HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/6/1989 (2) . ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE GROWTH
OP NOXIOUS WEEDS AND TALL GRASS
The Maplewood City Council hereby ordains as follows (additions
are underlined and deletions are crossed out):
Section 1. Section 19 -7 is amended as follows:
Sec. 19 -7. Same -- Affecting health, safety, comfort or repose.
The following are hereby declared to be public nuisances,
affecting health, safety, comfort or repose:
(1) All decayed or unwholesome food offered for sale to the
public;
(2) All diseased animals running at large;
(3) Milk which is produced by cows which have not been
tested and found free of tuberculosis within the year
previous to the offering of such milk for sale to the
• public;
(4) Carcasses of animals not buried or destroyed within
twenty -four (24) hours after death;
(5) Accumulations of rubbish, debris, tin cans or any other
offensive materials;
(6) Privy vaults and garbage cans which are not fly- tight;
(7) Dumping the contents of any cesspool, privy vault or
garbage can, except at places authorized by law;
(8) All noxious weeds and tall grasses and othor rank
gds where they are adversely affecting the public
health, safety, welfare, comfort or repose. Noxious
weeds shall be as defined by the
Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Tall grasses
shall be defined as follows:
(a) Grasses over six inches in height on all public or
privato properties that are completely developed.
(b) Grasses over twelve inches in height on all public
or privato properties that are undeveloped or
partially developed. Wetlands and public open
• space, such as parks, nature centers or County_
open space, are exempted from the tall grass part
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of this subsection. The noxious weed requirements
• shall apply.
(9) The throwing, dumping or depositing of any dead
animals, manure, garbage, decaying matter, ashes,
rubbish, tin cans or other putrescent material of any
kind on public or private property which is not
designated as a public dump;
(10) Dense smoke, noxious fumes, gas and soot, or cinders in
unreasonable quantities;
(11) Offensive trades and businesses, as defined by statute
or ordinance, not licensed as provided by law;
(12) All public exposure of persons having a contagious
disease;
(13) The distribution of samples of medicines or drugs
unless such samples are placed in the hands of an adult
person by someone properly licensed;
(14) All other acts, omissions of acts, occupations and uses
of property which are deemed by the City Council to be
a menace to the health of the inhabitants of the City
or a considerable number thereof;
• (15) The throwing, dumping or depositing of ground soil,
sand, stones or other inert material on public or
private property, without obtaining a permit from the
Department of Public Works; or
(16) All rats or rat harbors on private or public premises.
(Code 1965, §602.030; Ord. No. 308, §1, 2- 10 -72; Ord.
No. 341, 51, 1 -4 -73)
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and
publication.
Passed by the Maplewood City Council on , 1989.
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,.. TELEPHONE: (612) 296 -8309
1505.07 NOXIOUS WEEDS. The following plants are deemed by the
Commissioner Agriculture
other property injurious
noxious public
weeds health, public roads,
crops, livestock,
COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME
Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Hemp Cannabis sativa
Lythrum salicaria, virgatum
Loosestrife. purple or any combination
Poison ivy Rhus radicans
Spurge, leafy Euphorbia esula
Sowthistle, perennial Sonchus arvensis
Thistle, bull Cirsium vulgare
Thistle. Canada Cirsium arvense
Thistle, musk Carduus nutans
Thistle, plumeless Carduus acanthoides
1wingl list WEEDS. A weed or
a county noxious listebycfol the
following the
following list P
. procedure outlined in Rule 1505.0750.
COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME
Alyssum, hoary Berteroa incana
Artichoke, Jerusalem Helianthus tuberosus
Buckwheat, wild Polygonum Convolvulus
Buffalobur Solanum rostratum
Burdock Arctium minus
Buttercup, tall Ranunculus acris
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Carrot, wild (Mucus carota
Catchfly, nightflowering Silene noctiflora
Cockle, white Lychnis alba
Cocklebur, common Xanthium pensylvanicum
Daisy,-oxeye Chrysanthemum leucanthm
Dock, curly Rumex crispus
Flixweed Descurainia sophia
Foxtail, giant Setaria faberii
Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa
Crepis tectorum
Hawksbeard, narrowleaf Crepis capillaris
Hawksbeard, smooth Hieracium aurantiacum
Hawkweed, orange Oatura stramonium
Jimsonweed Centaurea maculosa
Knapweed, spotted Kochia scoparia
• Kochia
Kochia
album
Lambsquarters, common Hibiscus trionum
Mallow, venice Iva xanthifolia
Marshelder Asclepias syriaca
Milkweed, common Muhlenbergia frondosa
Muhly, wirestem
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COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME
Mustard, wild Brassica kaber
Nightshade, black Solanum nigrum
Nutsedge, yellow (nutgrass) Cyperus esculentus
Oat, wild Avena fatua
Panicum, fall Panicum dichotomiflorum
Panicum, wild proso millet Panicum miliaceum
Pigweed, redroot Amaranthus retroflexus
Pigweed, prostrate Amaranthus blitoides
Quackgrass Agropyron repens
Radish, wild Raphanus raphanistrum
Ragweed, common Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ragweed. giant Ambrosia trifida
Sandbur, field Cenchrus pauciflorus
Smartweed, Pennsylvania Polygonum pensylvanicum
Smartweed, (ladysthumb) Polygonum persicaria
Sorghum - almum Sorghum almum
Sunflower, common (except cultivars) Helianthus annuus
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare
Velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti
Yellow rocket Barbarea vulgaris
Woolly cupgrass Eriochloa villosa
Wormwood, absinth Artemisia absinthium
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OCT 0 0 1989
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BRW. INC THRESHER SOUARE 700 THIRD STREET SOUTH • MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA 55415 PHONE 612 370 -0700 FAX 612 370 -1378
MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 27, 1989
TO: Maplewood City Planning Commission
FROM: William Weber, AICP, Consulting Planner
SUBJECT: Editing of Maplewood Comprehensive Plan
I will be meeting with the Maplewood City Planning Commission at your regular
meeting on Monday, November 6, to review and discuss the first draft editing
of the land use component of the Maplewood Comprehensive Plan. I would like
to go through the 1982 plan page by page with you and discuss what was cut and
why. Therefore, please bring your copy to the meeting. I have enclosed a copy
of the remaining text from Sections 1 -1 through 18 -32 along with a memo from
• me to Geoff Olson explaining the rationale behind the editing.
You may recall that this work was contracted last spring. I must apologize for
the slow pace thus far. I expect things to go more smoothly now that we have
resolved a staffing problem here at BRW. Thank you for your patience.
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MEMORANDUM ,
DATE: October 9, 1989
T0: Geoffrey Olson
Director of Community Development
City of Maplewood
1930 East County Road B
Maplewood, Minnesota 55109
FROM: William Weber, AICP
SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Editing
The following objectives were observed in editing Sections 1 -1 through 18 -32 of
the existing Maplewood Comprehensive Plan:
1. Make the plan easier for the public and the elected and appointed officials
to read and understand. Remove or rewrite all extraneous statements,
keeping only those which give firm direction to staff or officials.
2. Reduce the size of the document to 1/2 or 1/3 its present size.
3. Consolidate goals and objectives so they are clear, usable, and relevant.
4. Update basic statistics and outdated policies and programs.
5. Make a more clear linkage between the land use plan categories and the
zoning ordinance districts.
6. Introduce new or revised material to meet local staff and officials` needs
and to gain approval of the Metropolitan Council.
7. Keep consultant fees reasonably low.
In my first editing, I did not attempt to accomplish #5 and #6, above. My aim
was merely to produce a draft which was more easily understood and was much
shorter. You and I should meet to discuss what is now missing or incorrect from
the point of view of #5 and #6.
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Geoffrey Olson
October 9, 1989
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More specific to the editing of Sections 1 -1 through 18 -32, I deleted text if it
met any of these criteria:
1. Statements which are flowery and general and do not specifically identify
issues or give policy direction.
2. Statements which are excessively wordy.
3. Statements about topics over which the City does not exercise control.
4. Statements having to do with the planning process or which generally try to
elevate the importance of this plan beyond the level to which I believe
most people not in the planning profession regard it.
5. Facts and figures which are outdated or incorrect (e.g., population fore-
cast, employment forecast).
6. The entire Housing Plan, because we will be rewriting that in its entirety.
7. The Street System Plan, because we will include material recently revised
• by City staff.
8. The entire Parks Plan, because we will be rewriting this short section in
its entirety (although we may reuse some elements).
