seats l (7 sq. ft./person - seating area) (remainder use other criteria) (sacristy, ambulatory - no charge) COCKTAIL LOUNGE (no food service) 23 seats l CORRECTION FACILITY (prison) 2.5 inmates 1 COURT ROOMS 1650 sq. ft. 1 DORM ROOMS On/off campus students 5 students 1 (charge additional for classrooms) DAYCARE (number of children licensed for) 14 children 1 _ DRY CLEANERS (retail) 3000 sq. ft. 1 �f 33 l ELDERLY HOUSING (100% of current SAC Rate) (no washer/dryer each unit) 3 people 1 (washer/dryer each unit) 2.5 people 1 (# of one bedroom units x 1.5 people/unit) +(# of two bedroom units x 2.0 people/unit) +(# of three bedroom units x 3.0 people unit) (total # of people) EXERCISE AREA/GYM (juice bars - no charge) 700 sq. ft. 1 (sauna, whirlpool incl.) No showers 2060 sq. ft. 1 FIRE STATION (charge for office, meeting rooms, etc. at established rates) Washing (hose tower, truck) 274 gal 1 Full time (overnight people) 274- gal 1 (75 gal/person)/274 gal Volunteer (occasional overnight) 14 people 1 FUNERAL HOME _ 770 sq. ft. 1 (charge viewing areas only - chapel, viewing areas, etc.) Apartment (1 apartment) 1 GAME ROOM (billiards, video & pinball games) With bar 590 sq. ft. 1 Without bar 2060 sq. ft. 1 GOLF COURSE. (If showers - use locker room criteria) 18 hole 3 9 hole - par 3 2 miniature 3 -Country club (private) dining room (evenings & weekends) 15 seats 1 bar & grill (bar & grill separate) bar 23 seats _1 grill 15 seats 1 GOLF DOME or DRIVING RANGE- 6 driving 1 stations 34 GREENHOUSE Area not open to public 15000 sq. ft. 1 Area open to public 5000 sq. ft. 1 General retail area 3000 sq. ft. 1 GROUP HOME Secondary treatment 5 beds 1 (residents leaving during the day) Primary treatment 3 beds 1 (residents stay all day) GUEST ROOMS (apartment or condominium) 1 (charge SAC as apartment) Washer/dryer 100$of No washer/dryer 80% Current No kitchen 50% SAC Rate) HANDBALL AND RACQUETBALL COURTS 1 court 2 HOSPITALS (licensed beds or baby cribs) 1 bed 1 (does not include out-patient clinic) Out-patient clinic (Plumbing Fixture 17 f. u. 1 Units) sterilizers (4 hours"x gpm 274 gal 1 x 60 minutes) x-ray film processors 274 gal 1 (continuous operation 9 hrs) (intermittent operation 4 hrs) (operation time(hrs) x gpm x 60 minutes) vacuum device (Dental Office) 274 gal 1 (9 hrs x gpm x 60 minutes) ICE ARENA Showers (see LOCKER ROOMS) Team Rooms (plumbing fixture units) 17 f. u. 1 Bleachers 110 seats 1 Zamboni (if discharge going to 4 sanitary sewer) LAUNDROMAT (requires water volume for cycle time, S cycles/day) 274 gal 1 35 LIBRARY (subtract out book storage areas,, file areas - charge common plumbing' fixture units in public areas) 17 f. u. (meeting rooms, board rooms, reception, book checkout, offices) 2400 sq. ft. 1 LOADING DOCK 7000 sq. ft. 1 LOCKER ROOMS _(if showers - 20 gal/person) 14 lockers 1 MEDICAL CLINIC (see HOSPITALS, Out-patient clinic) MEETING ROOMS (conference rooms) 1650 sq. ft. 1 MINI -STORAGE (storage area - no charge) Living area 1 Public restroom (plumbing fixtures) 17 f. u. 1 MOBILE HOME 1 MOTELS AND HOTELS (assume 2 persons/room) 2 rooms 1 (pools, saunas,Jacuzzis, game rooms, or exercise rooms exclusively used by g guests - no charge) Breakfast only (complimentary) 45 seats 1 Cocktail Hour (complimentary) 55 seats 1 Kitchenettes (# kitchenettes x 10 gal/day) 274 gal 1 MUSEUM 2400 sq. ft. 1 NURSING HOME 3 beds l OFFICE General Office 2400 sq. ft. 1 (deduct mechanical rooms, elevator shafts, stairwells, restroom and storage areas) Dental, Doctors see hospital POLICE STATION (charge as office) Cells overnight (jail) 3 people 1 no overnight people 14 people 1 (holding area) RECORDING/FILMING STUDIOS 7000 sq. ft. 1 36 RESTAURANT (drive-in) 9 parking l spaces RESTAURANT (fast food) 22 seats 1 (disposable paper plates, glasses, and silverware) RESTAURANT (full service) 8 seats 1 (washable silverware, glasses, & dishes) RETAIL STORES 3000 sq. ft. 1 (deduct mechanical rooms, elevator shafts, stairwells, restrooms and unfinished storage areas) RIFLE RANGES (handgun ranges) (6 feet/lane) 6 lanes 1 ROLLER RINK (skating area) 825 sq. ft. 1 ROOMING HOUSES (no food service) 7 beds 1 RV DUMPING STATION 1 (not in association with camp grounds) SCHOOLS (Sunday) (30 sq. ft./student) 55 students 1 SCHOOLS (elementary) (15 gal/student) 18 students 1 (30 sq. ft./student) SCHOOLS (college, TVI) (30 sq. ft./student) 18 students 1 Lecture Halls (15 sq. ft./student) 18 students 1 Labs (50 sq. ft./student) 18 students 1 Dorm rooms (on/off campus students) 5 students 1 SCHOOLS (nursery) (number of children licensed for) 14 students 1 Church (nursery - during worship 55 children l service only) (30 sq. ft./child) Nursery (health clubs, bowling 2400 sq. ft. 1 alleys, etc.) SCHOOLS (secondary) 14 students _1 (30 sq. ft./student) (20 gal/student) Labs (50 sq. ft./student) 14 students 1 37 SERVICE STATION Gas pumping 1 Convenience center 3000 sq. ft. 1 Service bays 2 bays 1 Car Wash (see car wash) SWIMMING POOLS (public) (pool area) 900 sq. ft. 1 (private residential, townhouse, condominiums, hotels, motels, or apartments - no charge) TANNING ROOMS 3000 sq. ft. 1 TENNIS COURTS (public, shower facilities 1 court 2 available): THEATER 64 seats 1 THEATER (drive-in) (parking spaces) 55 spaces 1 VEHICLE GARAGE Employees stationed in garage 14 employees 1 Vehicle drivers (per day) 28 drivers 1 Vehicle washing (# vehicles/day x gpm x minutes/vehicle) 274 gal 1 WAREHOUSES (assembly areas) 7000 sq. ft. 1 Office/Warehouse (speculative) (must be reviewed on finishing permits) Minimum 30% Office 2400 sq. ft. 1 Maximum 70% Warehouse- 7000 sq. ft. 1 WHIRLPOOL (doctors office/clinic, therapy) 274 gal 1 (# gal/fill x 8 fills/day) YARD STORAGE BUILDINGS (ex:lumber storage) 15000 sq. ft. 1 (customer pickup, no permanent employees) *PLUMBING WASTE FIXTURE UNITS Type of fixture Fixture unit value (f. u.) Drinking fountain 1 Floor drain 2" waste (only if 2 311 hose bib 3 411 included) 4 Trench drain - per 6 foot section 2 Sinks (lab in exam room, bathroom) 1 (kitchen, and others) 2 (surgeon) 3 (janitor) 4 Urinals (single - wall hung) 3 (trough per 6 foot section) 2 Water closet 6 *(If not included in list use plumbing code) 39 CITY OF ROSEMOUNT POLICY PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT AGRiCUi.TURAL AREAS Objectives May 22, 1992 1. Continuation of long tern agriculture on lands having commercial agricultural production capabilities. 2. Continuation of agricultural preserves in areas beyond the 2010 Urban Service Area. 3. Continuation of agricultural production, experimentation and research at the University of Minnesota Experiment Station for the sake of agricultural Preservation and maintenance of the rural character and appearance of Rosemount. Plan Elements The City intends to continue to perpetuate the longterm agricultural use of land in areas that are intrinsically best suited for agriculture which are beyond urban service areas and meet the eligibility requirements of the Metropolitan Agriculturnl Preserves Act (Chapter 47311.03). It is, however, the intent of the City that such participation be at the (liscretion of the property owner rathcrthan be imposed by the -City. It is the City's intent to designate lands beyond urban service areas for agricultural use having a maximum density of four units per 40 acres. Clustering is intended to be permitted in accordance with City policy provided overall densities are not exceeded and clustering criteria is met. Within any agricultural area landowners may voluntarily initiate long term agricultural preservation certification including rezoning of the land by' the City for agricultural preservation. Such designation shall require a maximum residential density of one unit per 40 acres. Minimum lot size is intended to be determined by the capability of soils to accommodate on-site waste water systems. Typical uses within agricultuu-al areas include those customarily associated with crop production, the raising, keeping and breeding of animals and residency. Compatible parks, recreation an(1 open space uses are also intended to be accommodated in agricultural areas. Policies The following are the City's policies for Agricultural areas: 1. To support state-wide property tax strategies/reforms which will encourage the continuation of long-term agricultural activities and curtail the premature loss of agricultural lands to urban_ development. 2. To avoid development in locations where public services cannot be efficiently delivered (fire, police, street maintenance). I To support residential clustering in areas that can be readily serviced, offer' residential amenities that are not suitable for farming (trees, surface waters), allow for the continuing use of suitable agricultural lands and will not create land use conflicts (residential/industrial, agriculture/residential). 4. To support voluntary landowner enrollment in agricultural preservation programs. 5. To maintain existing public roads, but construct no new public roads (with the exception of major streets) in agricultural areas. 6. To coordinate planning and development activities with the University of Minnesota to avoid conflicts and ensure compatibility. 7. To support only agricultural experimentation, education and research at the University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. ■ 2 1 HOUSING ANI) NEIGIIBORHOODS Obiectives 1. Provide housing in appropriate proportions, based on need, for people of all income, age and life style. 2. Create and maintain quality living environments that are in tune with the natural environment and the neat character of Rosemount. 3. Upgrade and maintain the existing housing stock. 4. Strengthen neighborhoods and protect them from adverse influences (excessive traffic, junk cars, nuisances). OstaXLmcuts The plan establishes four categories of residential land use termed High Density Residential (HR), Urban Residential (UR), Low Density Residential (LR) and Rural Residential (RR). Each is intended to offer a distinctly different lifestyle to satisfy the needs and desires of a diverse population. Each is intended to be planned to create neighborhood cohesiveness and identity, to promote neighborhood conservation and long term residency, and to protect the natural environment and incorporate it as an element of human habitation. IIigh Density Residential (IIR). High Density Residential development is intended to be permitted only within MUSA. It has a maximum density of 18 units per acre (except within the CBD) and will include the full range of attached multi -family rental and owner occupied housing ranging from townhouses to apartments. While the City has a rather substantial amount of land already used and/or zoned for multi -family housing, some of which is designated on the land use plan, it is the City's intent to be circumspect about where and under what circumstances it will approve additional higher density housing. 