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<br /> »i.�.Y. CHRIS POLYDOROFF/PIONEER PRESS
<br /> ' arine on St. Croix's General Store Is one of the architectural
<br /> 0 >l eauties that makes the small city resemble a New England town.
<br /> ; he city wants to preserve that feeling by enacting a development
<br /> �'r4Je that would keep large stretches of land open.
<br /> acres because of all that.open
<br /> .. •L AN® space.,,
<br /> Washington County, where Ma-
<br /> :,~ rine on St. Croix is located, has a f
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<br /> cluster housing ordinance. But un- 1
<br /> ** like the one proposed in the city,it
<br /> :4* But Randall Arendt, a planner is optional in the county's nine ,,
<br /> . 4113 C SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS ;+1nd author of the book, "Rural by townships.
<br /> 46 •`.r sign," predicts Edmundson will But look for the county to clan-
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<br /> e in court. gle a carrot.
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<br /> ;. 4`Some developers say this is a "We are thinking about offering
<br /> ' ming of land without compensa- developers a bonus," county plan-
<br /> n," Arendt said. "But that's an nergJane Harper said, "like allow- 1
<br /> _ ' -y= I , oneous readingof the law. In inupto 25 percent more homes
<br /> I .1-.. :�.ntost cases, the developer can when developers choose to clus I
<br /> " ' _ ''''' .:I tild just as many homes as be- ter."
<br /> :` , Ake ' _-ore, only now they have to be Edmundson's planner, Jack
<br /> � Sl*-- �� ''' :4 'aclustered on a smaller portion of Buxell, says essentially the same
<br /> ' ' r - .-the property. thing can be accomplished under
<br /> ' ---*--1-11:3s ' - ` Arendt said ne's aware of towns planned unit development ordi-
<br /> - . _- - " /. nand counties on the East and West nances.
<br /> . .. r� Yjcoasts requiring up to 83 percent "It's more fair to everyone if we
<br /> '''''‘of the developers' land to remain
<br /> F `=72i p operate under a PUD ordinance
<br /> open
<br /> ,4 ' 0ENERAL-S ' y4 Edmundson questions the mar-
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<br /> ' ��il-{'!��JI4)1111{llll!(!iI{i'�Jlillfii �< *- ket potential for clustered housing. "The city's proposed
<br /> ~� r ,. , "•i "The city's proposed new devel neW deVelopm@nt —i
<br /> I€ .- 'I ;opment code could bring develop-
<br /> ment to a halt,"he said. "But then, code could bring
<br /> �' _ imaybe that's what they (city offi development to a
<br /> ° -<t :.ici,als) really want.
<br /> II = r Arendt, however, contends that halt.
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<br /> __ �, .ao . the smaller lots created by clus- EDMUNDSON
<br /> D. '"\ " '.otering should give Edmundson a BLAINEBLVELOPER
<br /> ti , - _. - m9L. rketin advantage.
<br /> „� • _ _ `Edmundson should wake up
<br /> �t ;;-ltd recognize that many people because it allows for county and .
<br /> - �' •-y`,4,to go out to the country in order city planners and developers to sit
<br /> M `" y live on five acre lots really end down and negotiate a plan accept-
<br /> able to ever one," he said.
<br /> .. hating it," he said. y
<br /> �` . "�.•. `After a while, they find out Marine's planning consultant,
<br /> & � Alan Brixius, concedes that some
<br /> ►..4�'. CHRIS POLYDOROFF/PIONEER PRESS i.' t,> t five acres is too large to mow
<br /> ti rine on St. Crolx's General Store Is one of the architectural h ,i too small to plow. It's not a clustered housing in the Twin Cit-
<br /> ies that makes the small city resemble a New England town. ,' IT1 and it's not a suburban lot. ies metro area'has been achieved
<br /> - tie city wants to preserve that feeling by enacting a development : under planned unit development
<br /> :Nje that would keep large stretches of land open. .-.7t S an awkward in-between size."
<br /> 'Z4 Also, some claim that clustering ordinances.
<br /> .�s the most efficient, economical "But the intent in Marine on St.
<br /> `way to grow — that it results in Croix," he said, "is to make clus-
<br /> -fever streets and condensed ser- ters the standard. But still, there's
<br /> vige areas for street maintenance flexibility built into the proposal.
<br /> '+crews and police. Developers could choose to build
<br /> Local real estate agent Judy their homes in the middle of the ,
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