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CITY TOPOGRAPHY AND PHYSICAL FEATURES
Land development patterns within the City have been affected
by natural characteristics: topography and drainage, slopes
and soils. Future development and land uses must also be
related to these characteristics as the remaining undevel-
oped land is consumed. A number of independent drainage
systems are dispersed throughout the City - some of which
serve areas far beyond Maplewood's boundaries. The map on
the following page indicates the major drainage basin areas
in the community.
Most of the topography of the City can be classified as
"gently rolling" land. Some small areas have severe slopes.
These occur primarily in the area south of I -94 between
Century Avenue and McKnight Road. These slopes may present
problems for specific developments but should not be a major
barrier to development in the area.
Much of this area south of I -94 remains undeveloped at this
time. It thus represents one of two major areas for poten-
tial development in the City. As development occurs, care-
ful planning needs to be given to saving the wood cover,
water ponding capability, natural drainage courses, and
other natural resources that exist.
The second area of major potential development is the area
to the north of Highway 36. It has seen rapid development,
but a substantial amount of vacant land remains. It has
gently rolling land, is served by a drainage system which
flows from east to west, and has soil capable of supporting
urban development.
Because of the significant impact of the Regional Shopping
Center north of Highway 36, further urban expansion of com-
mercial and residential uses is anticipated. This develop-
ment must be closely correlated with adequate drainage, road
networks, and minimum adverse impact between the several
land uses.
The soil conditions of the City can be grouped into two
major classifications:
1. Peat and silty lands which are generally found in low
• flood lands and wet soils in drainage areas of the City.
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• 2. Clay soils which elevation and be
not found
susceptible e
are higher periodic
flooding.
While both types of soil conditions are capable of being
developed, drainage is poor and percolation rates are very
slow; in both instances, building foundations and construc-
tion do present problems. It should be noted that in those
areas of the community where peat soils exist, they tend to
be of substantial depth and are undesirable sites for
building purposes. As a result of these conditions,
land use plan designates some of these natural drainage area
ways and collection areas as being best used for open space
and recreation uses rather than intensive land development.
To that degree, efforts he land made within this th a
ecom�
maximize the use
munity.
SUMMARY
o Soils in Maplewood have been classified according to
their site characteristics cortmunityo construction. Most
have moderate or severe
the soils e
limitations.
o The vegetation in Maplewood is characterized by a
• rather been susceptible tible to diseasesresuch rtasy which
Dutch Elm
have been P
disease or oak wilt.
o struggle The City of
against l Dutch Elm disease, dramatic
ease,anfewer trees are
struggle
lost each year.
o Wetlands located in Maplewood serve the functions of
providing settling basins for excess runoff and
wildlife habitasrequestsa taken into con-
sideration in a ll development the
o Department ofnHUMaplewood loodingv been
Deparment
areas.
o Lakes in Maplewood have been classified by the
Department a development and Resources relationship of to
surrounding
ity for d pm
land uses.
• o Water quality samples have been taken in Maplewood at
several locations on Battle Creek, State water quality
Beaver Lake and County Ditch 18.
• standards for the levels of fecal coliforms were
violated in several locations.
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• o Although there are no major point sources of air pollu-
tion in Maplewood, it is hypothesized that overall par-
ticulate levels may be in violation of state standards.
o The major source of noise in Maplewood is vehicular
traffic. Although the Highway Department does not have
any programs for the construction of noise berms in the
City, it does encourage noise - sensitive land use
planning.
SOILS AND SLOPES
The map on the following page, "Soil Limitations" was based
on the Interim Soil Survey prepared by the Ramsey County
Soil and Conservation District. Soils have been divided
into three broad classes: slight, moderate and severe.
Soils with slight limitations have site characteristics that
are easy to manage, and would generally be most appropriate
for construction or development. Soils with moderate limi-
tations require good management and careful designing to
overcome site limitations. Soils with severe limitations
may be impossible to develop, and special design or major
reclamation may be required. Costs to overcome severe soil
limitations are generally high.
Areas with severe limitations for development are generally
• excessively wet or have slopes in excess of 12 percent. The
City can avoid development problems by requiring soil and
slope tests to be made prior to approval of any development,
and by prohibiting development in areas with severe limita-
tions.
