5.2. SR 03-12-1996 - Laserfiche WebLink

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POLICIES: · Encourage the preservation of shorelands, wetlands, and drainage ways. · Encourage the preservation of natural contours and soils, and preservation of natural vegetation. · Preserve natural systems through acquisition, dedication, or easements. · Require that development plans demonstrate a compatibility with natural features and systems. o GOAL: Preserve, maintain, and/or strengthen the cultural social historical physical and visual qualities unique to the community. POLICIES: · Reserve through purchase, easement, or dedication, public access to wetlands, waterways, lakeshore, or other natural preservation areas. · Work with other public and private agencies to identity, preserve, and protect, sites of historical, architectural, and cultural significance. · Work with developers to preserve existing natural open space areas. · Require that developers provide for buffer area between differing, non-compatible land use, whenever possible making use of the natural land characteristics. C. CURRENT STATUS The city is endowed with significant recreational assets in the form of dvers and lakes. The Mississippi River has long stretches of undeveloped land along its shores. This land is conducive to development into park land and trails for active and passive recreational use. Also, the Elk River and Lake Orono provide opportunities for active and passive water related recreation. Following is a summary of parks and associated facilities located within the city (Figure 7-A). D. FUTURE PLAN It is the City's desire to provide a variety of passive and active recreational activities and opportunities for its citizens. Therefore, the City desires to improve the existing parks and develop new parks consistent with future overall growth patterns. Priority items identified by the City include: 1) Development of existing neighborhood parks and area wide parks to effectively serve the recreational needs of the population Isee Master Park Plan for classification for criteria of Parks). 2) An integrated trail system for pedestrian and bicycles which effectively ties together existing and proposed parks and other public areas. 3) Acquisition of land for future parks. The long range parks and trails plan (see Master Park Plan) considered natural features, existing development and projected development. Features considered favorable for park land include: forested areas, wetlands, shoreland of lakes, streams and rivers and abandoned railroad beds. Designated locations of parks on the Park Plan are generalized in nature and are subject to review as land develops. Figure 7~B illustrates existing parks throughout the community. 29