'ncc City currently has 12.7° or 364 units of its housing stock in multi -family housing exceeding a density of Six units per acre. Saturation use of currently zoned but vacant R-3 land (29 acres) at 19 u/a would produce a multi -family ratio of 17.5 % or 895 units by year 2000. It is fire City's intent to limit multi -family housing to 20% (if its future housing stock. This will require fire rezoning of approximately 46 acres of land by year 2010 for up to 550 additional units. Areas for these units are not designated on the land use plan. Their location will lie based on the degree to which individual projects meet adopted locational criteria. It is the City's intent to discourage large multi -family concentrations and large projects and to encourage projects that are unique, properly located, fill market niches, entail a higher level of amenity and/or satisfy a need for affordable housing. 3 Multi -family housing exceeding a density of six units per acre will be considered with a density not to exceed 12 units per gross acre only if it meets all of the following locational criteria: 1) Located within MUSA, 2) Does not require the use of existing local residential streets for access, and 3) Is compatible with adjoining uses and represents a logical transition from higher to lower intensity land uses Qr provides sufficient on-site open space to effectively buffer dissimilar uses or is adjacent to a permanent open space that buffers dissimilar uses or is adjacent to the CBD or represents a logical extension of existing multi -family zoning. Density bonuses are intended to be considered for up to 18 units per gross acre outside of the CBD for noncontiguous projects, the provision of extraordinary landscaping, outdoor group open space, indoor and outdoor recreational amenities, high quality design standards, energy conservation and the satisfying of unique and special market niches and needs for affordable housing. Within the CBD densities up to 40 u/a are intended to be considered for seniors housing with such amenities. Urban Residential (UR). Urban Residential is located entirely within MUSA and is serviced by public sewer and water utilities. This designation correlates with the already established urban neighborhoods of western Rosemount plus lands that are currently vacant but are easily served by public utilities. The full range of single-family housing is intended to be accommodated at modest densities (two to six units per gross acre). Housing types intended to be accommodated include single-family detached (traditional and zero -lot line), single-family attached (townhouses and duplexes) and manufactured housing. Multi -family housing is also intended to be accommodated but only upon satisfying the qualifying locational criteria described above (HR). Clustering and density transfers are encoun, ged where steep slopes (12 % and up), undevelopable soils, surface water and wetlands and quality vegetation can be avoided and protected. Clustering is encouraged where it is desirable to avoid such potentially adverse influences as major streets, railroad lines and nonresidential uses and as a means to reduce land development costs (grading and utilities). Pennanen( usable open space and natural resource preservation are intended to be the products of clustering. The clustering of single-family housing is intended to he permitted only by Planned Unit I)OwClopment (PUD). Densities of up to six units per gross acre will be considered, provided Ifir overall Pt►D density is no greater Ihan three units per gross acre. Density lumuses will I)e Considered rot- a P1JD to a maximum ovet,tli density of four units per grass acre where the PtJD offers• such things as extraordinary landscaping, outdoor group open space, indoor and outdoor recreational amenities, high quality design standards, energy conservation or satisfies unicµte and special market niches and the need for affordable housing. nit;rched single-f:utiily pr()*jects in tJR are intended to be relatively small (not exceeding a sire of W units). It is intended that a range of housing styles and designs be employed ranging 4 from contemporary to traditional and that maximum consideration be given to the creation of neighborhoods that are safe, healthful and enjoyable places to live. Is►w Density Residential (LR). Low Density Residential areas serve as the mid -density component of the density gradient between Urban Residential and Rural Residential areas. They are intended to accommodate single-family housing at densities up to two units per gross acre with public utilities available. Clustering is encouraged to protect unique natural features that might be lost if developed in rigid lot and block fashion with lot size requirements. It is also intended to be used to minimize public utility costs. Maximum protection of environmental features including the preservation of hills and trees is required and permanent open space buffers are intended to be established to balance residential and environmental values. Kulcsisleyti'R Rural Residential areas are characterized by natural features which are unique in Rosemount. They have rolling topography and excellent stands of upland hardwoods, features that are supportive of a single-family estate lifestyle and without which rural residential development is not viable or sustainable. In Rural Residential areas the development pattern is already established at a density of one unit per five acres with a minimum lot size of 2.5 acres. Rural Residential areas are intended to be developed with utmost attention given to the preservation of natural features and the continuation of this unique Rosemount lifestyle. TABLE Dh,NSITY SUMMARY IIR - high Density Residential 6-12 ti/al UR - Urban Residential 2-6 u/a2 i.R - tAM' Density Residential 2 tj/a RR I - Itnral Residential To lR u/a with bonuses and 40 u/a with bonuses and seniors housing in the CBD. -' Overall density :average 3 u/sr; to 4 u/a with bonuses. Cleneral Ilousing_ Policies The Following are the City's (lousing and Neighbodi x►d Policies as they apply to all housing in Rosemount: 1. To eliminate code violations that threaten life and safety and nuisance conditions hat adversely affect neighborhoods. 2. To monitor the housing stock to determine the need for a mandatory housing maintenance program. 3. To participate in programs to meet the City's low and moderate income housing needs. 4. To cooperate with Federal, State and County agencies to make affordable housing available and to redevelop and rehabilitate older homes in the City. 5. To disperse affordable housing, multi -family housing and group homes throughout the City rather than concentrate them in large projects or in close proximity to one another. f. To encourage clustering and/or extraordinary setbacks at neighborhood edges to minimize the impact of major streets and conflicting land uses. 7. To require residences to back or side to major streets. 8. To facilitate neighborhood planning for improvements which create/ reinforce neighborhood unity, safety and identity and increase home ownership potential on a cost-sharing basis with neighborhoods. Improvements may include landscaping, parks, and local street modifications to reduce traffic impacts. 9. To formulate an ongoing policy and funding program for the reconstruction of local residential streets. 10. To reconstntct local neighborhood streets (not MSA streets) to a standard that is in tune with neighborhood scale and character with emphases on preserving healthy significant street trees. 11. To fortmulate a funding policy and conduct an ongoing residential street tree maintenance and replacement program. 12. To encourage innovative housing developments which are targeted at filling market niches. 13. To allow manufactured homes and ciustering only by PUD in numbers that represent an appropriate balance with other housing opportunities. 14. To require Ihe use of 11111) for all developments proposing to utilize density transfers. 15. To encourage the use of l'111) to lwofcct/enhance nalttral features, open space, and provide neighborhood transitions. 6 Agriculture, Rural Residential and Low Density Housing Policies in order to protect the nn -al character of Rosemount, the following policies shall apply: 1. To discourage the placement of structures in open fields and on the top of exposed ridge lines. 2. To locate houses adjacent to tree lines and wooded field edges. 3. To utilize clustering where open space and active agriculture can be retained. 4. To preserve and incorporate stone rows, tree lines, existing agricultural strictures and usable faun roads with site plans, wherever possible. 5. To require that roads follow existing contours to minimize grading, where practicable. 6. To maximize the retention of vegetation and maintain natural landforms. 7. To maintain vegetation along ridge lines. 8. To discourage. excessive lawn areas in general and maintain natural habitat areas. 9. To define, during the platting Process, building envelopes which avoid the location of stnictures in areas needing to be preserved. 10. To give -consideration, at the lime of subdivision approval, to the resubdivision of lots, including ghost -plats, should public utilities become a necessity at a later date. 11. To protect open space or conservation areas with conservation easements, deed restrictions and scenic easements. These tools are intended to be used for environmental and scenic resource protection, not public access. TABLE 1990 HOUSING UNIT MIX Housing Type Number Units % Average Density Single Family' 2,291 79.9 Alulti-Family 364 12.7 While Homes/Other 211 7.4 TOTAL 2,866 100.0 7 FF TABLE 2010 IIOUSING UNIT MIX 1IOUSING TYPE % NUMBER UNITS ADDITIONAL UNITS AVERAGE DENSITY ACRES NEEDED Single Family' 72.6 5,198 2,907 2.5 19163 multi-Family 20.0 1,432. 