VEGETATION
The vegetation in the City of Maplewood is characterized by
a generalized tree cover of young urban trees, located as
illustrated on the Tree Cover Map. Although there are
several scattered clumps of trees in the northern half of
the City, many tree masses remain in the south leg. The
Maplewood forestry program has three basic goals: replacing
trees lost to shade tree diseases, disposal of trees lost to
shade tree diseases, and landscaping and maintenance of
vegetation on City -owned and operated property.
The City has made marked progress in dealing with the loss
of shade trees to Dutch Elm disease as a result of a program
that requires property owners to remove diseased trees
within five days, or they will be removed by the City within
seven days. City personnel feel that the program, which is
partially funded by the Minnesota Shade Tree Program, has
been extremely successful, and the loss of these trees in
• the future will be drastically reduced.
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Efforts are now being made to inventory the tree resources
in the City to identify areas that may be subject to other
potential shade tree diseases. Although oak wilt has not
been a major problem (about 300 trees have been lost in the
past six years), there are about 140,000 oaks in the City
and efforts will be made to protect these resources as well.
It is estimated that about 80,000 elm trees remain in the
City. One major reason for the success of the shade tree
disease control program has been the interest and par-
ticipation of citizens of the community.
WETLANDS AND PONDING AREAS
Wetlands and ponding areas in the City of Maplewood have
been located on the following map. The location of the
wetlands was determined on the basis of soils maps recently
released by the Ramsey County Soil Conservation Service.
Wetlands are generally those areas with a water table above
five feet in depth, and may be subject to flooding at some
periods of the year.
Wetland areas serve the dual function of providing settling
basins for excess runoff, and an excellent habitat for
waterfowl and other wildlife. Because a considerable .por-
tion of the City is undeveloped, there is an opportunity to
protect wetland areas or designate them as open space areas
• to prevent disruption of the natural drainage system.
Many of the ponds in the City are already located on City -
owned and or in parks. The Ramsey - Washington Metro
Watershed Districts is responsible for ensuring community
participation in efforts to manage storm water in the
district. The Soil Conservation Service has taken the posi-
tion that all wetlands must be preserved. Although it does
not have the authority to enforce this, the maintenance and
preservation of wetland
areas is taken into
consideration in
development requests and the City has attempted to prevent
any further losses of wetland areas.
FLOODPLAINS AND DRAINAGE BASINS
Floodplains in Maplewood were identified in conjunction with
a Flood Hazard Study conducted by the U.S. Department of HUD
in 1974. At this time, the City of Maplewood also adopted a
floodplains ordinance modification, providing that all
building permit applications be reviewed by the City
Building Official to determine whether the proposed building
site will be reasonably safe from flooding.
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Several areas in Maplewood are impacted by flooding during
peak storm periods. The Drainage Plan completed for
Maplewood in 1974 identified the following serious problem
areas for flooding, and made recommendations to resolve the
problems.
1. Ponding area on both sides of Cope Avenue east of
Hazelwood Street.
2. Brookview Drive, approximately 1,000 feet west of
Century Avenue.
3. Outlet for storm sewer outletting north of the inter-
section of Crestview Drive and Highwood Avenue.
4. Gladstone area. This area has very little existing
storm sewers.
5. Ponding area adjacent to White Bear, north of the Soo
Line Railroad tracks.
6. County Road B and Edgerton.
7. Northeast quadrant of Highways 36 and 61.
8. Able Street and Kingston Avenue.
9. Larpenteur Avenue and Van0yke Street.
Maplewood has made substantial progress in controlling flood •
problems since this report was released. All development
requests are sent to the Ramsey - Washington Metro Watershed
District for their comments, which are made in accordance
with the recommendations of the Drainage Plan. In addition,
the City plans to undertake a new sewer study to deal with
recurrent flooding and drainage problems.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Water Quality
The water resources in and adjacent to Maplewood are a
result of glacial activity which left lakes and swamps
throughout the metropolitan area. The preservation and pro-
tection of surface and groundwater resources is essential,
as these waters are used for recreational, domestic and
aesthetic purposes.
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The Department of Natural Resources has classified lakes in
Maplewood according to the most appropriate use. Under the
Shoreland Management Classification System, there are three
types of lakes:
1. General Development
Those waters whose shores are presently characterized
by industrial commercial or high density residential
development shall be classified as General Development.
