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• .. • . . . ZD C SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS SUBURBAN EDITOR: FRIDAY,APRIL 7. 1995 I PHONE: 228-5475 Les Suzukamo SuBURBS t WASHINGTON COUNTY • their coun sid C2tLZ ens defend e House clustering . Kelly wouldn't mind if the coun- rural areas,"county planner Jane'. sought to preserve ty looked to Marine on St. Croix, Harper said. "The intent of this where she lives, for direction, plan is to reduce sprawl and pre- ..:county's rural look There, the City Council recently serve openness." JIM BROEDE STAFF WRITER opers decided cluster require homes on devel- The half require clussteri however, doesn't of their land so the remainder can be left as "Instead, we will try to encour- ashington County never permanent open space. age clustering," Harper said, "b I lacked colorful characters, from "Our group isn't saying that providing developers with incen the time of the rugged Swedish clustering is the one and only way more They can build 25 percent settlers to modern-day tycoons. to preserve the rural environ- more than the homes in the allowed :But now, some claim the fast- that Kelly said. But it's a,tool number of homes in the zoning glowing county is in danger of that might work in combination district if they voluntarily clu- z losing another kind of character with.others'in the nine townships. ter." w :.;_ — its rural character.' where ,the county has zoning and Kelly says the townships open ,However, not if Liz Kelly can Planning authority." have the money to put the open help it. County planners contend that space into public ownership. Kelly has organized a group of the proposed plan promises big "So we should prevail on Bevel- 15 citizens seeking to influence the strides in preserving some rurl=` opers and landowners to put part tenor of the county's proposed new environs during the next.20 years, ,a of_their land into trusts that as comprehensive plan, which goes to when the county's y sure it will remain open and should public hearings on April 18 and 20. expected to increase by 68,000, to Pe P ex veloped,"" she said. should "We feel that the proposed plan 230,000. enhance the value thof e the residen- doesn't do enough to preserve the Also, the county would establish :, tial lots because the new home county s existing rural character," residential zoning guidelines that living next to owners would be livin she said "It isn't enough anymore call for allowing from two to 16 ;permanent open space.:' just to create more parks. We homes per 40 acres. have to take other measures to "We have res' make:sure that the countryside seem to be desires sof most of our doesn't become covered by row residents — to seek to preserve upon row of homes. Let's provide and accentuate the difference be- .for more open space breaks where tween the serviced suburban areas homes go up." and the unserviced rural or semi N 1 A 1A lI7 I _ — - __