1,068 12.0 752 Nlohile domes/Other 7.4 530 310 3.0 106 TOTALS 1.0().0 7,160 4,294 1,344 ' Includes single-family detached, two-family and single-family attached having densities of less than six units per acre. 29 vacant acres are already zoned R-3. M C()1\II\7ERCIAL AREA Objectives I. Satisfy the weekly convenience retail and service needs of market area residents. 2. Maintain the Town Center as the historical retail/governmental center of Rosemount and file remainder of the CBD for highway service and support conirnerci,il activity. f. Provide for revitali7ation of file CBD as a means to maintain its viability and (1oritl etitiveness in the market place. 4. Build on the historical values of the Town Center by maintaining its mainstrect (vs shopping center) character. 5. Nlaximize the efficiency and synergy of retail/service developments within the CBD. Plan Elements The Rosemount Central Business District (CBD) consists of two rather distinctly different sub - elements: the Town Center which generally lies north of Lower 147th Street and the remainder which extends south along South Robert Trail to the intersection of County Road 42 and west to Chippendale. The CBD as a whole has a sufficient supply of vacant land and redevelopment capacity to satisfy the needs of its retail market area until at least year 2000. It is for this reason that the City intends to concentrate all commercial development in this single contiguous area. The Town Center exemplifies the City's small town character and serves as the center for civic interaction. It is intended that the Town Center continue to accommodate a mixture of non -auto oriented retail, office, governmental, religious and educational facilities and function in an historical or traditional fashion with buildings oriented to the street, sidewalks, on -street harking, parking lots behind or between buildings and small vestpocket park or pedestrian scale open spaces. It is intended that the Town Center be redeveloped with buildings of an appropriate massing, scale and size to create a pedestrian friendly environment. The remainder of the CBD is intended to accommodate freestanding destination -type retail and service. establishments including auto -oriented uses that may be of more contemporary design. These uses generally benefit from arterial access and high visibility. They include auto service, fast food, convenience retail and other uses of a one-stop nature. Policies The 1,0110 wing are the City's policies for Commercial areas: 1. To cow ides commercial development beyond the CBD only wheel contiguous, the site is five acres or larger in size, a viable plan is submitted, a market study is 9 presented which establishes market absorption compatibilities and the proposed development is acceptably preleased in accordance with prevailing financial standards. 2. To facilitate the rehabilitation of sound stn►ctures and the redevelopment of unsafe, blighted or obsolete sin►ctures where consistent with the City's Redevelopment and Comprehensive Plans. 3. To facilitate CBD planning and redevelopment and the implementation of parking and landscaping improvements. 4. To assume responsibility for the development of all Town Center parking and streetseape improvements and assess landowners for improvements based on benefits received. 5. To assist wilh the relocation of inappropriate businesses away from the CRD as p;►M of the City's rrdevelopmcnl prog►;►n►. t►. To encourage land use arrangements which improve retail mix and maximize land use/parking efficiencies in the Town Center. 7. To provide convenient parking in appropriate locations and in sufficient amounts to satisfy parking demands. R. To encourage shared parking, wherever practicable, to minimize excessive hard surface land coverage. 9. To discourage strip commercial and spot zoning patterns that are not in conformance with the Comprehensive .Plan. M. To minimize lire nmmber and maximize the spacing of street and driveway accesses to major streets from business areas. I I. To maximize land use compatibility between commercial and residential uses by proper design, land use transitions and extraordinary buffering, landscaping and screening at neighborhood edges. 1?. To encourage a unified management stntct►►re and the collective promotion of business in the CBD. 13. To ensure safe and convenient pedestrian access and maintain a pedestrian scale within the Town Center. 14. To establish a design concept with design guidelines for the CBD which will unify it as a center of' retail activity. 15. TO generally upgrade business sig"age fhroughout the City and continue to prohibit off-site advertising signs. 16. To ininimize commercial traffic impacts on residential streets 17. To carefully control offensive commercial uses by requiring that they be concentrated away from residential areas, churches, schools, parks and other public facilities. 18. To rezone properties that are not in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan to bring them into compliance with public land use policy. INDUSTRIAL AREAS OhjoK•fiIves I Provide the full range of opportunities for industrial development in Rosemount. 2. unsure that conflicts with the natural environment and other land uses are mininti7ed. 3. Expansion of the Pine Bend Industrial Area in a logical, orderly and sequential fashion in coordination with waste processing/ management plans. 11.111 Moments Kos{�rncnlnt vresently has a significant amount of heavy industrial development in the Pine Fend arca and only linli(ccl light industrial development near the old Village. Koch refinery is one of only two such facilities in the entire State of Minnesota. These factors suggest that more heavy industrial development may be forthcoming, that alternative uses will be increasingly unlikely in this area and that public utilities will be needed to service this collection of regional and larger scale land uses. Two types of industrial development are proposed as follows: Industrial Park (I -I'). Industrial park areas are intended to serve light industrial uses as well as general office development and supporting commercial service uses. Generally, industrial parks are developed under one single ownership, but, in any event, development must occur in a coordinated fashion that demonstrates future phasing capability (if applicable); an internal circulation system with limited access to collectors and streets); high standards of planning, architectural and landscaping design which remain consistent throughout the park adequate buffering (through (lie use of extra -ordinary setbacks and/or effective screening) from adjacent residential uses; and limited outdoor storage. Typical industrial park uses include warehousing, distribution, light assembly, and wholesaling as well as office uses and commercial uses that clearly support, are incidental to, or complement (lie industrial park (e.g. Office supplies and services or restaurants that serve employees). Industrial parks are intended to he developed within the Urban Service Area. adjacent to an arterial or collector street. (Teneral Industrial (.-I . General industrial areas are those reserved exclusively for industries requiring large sites and/or exterior storage. The general industrial areas are located so as to minimize adverse effects on adjacent land uses and to be well -served by arterial roadways as well as barge and rail transportation systems. Typical general industrial uses include processing and heavy manufacturing, large-scale transhipment and distribution centers, outdoor storage yards and mining. Offices and general commercial uses are permitted only where clearly accessory to the general industrial activities. 12 Policies The following are the City's policies for Industrial areas: 1. To create an Urban Service Area for cast Rosemount to service regional -scale industrial and waste managcmcntJproccssing land uses. 2. To allow for file expansion of industrisal development in file Pine Bend area where land is undesirable for other uses or could lie adversely influenced by adjoining uses (incincralol.) provided such development is within the Urban Service Arca, will not adversely impact long-term agricultural activities, is serviceable by public utilities in sequential fashion (is contiguous to already served areas where services can be readily extended) and is able to be accessed via public streets without public assistance. �. To require That all industrial developments comply with U.S. EPA and MPt'A standards for effluent emissions per NPDFS pennit and SDS permit procedures. d. To require that ail on-site industrial waste water treatment systems be maintained and inspected according to the requirements of the City's Subdivision Ordinance, Building Code and Chapter 70-80, MPCA Rules. 5. To require that all industrial uses within Urban Service Areas be connected to public sewer and water services as such services become available. 6. To require that planning for industrial developments minimize environmental impacts, land use conflicts and visual accessibility from surrounding properties and public streets and highways. 7. To initiate the development of an industrial park for low impact light industries in western Rosemount and consider file use of economic incentives as means to stimulate tax base enhancement and job creation. 8. To maximize land use compatibility by requiring extraordinary standards for setbacks, buffering, screening and landscaping at the edges of industrial areas and along major streets and highways. 9. To encourage the provision of small green spares and trails within industrial areas for use by employees and to tie industrial areas into the City's trail system. 10. To require fire suppression systems in all industrial buildings in accordance with Appendix Chapter 38, State Building Code. IRA CONSERVANCY AREAS Ml ectiyes 1. Creation of a buffer to minimize conflicts between heavy industrial and residential land uses. 2. Allowance for very low intensity land uses that are not likely to be impacted by or have an impact on the existing Pine Bend heavy industrial development. 