2. Recreational Development
Those waters whose shores are presently characterized
by medium density residential development with or
without limited service - oriented commercial development
shall be classified as Recreational Development.
3. Natural Environment
Those waters whose shores are presently characterized
by low density, single - family residential development
shall be classified as Natural Environment.
For each of these classifications, standards have been
established related to minimum lot size, the placement of
structures on lots, shoreland alterations, and the placement
of roads and parking.areas. The classifications assigned to
lakes in Maplewood are illustrated on the following map.
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COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLAN PURPOSE
The community facilities plan is incorporated as an integral
element within the "Plan for Maplewood" and intended to
accomplish the following purposes:
I. To outline and provide direction toward those land uses
and community facilities which cannot be provided indi-
vidually but must be planned, developed, and controlled
by the total community as a whole in order to secure a
more properly balanced total environment for the citi-
zens of the community.
2. To plan and designate community facilities on the basis
of attaining desired levels of service for the citizens
which are relative to both their neighborhood and com-
munity.
3. To provide a guide whereby community and neighborhood
facilities can be planned and developed in cooperation
with community goals and objectives, anticipated
planned growth, and financial capabilities within the
constraints of the community's resources.
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COMMUNITY FACILITIES GOALS
The "Plan for Maplewood' recognizes that the City, as a
governing body, acts as the major determinant in shaping the
community facility needs and level of services throughout
the City. Therefore, the City should develop and maintain a
comprehensive plan which provides for the citizens of the
community, facilities which provide for the following goals:
1. Encouraging a more efficient local City government
which provides improved community services and facili-
ties.
2. Recognizing the need for and improving the basis for
intergovernmental and regional cooperation in order to
reduce duplication of effort and to avoid public incon-
veniences.
3. Achieving optimum use of the taxpayer's dollar in order
greatest possible economy to achieve the great p y and effi-
ciency.
4. Maintaining and planning community facilities and their
appurtenant levels of service within the financial
resource capabilities of the City in order that it may
be an independently sound unit.
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COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLAN OBJECTIVES
The following community facilities plan objectives are
intended to provide both public officials and the citizens
of the community with objectives regarding community facili-
ties, which can assist them in the furtherance of this ele-
ment of the "Plan." The following objectives are singled
out by identifying those issues which are considered rele-
vant to the community facilities plan:
Citizens' Objectives
In order to accomplish the Citizens' Goals and Objectives,
the citizens should require the City Council, the City
Administration and its agencies to plan and authorize con-
tinuing research to assure that all functions of the City's
operations anticipate, and are responsive to, the needs of
Maplewood's citizens.
Local Government Objectives
1. In order for the Goals and Objectives of. the City to be
realized, the citizens of the community and the City
officials should recognize:
a. That the level of government most adequately
equipped to deal directly with the individual citi-
zen and with the characteristics of any and ali
problems unique to a localized place within this
community is the City's local municipal government.
b. That the County, Regional, State, and Federal
Government agencies and non - governmental organiza-
tions should function as a vital supportive role to
that of local City government.
c. That a coordinated effort by all levels of govern-
ment and organizations is needed; and that the
responsibility of government for the citizens of
Maplewood must be met and carried by the City muni-
cipal government.
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2. The City Council, together with the people of the City,
must develop a strong local government which sets
targets and priorities. In order to accomplish this,
the following kinds of measures should be considered:
a. The City's government must expand its role of being
a caretaker, administrator, and custodian to that
of a promoter and catalyst of change.
b. The City's government should be program- oriented
and coordinated for its citizens.
c. The City's government should be organized and
directed not only to the simple provision of ser-
vices, but more importantly, to the active solution
of fundamental people problems.
d. The City's government should develop greater flexi-
bility and utilization of human and financial
resources within the community and the governmental
organization.
e. The City should encourage and actively support
municipal administrators who will • provide competent
and professional analysis.
Health and Welfare Objectives
1. The City should provide and maintain efficient ambu-
lance service with qualified personnel for all the
Maplewood area to assure prompt medical attention in
emergency situations.
2. The City should institute a comprehensive health and
sanitation program which should include:
a. Community -wide sanitary inspection of public and
private property.
b. Identifying the areas and undertaking corrective
action to eradicate areas from potential health
hazards, such as insect - infested areas, areas
improperly served by potable water and in need of
sanitary sewer systems, and noxious weeds.
c. Inspections regarding private water sources, drug
and food preparations, control of lead poisoning.
d. Nursing home inspections.
e. Promoting and establishing communicable disease
detection and prevention clinics.
