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<br />. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Preserves and maintains existing hedgerows, mature woodlands or existing <br />fields, (pastures and meadows) and creates sufficient buffer areas to <br />minimize conflicts between residential and agricultural uses. <br /> <br />3. Minimizes development fronting onto existing corridor rural roads by <br />establishing buffer zones with existing and native vegetation to protect rural <br />roadside character and to improve public safety and traffic carrying capacity. <br /> <br />4. Leaves scenic views and vistas unblocked or uninterrupted, particularly as <br />seen from public roads.. <br /> <br />5. Avoids new construction on ridges by taking advantage of lower topographic <br />features. <br /> <br />6. Protects wildlife habitat of species listed as endangered, threatened or of <br />special concern by the u.s. Environmental Protection Agency and/or the <br />Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. <br /> <br />7. Designs around and preserves sites of historic, archeological or cultural <br />value and their environs, insofar as needed to safeguard the character of the <br />feature. <br /> <br />8. <br /> <br />Landscapes common areas (such as community greens and cul-de-sac <br />islands), street right-of-ways with native species shade trees and flowering <br />shrubs of high wildlife conservation value. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />9. Provides active recreational areas in suitable locations offering convenient <br />access by residents, and adequately screened from nearby residents. <br /> <br />10. Includes a pedestrian circulation system designed to assure that pedestrians <br />can walk safely and easily on the site, between properties and activities or <br />special features within the neighborhood open space system. All roadside <br />footpaths should connect with off road trails, which in turn should link with <br />potential open space on adjoining undeveloped parcels (or with existing open <br />space on adjoining developed parcels, where applicable). <br /> <br />11. Provides open space that is reasonably contiguous. Fragmentation of open <br />space should be minimized so that resources are not divided into numerous <br />small parcels located in various parts of the development. To the greatest <br />extent practicable, this land shall be designed as a single block with logical, <br />straightforward boundaries. Long thin strips of conservation land shall be <br />avoided, unless the conservation feature is linear or unless the configuration <br />is necessary to connect with other streams or trails. Open space shall <br />generally abut existing or potential open space on adjacent parcels, and shall <br />be designed as part of larger contiguous and integrated greenway systems. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />12. <br /> <br />Meets qualified Land Trust criteria and protection objectives or those <br />approved by the City Council: <br /> <br />s: \document \ordinanc \oa99.osd. doc <br />