3. Protection and limited public use of the existing natural landscape. Plan Elements Conservancy areas are those where development is intended to be carefully controlled in the interests of precluding urban land use encroachments which might conflict with heavy industrial and waste management uses and/or protecting natural environmental features (trees, slopes, surface waters, wetlands, etc.). Within conservancy areas it is the intent of the City to prohibit the construction of new principal stnuctures while allowing existing land owners the right to continue to use lands for present uses, expand principal structures and add accessory strictures and uses as appropriate. Poticig5 The following are the City's lx)licies for Conservancy Areas: 1. To maintain all tree stands and natural topographic landforms (hills, slopes, etc.). 2. To prohibit all new development other than as accessory to an existing use. 3. To allow owners to improve existing properties and maintain their status as legally conforming land uses per the City's Zoning Ordinance. 4. To disallow the extension of public utilities to any part of a Conservancy Area. 5. To allow only such low intensity uses within Conservancy Areas as parks, recreation, Open space and trails; agriculture and already existing residences. 6. To permit interim uses such as sand and gravel mining only in areas where they do not disturb unique natural landform (wetlands, hills, slopes and trees). 7. To acquire, whenever possible, conservation easements and deed restrictions to protect valuable natural features and allow for their use by the public. 9. To assist. as appropriate, will) the acduisition of land to implement the conservancy arra rctn�•rpt. 14 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT Ohjectives 1. Provide opportunities for the attraction of new business and the retention of existing business as means to expand employment opportunities and increase/diversify the City's tax base. 2. Stimulate the redevelopment of blighted or obsolete land uses. 3. Insure that pul)licly assisted economic development projects meet established criteria, that.... . guarantee public benefit. 4. Coordinate economic development activities/programs with other public agencies. Economic Development Policies The following are the City's policies for Economic Development: 1 To promote public financial assistance/incentives and/or infrastructure available for projects that eliminate blight, increase or retain predominantly full-time professional, technical and managerial employment or retain existing viable businesses. 2. To avoid public financial assistance for any business relocating or expanding where the assistance alone makes the business viable. 3. To make public financial assistance available for redevelopment only when it can be demonstrated that the project would not be feasible without public assistance. 4. To make public assistance available only when a project can be proven to be financially feasible and will produce tax base benefits which exceed public costs. 5. To require developer financial guarantees as part of redevelopment agreements as the first line of defence against pr(Iject failure. In other words, the developer should guarantee that payments in lieu of tax increments will be made by the developer in the event of a shortfall. h. To actively identify redevelopment needs and initiate projects which meet the City's qualifying criteria. 7. To conmuunicate regulariy and effectively with Dakota County and the Rosemount School District whenever tax increment financing is to be used. S. Need to corrdhineladd fiMner EDA Policies and STAR Gy plan -- or reference herein like dIr Pad /Tarr. 15 I'llANSPORTATION F,1,FMFNT I;XiSTING 'TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Major Thoroughfares. The City is traversed by only one Metropolitan System Highway; State Trunk Highway 52 which is located in eastern Rosemount. This is a four -lane expressway facility with at -grade intersections (except at County Road 42) that carries approximately 23,300 and 16,000 vehicles per average day north and south of Highway 55 respectively (1991). According to the Metropolitan Council's Transportation Development Guide, no improvements are scheduled for Trunk Highway 52 prior to 2010. it will become an extremely important roadway necessitating substantial improvements if MSP -International Airport is relocated south of Rosemount. Other existing arterial streets include County Road 42 and State Trunk Highways 3 and 55.. The entire system of Siate, County, and Municipal State Aid (MSA) streets is operating at a favorable traffic volume to capacity ration except for State Trunk Highway 3 where current capacity is deficient. Trunk Highway 3 is a two-lane street, currently carrying approximately 13,500 ADT (average daily traffic), which bisects downtown Rosemount. Any efforts to increase its capacity would be in direct conflict with the redevelopment of this center as the City's primary shopping district. Public Transit. The City of Rosemount, along with Apple Valley, Burnsville, Fagan, Prior Lake and Savage, is a member of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority. This opt out authority provides a work commute express bus service to and from downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis. The City has one park and ride lot located near the intersection of 143rd Street West and South Robert Trail (TH 3) from which the Green Line Shuttle currently provides a feeder route through Rosemount, east Apple Valley and Eagan connecting with the express hoses. The MVTA, which is overseen by the Regional Transit Board (RTB), is also responsible for monitoring and meeting transit needs throughout the six city member region. In addition, Rosemount is also served by DARTS (Seniors), Metro Mobility (handicapped, and the Community Action Council Transportation System (low income). Aviatim . The City currently has no airport or heliport facilities within its jurisdiction. It is, however, within a Critical Airspace Policy Area which must be protected from the encroachment of obstnictions to air navigation (structures over 500 feet tall). Southern and easlern Rosemount are. also inchfded within the Dakota Candidate Search Area for a new hub or major aiij)ort. an area that seems to be the preferred area should MSP be relocated. If the decision is made to relocate I NSP, actual constriction will not occur until after the turn of the century. The nearest reliever airports are South St. Paul and Airlake, both of which are six or more miles from Rosemount. 16 Rail Service Barge Facilities TRANSPORTATION PLAN Objectives 1. Development of a safe and efficient hierarchy of public streets and highways that provides for the movement of large volumes of long distance traffic on major streets and minimizes traffic on local streets within neighborhoods. 2. Optimum accessibility throughout the City and to major regional activity centers via systems that are coordinated with neighboring communities, the County, and the State. 3. Reduction in'single occupant automobile travel to diminish the growing demand for street capacity. 4. Provision of greater transit choice and improved mobility for all City residents, especially the transit dependent. 5. Continuing improvements to public streets to protect the public's investment in infrastructure. ti. Protection of airspace throughout the City from vertical obstructions to aviation. Alajor Thoroughfare I'Ian i�.lert�e�i�s Until substantial increases in the cost of parking at the work destination, gasoline and commuting in general occur, or stronger efforts by transportation agencies are made to promote public transit, the automobile will be the primary mode of transportation for City residents until well into the next century. For this reason, this plan will primarily focus on major thoroughfares. Most of the major street system is already in place with the exception of County Road 46 (i60th Street), the relocation of Trunk Highway 3, and needed collector streets in the Pine Bend area. The proposed Major Thoroughfare Functional Classification System correlates with that of Dakota County with the exception of Trunk Highway 3 north of County Road 42 and County Road 42 where both are classified as principal arterials by the County. Based on the County's 17 Iwoiected 2010 traffic volumes, an arterial classification is warranted but high 2010 traffic volumes on Trunk Highway 3 (16,000 to 20,000 ADT) will be totally inconsistent with the City's intent to redevelop its historical Town Center. At best, on -street parking will have to be removed to accommodate such traffic, an act that is inconsistent with the Town Center's intended mainstreet concept. In the case of County Road 42, at -grade intersections warrant its designation as a minor arterial. A potentially significant departure from the Dakota County Transportation Plan includes the relocation of Trunk Highway 3 easterly of the old Village after year 2000 and its classification as a uninor arterial. To avoid the relocation of Tnrnk Highway 3, if at all possible, the City prefers that excess traffic be assigned, by design, to Diamond Path and Pilot Knob Roads, an action that may require the redesignation of Diamond Path to minor arterial status. If that is not anticipated to produce the desired result, the new alignment for Trunk Highway 3 should be established and protected so that construction can be commenced when traffic volumes on existing Trunk Highway 3 approach its current capacity threshhold, warranting the removal of cin -street parking or widening. The movement of MSP International south of Rosemount, 'will almost certainly require the relocation of TH 3. If relocated, existing Trunk Highway 3 is intended to function as a collector street, providing direct access to the Town Center from all residential areas without having to utilize the arterial street system. Other lesser changes in the thoroughfare plan include a system of collector streets which service tlue proposed indrustrial areas at Pine Bend. Providing access to adjacent properties via local streets, this will allow for the eventual upgrading of Trunk Highway 52 to meet freeway standards. All streets not shown as major thoroughfares are classified as local streets for which the City has exclusive responsibility• Most major streets are under the jurisdiction of the State of Minnesota and Dakota County. 11'[aior Tf�orou�hfare Policies I . To require tire dedication of all rights -of -Way for collector and local streets. 2• To i•equir•e adequately spaced driveways and street intersections along major streets to maintain maximum efficiency and capacity and minimize vehicular conflicts. �• To require the clinrinatiorr or rccluction in file number of direct driveway accesses to the arterial street system as redevelopment occurs and prohibit any new direct accesses to Trunk Highway 52. 