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f. Evaluating the ever - increasing chemical dependency
problem and suggesting methods of control and
correction.
g. Suggest priorities and schedules for implemen-
tation.
Fire Safety Objectives
1. The primary objective of the fire service of the com-
munity should be fire prevention.
2. City officials should develop, as soon as possible, a
public safety fire protection plan which protects
equipment, facilities, personnel, and community comple-
mentary services such as water and streets necessary to
complement the planned development and growth of the
community. Such plan should be adopted and implemented
through the budgetary process.
3. Volunteer fire service should be retained in the com-
munity because it is well established and has developed
a strong sense of pride and identity among citizenry of
the community. However, a stronger coordination be-
tween the various volunteer fire departments is needed •
which should be developed by the City government. To
establish this objective, the community should finance
and provide for a broader and more comprehensive Fire
Service Agency within the City governmental organiza-
tion which will undertake and provide increased fire
inspection services, more comprehensive fire prevention
educational programs in schools and homes; develop and
administer a community -wide fire safety plan which
coordinates and better implements the volunteer and
City efforts toward increased fire safety in the com-
munity.
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POLICE SAFETY FACILITIES
1. The City should strive to provide a minimum of 1.5
officers t 1,000
the necessary population order
safety services
for the community.
2. The community facilities plan suggests that, because of
the geographic shape of the community and the projected
population for the area commonly known as the "leg of
the City," consideration should be given to long -range
planning for an additional police substation in the
"leg" area of the community in order to more effec-
tively provide police public safety to the citizens of
that area.
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FIRE SAFETY FACILITIES
In order to adequately provide fire protection to the
existing and planned land uses of the community, the com-
munity facilities plan designates that five fire safety sta-
tions be located strategically throughout the community.
The community facilities fire service plan indicates and
illustrates the planned fire district service areas and
general fire station location areas.
The planned fire station location areas are designated in
their approximate desired locations for the following
reasons:
1. The station locations are centrally located in terms of
providing, as reasonable as possible, uniform response
times for fire alarm calls to all areas of the service
district.
2. The station location is in close relation to available
manpower service supply in terms of volunteer services
which is both the existing and planned principal stra-
tegy for manning such fire station facilities.
3. The station sites are planned to be located adjacent to
or near the intersection of two major streets within
the fire service district area in order to facilitate
maximum access in all directions within the fire ser-
vice district.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACILITIES
The community facilities plan suggests that two criminal
justice facilities should be provided within the City of
Maplewood. They are:
1. The Municipal Court is housed and contained within the
City Hall. The combination of criminal justice at the
court level in relation to the police public safety
being contained within the same physical plant facility
acts to provide:
a. The maximizing of public safety resources.
b. Encourages more efficient criminal justice pro -
cessing.
c. Physically brings together those elements of crimi-
nal justice which are designed to protect public
safety and the general welfare of the community.
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MUNICIPAL BUILDING FACILITIES
The City should take the lead in promoting energy conser-
vation in public buildings. The City's energy conservation
and development program should be based on the following
policies:
1. Encourage use of alternative energy forms in new
construction and in the rehabilitation of existing
buildings.
2. Develop and institute a program for disseminating
information on governmental energy conservation
programs and helpful ideas on personal energy conser-
vation methods.
3. When practical, promote overall energy conservation in •
the community development process by encouraging con-
centration of structures and facilities.
The community facilities plan suggests three sites be con-
sidered for municipal facilities. The "Plan" suggests con -
sideration of the following general areas:
1. A principal municipal utility site facility in the
area south of County Road B and east of White Bear
Avenue.
2. A satellite municipal utility facility be developed at
the corner of Londin Lane and Lower Afton Road.
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PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES
The long -range planning, financing and construction of
water, sanitary sewer and storm drainage facilities should
be coordinated with City growth plan as outlined under the
following utility objectives:
1. The utility objectives of the City should be based upon
securing for the citizen and his property the
following:
a. Maximum protection of health and safety.
b. Adequate and efficient service.
c. Fair and equitable distribution of benefits and
costs.
2. The City should prevent inappropriate development from
occurring where City resources are not able to supply
the necessary public services and facilities.