1. To establish and enforce minimum setback distances between intersections and drivell-ays to acc •hill odafe gr►ening and avoid traffic conflicts at street intersections. 19 5. To require expanded setbacks for land uses adjacent to major streets between major intersections where accessibility is not available or desirable but consider reduced setbacks along frontage roads and at intersections to accommodate public transit accessibility. 6. To use signage, traffic diverters, and other appropriate measures to minimize traffic volumes and through traffic on local residential streets (not MSA streets) but avoid the use of stop signs for such purposes unless warranted by cross traffic volumes. 7. To protect rights-of-way for future collector and arterial streets from land use encroachments. 8. To require the protection of sight lines at street intersections. 9. To require that accepted standards (ITE) for sight distances based on speed are met at intersections and driveway entrances to major streets. 10. To require residences to back or side to major streets. 11. To build sidewalks and, where practicable, bikeways/trails as integral parts of the upgrading of major streets and coordinate pedestrian and nonmotorized systems with the Parks Master Plan. 12. To permit the use of cul-de-sacs only as means to avoid street extensions that would be detrimental to the natural environment or where, due to topographic change, such extensions cannot feasibility be made. 13. To approve streets only where every effort has been made to fit the natural contour and avoid landform disruption. La. To require traffic impact studies for larger residential, commercial or industrial developments or where prniects are unable to meet the minimum standards set forth in this flan. 15. To cooperate with the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, Dakota County, MnDOT. and neighboring communities in the planning and implementation of major .street, highway and transit improvements. Iq FUNCTIONAL THOROUGHFARE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM P R INC IPA L MINOR COLLECTOR LOCAL AnTFRIAI_ ARTERIAL STREET STREET ;_ rncinq 3-6 miles t -2 miles 0.5 1 mile 1 block -urban i 1 mile - rural i_ -cation On edges of develvpmen►On edges of developmeni On edges or Within neighborhoods and neighborhoods. and neighborhoods. within neighborhoods. and other homogeneous land use areas. ntersection Grade separated. Traffic signals and 4 -way stops and As required. Characteristics cross street stops. some signals. Local street stops. iVoiurnes Carried 5,000-50.000 1,000-10,000 250-2,500 Less than 1,000 iPosted Speed r Legal limit. 50 35-45 Maximum 30 Warking None, Restricted as Restricted as Restricted it MSA. necessary. necessary. imanagement Tools Ramp metering with Signal liming with Number of lanes. Intersection control. preferential treatment preferential treatment Signal timing. Cul-de-sacs. for Iransit. for transit. Access control_ Diverters. i Svstern Access To interstate freeways. To interstate freeways. To minor arterials, To collectors and other arterials. other arterials and other collectors. other locals. I collectors. Trip -making Trips greater than Medium to short trips Short trips Short trips =Service Performed 8 miles at moderately (2-6 mites) at (1-4 miles) at at low speeds. t high speed. Express moderate speeds. low speeds. transit trips. Local transit trips. Local transit trips. Source: Metropolitan Council L.t. ,Wt, THOROUGHFARE STANDARDS DESIGN ELEMENT PRINCIPAL MINOR COLLECTOR STREET LOCAL STREET ARTERIAL ARTERIAL. Number of traffic lanes 4-6 ti 4 2-4 2 Traffic lane width (ft) 12.14 12.14 12 10-12 No parking No parking 8-10 8 Curb parking or shoulder width (11) Minimum pavement 52 _ � 52 Wq 36 28 width (ft) 300 100.120 80 50 Minimum R -O -W width (ft) 55 u S 30' 4 0 3 0 Design speed (mph) „�`� ACCESS CONTROL STANDARDS PRINCIPAL MINOR COLLECTOR LOCAL ARTERIAL ARTERIAL STREET STREET nurat Minimum I_Imllnd acc"ss carefully planned Access carefully planned Entrances combined where possible Entrances General fVnn OI Dvsirablo Access only at Princl al and Minor Access onlyat Pr, Min and Coll Access carefullyfanned combined Urban Minimum Accoss only at Principaf and Minor Some access at mayor generators Access earelully planned where 3CeSS control. Desirable No access between Interchanges No access between public streets No access between public streets pose�bFe Rural Principal 6 miles Minor 3 miles 3 miles Desirable spacing Collector Mlle 2 miles 2 miles t Mlle Carefully planned of intersections of Local None 1 mile crossing public Urban Principal 3 mites roadways. Minor I mile 1 mile Mlle Collector None .5 mite .5 mile Carefully planned Local Non" None .25 Rural Minimum 1,250 feet 500 feet 300 feet 100 feet 300 feet Non -Public Desirable None 1.250 lest 1,000 feet (get 50 t9e1 entrance Spacing Urban Minimum I Mlle 200 lest -t00 300 feet 100 Feel Desirable Non" 500 feet Corner Clearance nural Minimum 3oo feet, 11 any 50 lest 50 feet 100 feet 50 foal 100 test to tion -public Desirable No access permitted 1100 feet 30 feet 30 fest entrance. Urban Minimum No access, permitted 50 feel too feet 100 191 Desirable No access permitted 100 [opt (AZaior Thoroughfare Plan) (with 2010 volumes) 24 Public 'Transit Plan Elements For reasons primarily related to the lack of financing public usage, transit service to Rosemount is very limited, consisting of a feeder bus service connecting with express buses to downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis from a park and ride lot located just north of downtown Rosemount. According to the Community Survey (1989) only 17% of Rosemount's residents are employed in Minneapolis and St. Paul while a substantial percent (34%) are employed in G-igan, Burnsville, Apple Valley and Bloomington/South Hennepin County to which no service is available. According to the March, 1986 Transit Service needs Assessment prepared by the RTB, transit dependency is low in Rosemount with primary work trip attractions being Bloomington, Eagan and Apple Valley. Public transit is and will continue to be a very minor need for Rosemount, except for the truly dependent rider, until congestion increases, parking fees are initiated or spaces taxed and fuel costs increase dramatically. It is the City's intent to explore with the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA), as opportunities arise, para - transit. flexroute circulator service, park and pool service and to continually monitor and meet the transit needs of the City. Also available is service to seniors through DARTS, service to the handicapped through Metro Mobility, and service to those with low income through the Community Action Council Transit System. Another facet of public transit is the possible implementation of Light Rail Transit (LRT). This possibility is currently being studied by several agencies. Rosemount's participation is through the Southern Dakota County Light Rail Committee. As planning of the LRT progresses and as the need for public transit becomes more apparent it will be necessary for the many agencies involved in transporlation issues to coordinate their efforts and finances. I'uhlic Transit Policies 1. rrmconrage state and federal transportation dollars to be used more toward public transit and less toward freeway constnmction to increase patronage of transit and decrease traffic congestion. 2. To encoamrrage. larger employers to participate in 1\Zinnesata Rideshare. .3. To promote and encourage the increased use of public transit and ride -sharing as means to reduce single occupant automobile travel demand. 4. Through participation in the MVTA, work with the RTB to ensure Rosemount's bus service needs are met and appropriate dollars made available. 25 5. Through participation in the MVTA, work with the other opt -out authorities and the RTB to change policies regulating transit tax dollars and bus ownership in order to create a more favorable market for competition among transit operators. 6. As the need arises for moving or increasing the number of park and ride lots, the location of such should be in the CBD or near other retail/commercial and higher density residential areas, or in high traffic volume areas such as State Highway 52 and State Highway 55. 7. To exercise local development controls and financing mechanisms to protect needed park and ride sites from urban development. S. To establish appropriate and supportive land uses in the vicinity of park and ride lots to maximize compatibility and shared parking. Via. 7'o locate higher density developments appropriately to take into account the future availability of public transit services. 10. To encourage developers with transit corridors to design for public transit including the orientation of building entrances to streets, reductions in setbacks, provision of transit stops and walkways and the provision of preferential parking opportunities to those who car and van pool. 11. To participate with MVTA, RTB, Met Council, and MnDOT to ensure that transit facility needs are coordinated with highway planning. 12. Through participation in the Southern Dakota County Light Rail Committee, ensure Rosemount's interests are represented. 13. Encourage coordination of bus service and LRT service by working with ail involved transportation agencies, such as MnDOT, Met Council, RTB, LRT committees, and ether opt -011(s. A%iation Ilan Elements it is the City's intent io continue to participate in the process of selecting a search area for a nc• v maijor replacement airpoil for Minneapolis St. Paul International. 26 Aviation Policies I . To require that tall towers having a height of 200 feet or more above ground level be subject to variance, planned unit development, or interim use permit (IUP) requirements and procedures. Also, to include notification of MnDOT and the FAA in said procedure. 2. To require that heliports comply with the licensing requirements of MnDOT, lite approach and altitude standards of the FAA and the noise standards of the MPCA as requirements of CUP approval. a. To prohibit the use of seaplanes in the City. 4. In the event a new international airport is approved by the Minnesota Legislature near Rosemount to protect all airspace zones from vertical intrusions and prohibit general obslrrctions to air navigation per Minnesota Department of Ttansportation Rule 14 MCAR 1.3015, Subdivisions C and D. 5. In the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, the MAC should acquire,.. land within the 60 Ldn Contours and the preferred take-off/landing approaches should be clearly directed away from urban concentrations. 6. In the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, MAC shall implement new transportation improvements that do not change the character of existing roadways or disrupt the character of the communities in which the roadways exist. 7. In the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, local jurisdictions should retain taxation and development .jurisdiction of non -airport development. MAC shall not acquire additional property beyond the area needed for safe/environmental operation of an airport. K. In the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, LRT and other transit Policies should be re-evaluated. ��. 11) the event a new airport is developed near Rosemount, Dakota County and Aletropolitan Council itighway plans need to lie totally updated. 27 City of Rosemount MINOR COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE PLAN AMENDMENT TEXT REVISIONS November 5, 1991 PUBLIC SERVICES PLAN Qb'ect'v 1. To establish appropriate, compatible locations for public and institutional uses ses and public 2. 'I'o locate public facilities and provide public services in a manner that assures the continued'hcalth, welfare and safety of the public. Public Ser��ices Plan Elem ntc Public services can be categorized as being either emergency -oriented or non -timer en - oriented. On the basis of this categorization, different locational criteria emerge. Police and fire services must be located such that travel times to the development are minimized. It is ...intended that the existing fire station at Brazil Avenue and 145th Street West continue to serve the urban area and that a new facility be constructed when it is determined that response times can be improved. p Police, administrative, and maintenance services will continue at the existing City Hall. When such services require additional space, the City will evaluate options presented in a space needs analysis completed in 1990. The City space needs, as part of the capital improvewill annually evaluate its service delivery .and ments planning and budget process. The 'Public and Institutional" land use designation is a means for identi ring areas for service facilities. Public and institutional uses include local government services as ell as schools, churches, hospitals, libraries, and publicly owned facilities, such as w water treatment facilities, MSW processing facilities, and recycling facilities. ante v�ater Public Services Policies It shall be the policy of the City to: 1• Annually assess the needs and delivery of public services. 2. Locate publicly owned facilities within public and institutional districts. 3. Protect public and institutional uses from incompatible land uses. 4. Locate public and institutional uses in areas compatible with. existing uses. S. Permit only educational, research, agricultural and public and institutional uses on the University of Minnesota property. 6. Locate and operate publicly owned facilities in a manner in which the ublic safety and welfare is protected. p health, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES ELEMENT Qbiectives 1. Provide public utilities and the full range of urban services within Urban Service Areas to maintain the health, welfare and safety of the public. 2. Provide limited urban services to Rural Service Areas. 3. Provide safeguards to insure against the disruption of essential public services. 4. Expand the capacity of the Rosemount wastewater treatment plant and/or explore alternative ways of increasing capacity in a timely fashion so that development within Urban Service Areas is not restricted. 5. Explore service sharing and alternative methods of providing public services which will maintain levels without substantial cost increases. 6. Communicate often and effectively with constituents to facilitate their understanding of the essential relationship between servicing costs and demands. 7. Continue to monitor and maintain the public infrastructure to protect the public's investment and minimize service failures. Public Utility Policies 1. To provide public sewer service to and replace the existing rural water system in east Rosemount to service regional -scale industrial and waste management/processing land uses. 2. To support the expansion of the waste water treatment facilities to satisfy the growing need for capacity throughout the City. 3. To extend public utility systems in a logical, sequential fashion, concurrent with development, not in advance of development. 4. To define and protect potential public utility rights-of-way that may eventually be needed to extend service to rural residential areas. 5. To require soil testing and establish minimum lot sizes on a case-by-case basis for all on-site waste treatment systems. 6. To maintain an inventory and conduct an ongoing inspection program for on-site septic systems and expansion of existing. 28 7. To prohibit the development and use of new private waste water treatment plants in the City. 8. To reduce inflow and infiltration to the sanitary sewer system and thereby increase wastewater treatment plant capacity by continuing to upgrade the present system and requiring the termination of the pumping of storm water from basement sumps directly into the sanitary sewer system. 9. To require that the release of stormwater from a developed site comply with the City's stonnwater management plans or be retained to the extent that its release rate is no greater than the pre -development ten year peak discharge. W. To explore with surrounding cities the potential benefits that may accrue to interconnecting public water supply systems in conjunction with appropriate conservation measures to insure a minimum level of service in case of service disruption. I I. To cooperate with the MWCC and the Vermillion Watershed Management Organization in providing sufficient waste water treatment capacity and maintaining surface waters quality for a growing population. Other Public Facility and Services Policies 1. To provide fire and rescue services to all the areas of the western Urban Service Area within the shortest time practicable a six to seven minute response time. 2. To site fire stations in locations that offer the best potential accessibility by volunteer fire fighters and recruiting of daytime volunteers within a two minute turnout time from stations. I To continue to cooperate with Koch Refinery and the University of Minnesota to improve fire protection services to the more remote areas of the City. 4. To evaluate the need and feasibility of providing public water service to northwest Rosemount as a means to improve fire protection services. S. TO continue to upgrade fire fighting and emergency rescue equipment and water service as needed to maintain present levels of service and improve insurance ratings. 6. To continue to explore cooperative cost-sharing arrangements with mutual aid fire departments to increase efficiency and improve fire service and training. 7. To continue to promote cooperative arrangements between the Dakota County Sheriff and all other taw enforcement agencies to improve services and optimize costs. 29 8. To maintain all public administration functions in a single centrally located City Administration Center. 9. To maintain the City's government center in size and quality to meet acceptable employee workspace standards. 10. To evaluate/explore service sharing opportunities with other jurisdictions and service organizations ranging from cost-sharing to consolidation. 30 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ELEMENT Objectives 1. Conservation of unique and essential natural resources. 2. Integration of urban development with the natural environment in a environmentally responsible manner. 3. Protection of people and property from natural and manmade hazards. 4. Conservation of energy resources. 5. Protection and preservation of scenic and historical resources. Wetland. Shoreland. Floodnlain and Recharge Area Policies 1. To prohibit the alteration of all wetlands which are identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Natural Wetlands Inventory unless replacement/mitigation is provided in the, ratio of two acres of mitigated wetlands for each acre of drained or filled wetland. 2. To require that any wetland mitigation comply with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Criteria for wetland quantity, character and diversity. 3. To prohibit the use of any Type 3, 4 or 5 wetland as a primary sediment trap during or after construction. 4. To protect designated Recreational Development, General Development and Natural Environment Waters per the City's Shoreland Overlay Regulations. 5. To protect areas susceptible to flooding from encroachments which could result in property damage or impede the Hydraulic efficiency of the water body in accordance with State and Federal floodway standards. Soils and Steep Slnpe Protection Policies 1. To require site plan review and strict erosion control measures for any development of slopes in excess of 12%. 2. To promote agriculture in designated areas which contain prime agricultural soils. 3. To prohibit the constnuction of on-site sewer systems in areas having severe or very severe soil limitations for such systems except where alternative systems can be designed and maintained. 31 Ve et'o!I Preservation Policies 1. To identify and minimize the loss of significant trees on public and developable lands and where loss is unavoidable, require replacement with acceptable substitute plant materials. 2. To minimize the loss of significant trees on private property. 3. To encourage a City-wide tree planting program for the purposes of City beautification and facilitating air exchange and thermal balances. 4. To preserve remnants of the three major natural plant communities (oak/savannah, short grass prairie and upland hardwoods/ bottomland shrubs and brush) which historically prevailed in Rosemount. 