3. All utility systems should be installed in newly devel-
oping areas before or at the same time of development.
This will allow for more economical utility installa-
tion, reduction of damage to streets, elimination or
erosion incidences, and reduction of public improvement
installation and maintenance costs.
4. A priority schedule should be provided for City public
improvements in order to:
a. Remove threats to public health.
b. Allocate community resources to achieve maximum
economy and efficiency of service.
c. Serve existing development.
d. Shape the pattern of new developments.
e. Maintain a competitive land market.
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5. The following priorities for providing City utility
service to the community should be established for:
a. Developed areas subject to immediate threat to
public health or safety.
b. Newly developing areas now underway.
c. Areas scheduled for development in one or two
years.
d. Developed areas without urgent public health or
safety problems.
e. Areas to be developed in three to five years.
6. Utility lines should be placed underground whenever
possible and such lines, structures and supportive land
uses would be located where they will be compatible
with existing and planned development and will be in
accord with the optimum use of available supply resour-
ces.
7. A comprehensive policy document should be formulated
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and adopted. This policy should outline assessment
policies, practices and methods to be utilized by the
City in the conduct of providing initial local utility
• installation or its replacements.
8. Any public utilities proposed to be locally provided by
the City should be evaluated at the time of feasibility
report in terms of:
a. The boundaries of the area or areas deemed bene-
fitted.
b. The total assessed valuation of all lands in the
benefitted area, plus the assessed value of each
individual parcel or lot.
c. The kinds of land use in the area and the percen-
tage of land unused for urban purposes.
d. The estimated cost of the improvement.
e. Estimates of total system costs needed to comple-
ment or accommodate the improvement.
f. Estimates of the total City's costs as a community
cost.
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g. Estimates of the actual assessable costs with
. alternatives and recommendations for distribution
of costs where applicable.
h. Calculation of the total amount payable from spe-
cial assessments and the estimated levy against
each parcel of land.
1. The ratio of special assessments to assessed
valuations for the area as a whole and for each
individual parcel.
J. Indication of all outstanding and unpaid prior
assessments for all lands in the area to be served
plus the amount for each individual parcel therein.
k. The total amount of bonds needed to be issued and
their proposed maturity.
1. Indication of the method of assessment to be used
which would best reflect the costs of the improve-
ment to the benefit received by the properties to
be assessed.
m. The length of period the assessment should be amor-
tized, based upon the estimated cost along with a
• schedule of amortization.
9. Storm and sanitary sewerage systems within the City
should be developed on the basis of watersheds or com-
binations thereof in order:
a. That as much urban development as possible be
served within limits of economic feasibility and
practicability.
b. To ensure that upstream areas of watersheds are not
prevented from development because of inadequate
line or facility capacity in downstream portions of
the watershed.
c. To allow the most efficient and economical design
of facilities.
10. The City should plan, design and provide for the
following storm drainage systems:
a. A primary system to accommodate immediate surface
runoff which eliminates Inconvenience, hazard, and
safety problems.
b. A secondary system to augment the primary system by
• providing temporary water storage.
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11. Drainage systems designed for the City should keep
• storm runoff waters dispersed on the ground surface to
the maximum extent practical.
12. The City should establish a basic storm design fre-
quency for all residential, commercial, industrial and
other urban land use developments warranting and
demanding storm sewer utility systems.
13. To the extent possible, preserve the natural storm
drainage system.
14. All public and private utilities within the City should
be installed in a coordinated manner and in accordance
with the level of service indicated in the City's
General Plan of Development.
15. Ensure the easements for utilities are uniformly
located, providing for easy access relative to main-
tenance and repair and minimal disruption of other
activities.
16. Prepare and annually update a capital improvements
program for both public and semi - public utilities.
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COMMUNITY RECREATION FACILITIES
The community facilities plan recognizes and suggests that
there are areas and facilities within the City, which are
open space and recreation oriented, but serve total com-
munity or surrounding communities in part as a result of
their size and facilities available on location.
Consequently, the "Plan" differentiates these community -wide
recreation facilities from those which would be classified
as neighborhood level recreation service facilities. The
"Plan," therefore, designates that the following
recreational areas and facilities either are or should be
planned as community -wide facilities in nature:
1. The chain -of -lakes network of Kohlman Lake, Gervais
Lake, Keller Lake, Round Lake, and Phalen Lake accom-
panied with their individual park developments
• adjoining each lake facility.