5. To require, as an element of site plan review, the identification of significant trees and tree stands and proposals for tree preservation/replacement. 6. To require screening, landscaping and tree replacement as an element of development plans. 7. To require that protected trees be marked and fenced prior to the start of construction to minimize damage and future loss. I 'Qy ConsgrvatiottPtt deft 1. To consider energy conservation during site plan review including solar access protection and the use of vegetation to facilitate summer shading and winter solar gain. 2. To prohibit nonresidential developments from shading residential strictures during the winter heating season (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.). 3. To encourage the use of available grant and loan programs to provide for the increased energy efficiency of the City's housing stock. 4. To promote and encourage the increased use of public and nonmotorized transit and ridesharing as means to reduce energy consumption. NVater Use/Quality Management Policies 1. To prohibit the use of groundwater for once -through heating and cooling. 2. To promote water conservation prograans to diminish the public and private use of water for noncssenlial purposes. 32 I To investigate methods and programs which will minimize the use of applied chemicals for lawn care and public street maintenance. 4. To require land alteration and erosion control plans for all developments during construction. 5. To require the maintenance of natural vegetation, shorelines and wetland fringes of and require minimum setbacks from protected waters as means to protect water quality and wildlife habitat. 6. To encourage a dual pond concept per U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guidelines to buffer protected waters from sediment and chemical incursions. 7. To continue to work with the MPCA and the University of Minnesota to remediate all waste contamination. 8. To protect groundwaters by insuring that water wells are capped in accordance with State regulations. 9. To establish a City-wide water quality management plan to protect surface and ground waters. Wildlife habitat Protection Policies I. To protect the existing wildlife habitat in the Mississippi River Valley and the northwest area of the City and City-wide through protective easements or open space protection. 2. To suppoil the preservation and management of rare, unique, endangered and threatened plants and animals and prohibit any action that would reduce or degrade the habitat supporting such species. 3. To encourage the protection of natural wildlife habitat corridors which link maior habitat areas. 4. To encourage the use of yard plantings which also serve as wildlife habitat. Ilist�►rcal, Scenic end Landmark Policies I . To protect hiskoric, scenic incl landmark features, wherever practicable. 2. To incorporate known historical, scenic and landmark resources, as identified by the City or other agencies with proposed development and redevelopment projects anrl, where loss is una>>oidable. Io mitigate losses. 33 3. To cooperate with and assist the State Historical Society in locating, evaluating and, where appropriate, preserving historical sites and stnictures having significant historical or architectural values. 34 WASTE MANAGEMENT LAND USE PLAN b'ectives 1. To promote effective regulation of private waste management activities 2. To supplement and enhance environmental protection policies. 3. To establish appropriate, compatible locations for privately owned waste management activities. Plan Elements Public attitudes and technology involving waste management continue to evolve. Singular approaches to waste management have given way to integrated systems, including waste reduction, reuse, recycling, resource recovery, and disposal. Environmental awareness creates increasing demands for responsible waste management. A waste management land use element serves several functions. It allows for the proper identification of a special use district. It provides for a distinction between publicly owned and privately owned waste management facilities. It allows the City to pro -actively determine where private waste related activities may be compatible with other uses and should be located. It allows the City to protect private waste management activities from infringement by incompatible uses. It also allows the City the vehicle to establish proper regulations and responsible management for private waste related activities. Policy review and analysis is an on-going requirement in any growth managementlan. The management g planning need for continual policy analysis in waste mans lannin p the rapid changes in waste management technology,is particularly vital due to regulatory direction, and public sentiment. !I—""ate R1anaze—merit Policies It shall be the policy of the Citv to: Permit private waste related activities only when the public health, safety, and welfare is ensured. 2. Require that private waste related activities occur in locations that minimize or eliminate conflicts with other uses. 3. Locate private waste related activities in areas in which long term land use compatibility and protection from other conflicting uses may be maximized. 4. Permit private waste related activities only when any potential or known conflicts or impacts are eliminated or properly mitigated. S. Itequire that any private waste related facility employ the best available technology in any aspect of the facility regarding environmental protection controls. G. Ensure that the design, construction, and operation of private waste related facilities minimize any negative environmental impacts and mitigate them to the fullest extent possible. 7. Allow private waste disposal to occur only when efforts to reuse and recycle wastes have been exhausted. 8. Consider private waste related facilities only when the economic benefits, incentives, and other advantages to the City and community clearly outweigh any known or potential negative aspects of a facility. 9. Permit private waste related facilities only when the proper infrastructure exists to serve facilities or when proper improvements can be made without expense or burden to the Citv. 3 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Mears Park Centre, _30 E. Fifth St., St. Paul, MN 55101 612-291-63159 DATE: February 10, 1992 TO: Metropolitan and Community Development Committee FROM: Research and Long Range Planning (Robert Overby) SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW RURAL -POLICY INTRODUCTION On December 5, 1991, the Council amended the Metropolitan DeveloRment and Investment Framework (MDIF) to include new policies for the rural service area of the region. The new policies became effective on the date of their adoption. The rural service area is that part of the region located outside of the metropolitan urban service area (MUSA) and not designated for commercial agriculture. The new rural policy affects townships or cities that have areas in their communities that are in the Council's rural service area, and affects counties which have authority (or an agreement with townships or cities) to plan and zone in the rural area of the county. The Council will hold a Planning Forum on Thursday, February 27th at 9:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers. The forum will explain the policy changes and discuss how local governmental units should incorporate the new policies in their planning and zoning. A notice inviting local planning staff and consultants to attend the forum has been mailed. Along with the- planning forum notice, the Council will send a copy of the new rural service area policies to all local governments in the rural service policy area. A second planning forum will be held sometime in May, and will address specific options for cluster development in the rural area. ISSUES The purpose of this memo is to explain the following: How will the Council review plan amendments from rural service area governmental units until metropolitan system policy plans are amended to reflect the new rural policy? 2. What thresholds 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 SUMMARY 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 amendments as they concern the rural area policy and metropolitan system plans. The first significant change is that the policy states that the Council may require communities to modify plans that are inconsistent with the new policies: The cumulative negative impacts of development that is inconsistent with the Council's 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 inconsistent with the [rural area] policies. 4._ This policy is a significant change from the old policy position, which did not connect the inconsistency of development under the rural area policy with system impact or substantial departure from system plans. The new policy states the Council's intention to require plan modifications from communities whose comprehensive plans are inconsistent with the new rural area policies. The second significant change is that the new policy explains that "some communities cannot comply with all of the Council's policies for the rural area because they have existing development patterns that are inconsistent with the policy" and provides a procedure and criteria for the Council to make exceptions to the policy where it may be warranted. This policy provides a means for the Council to recognize that some rural area communities have already allowed development at densities that exceed the Council's one unit per 10 acre standard. The policy also allows the Council to work with the community to negotiate an exception to the rural policy requirements. However, the Council will only allow the exception if the community's planning fits the criteria in the new policy. COUNCIL AUTHORITY The Metropolitan Land Planning Act (MLPA), Minn. Stat. §f 473.851-473.872 (1990), requires that all local governments within the seven county metropolitan area must prepare comprehensive plans that are consistent with regional plans and policies. Local government comprehensive plans must be substantially consistent with the Council's metropolitan system plan policies and with the policies of the Council's non -system plans. The MLPA requires the Council to review local plans for consistency with Council policies. Section 473.175 of the MLPA provides that: The council shall review the comprehensive plans of local governmental units... to determine their compatibility with each other and conformity with metropolitan system plans. The council shall review and comment on the apparent consistency of the comprehensive plans... with other adopted chapters of the metropolitan development guide. The council may require a local governmental unit to modify any comprehensive plan or part thereof which may have a substantial impact on or contain a substantial departure from metropolitan system plans. The MDIF is not a metropolitan systems plan, but it is the key chapter of the Council's Metropolitan Development Guide. The new rural area policies will be referenced and incorporated into the systems plans when thev are revised in 1993. Once the new rural policies are part of the systems plans, the Council then can use its authority under the MLPA to require local governments to modify their plans. 4 The Council will then send every local governmental unit in the region a metropolitan systems information statement that explains how the system plan has been revised and how those changes may affect that local governmental unit. Section 47;.856 of the MLPA provides that local governments have nine months in which to decide whether they need to amend their local comprehensive plans to ensure continued conformity with metropolitan system plans. If a plan amendment is necessary the local Councilfor review. government must prepare the amendment and submit it to the . s PLAN AMENDMENT REVIEW PROCESS The Council has established separate procedures for major and minor plan amendments. A major amendment is: (1) A complete revision, update or rewrite of an existing comprehensive plan in its entirety; (2) A substantial revision, update, rewrite or addition to a chapter or element of an existing comprehensive plan; (3) An amendment triggered by a proposed development that requires an EAW or EIS, and is inconsistent with the existing comprehensive plan; or (4) A change (land trade or addition) in the urban service area involving 40 acres or more. The Council may require a local governmental unit to modify the amendment if the Council finds that the plan will have a substantial impact on, or contain a substantial departure from, metropolitan system plans. The local government cannot implement the proposed plan amendment until after the Council has concluded its review. A minor amendment is: any amendment other that a major amendment. Minor amendments without potential system impact or substantial departure are subject to a 60 -day review and comment period for consistency with the Metropolitan Development Guide. The local government can implement the proposed plan amendment before the Council has concluded its review. ISSUE ANALYSIS How should the Council review local plan amendments, and what thresholds or criteria should the Council use to require plan modifications under the new rural service area policy? Minor plan amendments Minor plan amendments, by definition, have no substantial impact or departure from metropolitan system plans. The Council's plan amendment guidelines permit the local government to implement the plan amendment before the Council's review is ended. If the amendment is consistent with Council policies, further review is usually waived; or if minor comments are necessary, it is sent directly to the Council's consent list. If an amendment is not consistent with the new rural area policy, staff would prepare advisory comments in a MCDC consent list report to explain the inconsistency. However, the local government could still go ahead and implement the plan amendment during the Council's review. Maior plan amendments Tae following types of major plan amendments are most likely to raise issues relative to the new rural policy: requests for additions or changes to the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA); changes in rural area plans or policies; changes in the land use plan element; or changes in a sewer or transportation plan element. If a major plan amendment is inconsistent with the new rural policies, the Council must determine whether or not it constitutes a substantial impact on or departure from the current metropolitan system plans. If so, the Council may require the local governmental unit to modify the plan. The Council has most frequently used the "system impact" criterion as the basis for requiring a community to modify its comprehensive plan. This has been narrowly interpreted to mean a direct impact on a regional facility, such as a highway or a sewer. However, the MLPA does not limit the Council to managing growth only through the system capacity/impact criterion; it also authorizes the Council to protect the metropolitan systems from local policies which are not substantially consistent with metro system policies. Therefore, the Council may require a plan modification based on a "substantial departure" from a system plan even though the plan does not have a direct impact on the capacity of a metropolitan system facility. A memorandum of 10/11/91 by Assistant Counsel Brian Ohm explains this broader interpretation of the MLPA. Although the Council uses the same guidelines and process for each plan amendment it receives, each plan amendment is unique and must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. If the amendment is inconsistent with the rural area policies, the Council will need to determine whether or not it represents a "substantial" departure from a system plan and if a modification should be required. Not every instance of inconsistency might be considered "substantial". For example, a plan amendment that is inconsistent with one very important policy or several less important aspects of the policy plan might be considered to be a substantial departure. Or, stated another way, a pian amendment that is consistent in every way except for one minor issue might not be considered a substantial departure from the plan. In such a case a community would not be required to modify the amendment. Until the system plans are revised, the Council must rely on the existing systems plans in order to find a substantial departure or system impact. The revised system plans will include more detailed criteria to indicate a substantial departure related to the rural area policies. The following are examples of current system plan policies that the Council can use now to require modification of a local plan that is inconsistent with the new rural area policy: * Policy 1-2 of the Council's Wastewater Treatment and Handling Policy Plan states that: On-site sewage disposal systems are appropriate to serve single-family residences at development densities of'4 units per 40 acres or less, if governments plan for them and adopt a management and control system consistent with federal and state laws and Metropolitan Council guidelines". The Council could use this sewer system policy to require a local government to modify its comprehensive plan in cases where the plan allows rural residential density greater than four units per 40 acres - even if there is no direct impact on a metropolitan sewer interceptor or treatment facility. The sewer policy plan requires the local community to adopt additional controls for managing on-site systems when the local plan allows residential densities greater than four units per 40 acres. If the Council determines that a plan modification is needed, then the local government must modify and adopt the revised plan and must adopt revised official controls (in this case, on-site ordinances) that are consistent with the modified plan. * PoIicy 12 of the CounciI's Transportation Policy Plan (TPP) states that: The Metropolitan Council will work with the Minnesota Department of Transportation and local units of government to ensure the metropolitan highway system and its supporting road system are built and designed to adequately serve travel demand to the extent possible, to provide for the safety of users and to minimize negative impacts on the environment. Strategy D of policy 12 states that: The Council will approve expansion of the urban service area... only when the state and/or the appropriate local unit of government demonstrate that adequate highway improvements will be provided when needed to avoid exceeding the capacity of the affected metropolitan highway. Strategy"E of policy 12 states that "transportation facilities should be planned, designed and operated to function in a manner compatible with adjacent land use...". The Council could use policy 12 to require a plan modification in order to avoid a potential system impact, if the plan allowed development densities that would be inconsistent with the new rural policy. CONCLUSIONS Staff recommends that the Council use the following approaches for reviewing local comprehensive plan amendments under the new rural area policies: 1. The changes in MDIF rural area policy do not mean that the Council may require all communities to update their plans to address the new rural area policies. However, communities may amend their plans if they wish to take advantage of some of the new policy options. Until the systems plans are revised to reflect the new policies (1993 or thereafter), the decision to amend plans will be at the discretion of the local governments. This means that it will take several years before all communities adopt plans that comply with the new policies. 2. In the period before the system plans are revised to reflect the new policies, the Council will review all major plan amendments to determine whether or not they may constitute a substantial impact on or departure from the currently adopted metropolitan systems plans. If the Council uses its authority under the MLPA to require pian modifications in such cases, this action may accelerate local compliance with the new policies and ultimately would discourage additional development that is in conflict with the policies. 3. After the metropolitan systems plans are revised, the Council will issue systems statements that will require local governments to amend their comprehensive plans if they are inconsistent. Language will be added to the systems plans to reflect the rural area policies and to cleariv indicate the criteria for determining whether or not a substantial impact or substantial departure may exist. 1990 LAND USE PLAN .• • •••••• P/i 1990 URBAN: SERV. 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