2. Silver Lake and its accompanying Joy Park facility.
3. Beaver Lake and
its accompanying park facility.
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4. The 38 -acre Michael Lane site located between Minnehaha
Avenue and Harvester Avenue.
5. Battle Creek Park located at the northeast corner of
McKnight Road and Upper Afton Road.
6. The St. Paul Ski Club site west of Sterling Avenue and
adjacent to the north side of Interstate 94.
7. Keller and Goodrich Golf Courses.
8. Aldrich Arena located at the northeast corner of White
Bear Avenue and Ripley Street.
9. Sandy Lake located north of Skillman and south of
County Road B west of Highway 35E.
10. Wakefield Lake and Park located at the southeast corner
of Frost Avenue and Hazelwood Avenue.
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11. The storage ponding facility /school located north of
• County Road C and east of Hazelwood Avenue.
12. The community parkland located at County Road B east of
Hazelwood Avenue.
In addition to these above - mentioned facilities, it is
recognized in the community facilities plan that all public
school facilities are community -wide recreational facili-
ties. Further, the plan suggests that they should be
planned to accommodate the implementation of a community -
wide recreation program as an integral part of the maximum
utilization of the school structure facility and physical
plant on site.
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LAND USE PLAN PURPOSE
The Land Use Plan is part of the process involving the total
"Plan for Maplewood." It interrelates with all elements,
goals and objectives of the Plan.
The Land Use Plan is developed to achieve the following pur-
poses:
1. To generally designate the location, use intensity, and
the amount of land development for various uses in the
community. Such uses include business activities,
housing, recreation, education, and cultural activi-
ties.
2. To coordinate land uses into an overall plan which
indicates how the land may be used as future needs
arise.
• 3. To ensure that the following features are Included in
the planning process:
a. Community goals and objectives are recognized.
b. Physical environment and surrounding communities
are considered.
c. Consider all land uses in relation to supportive
elements such as transportation, open space, utili-
ties and other related activities. Consideration
should also be given to good design, aesthetics,
attractiveness and efficiency.
d. The plan should be long -range in nature,
recognizing existing and future problems. Design
standards and guidelines should also be
established.
e. The land use must be coordinated with surrounding
communities, and be compatible with overall land
use in the immediate surrounding areas and the
metropolitan area in general.
f. The land use plan should be realistic.
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The Land Use Plan should recognize the legal impact of
• Zoning Ordinances.
1. Planned land uses should be effected through the
appropriate zoning ordinances.
2. Conflicts between planned land uses and existing zoning
should be resolved upon the adoption of the planned
land use.
3. Zoning maps should be updated as necessary to make both
land use maps and zoning maps compatible.
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LAND USE PLAN GOALS
The "Plan for Maplewood" land use plan element recognizes
that the City as a government has a great deal of influence
in the direction and ways in which this community develops.
The community facilities provided, improvements authorized,
and codes adopted and implemented affect the daily lives of
most citizens, and give form to the community land uses, and
stimulate or retard the land use development throughout the
community. While the workings of the real estate market
help determine the uses of land, these uses are regulated by
the local City government. Therefore, the "Plan" recognizes
that the local City government is the only body with an
opportunity to coordinate the overall pattern of physical
land use development for the City of Maplewood. Therefore,
this land use plan element of the "Plan for Maplewood"
advances the following land use goals:
• 1. Provide for the orderly growth and development of the
community while preserving a measure of diversity among
its various neighborhoods.
2. Maintain and where necessary, strengthen the character
of individual neighborhoods.
3. Protect historically significant sites.
4. Promote sound, economic development within the com-
munity.
5. Maintain a sound property tax base in the City.
6. Ensure efficient utilization and conservation of land
on an individual site as well as a community basis.
7. Optimize the use of land devoted to streets.
8. Minimize conflicts between various planned land uses,
as well as required public services to serve such
planned land uses.
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9. Prevent overcrowding and overintensification of land
use, especially when supportive services and facilities
such as utilities, parking and access, etc., are not
available.
10. Provide for the planned utilization of land to maximize
the aesthetic quality and function to enhance the
quality of life for the citizens of the community.
11. Provide safe, healthy, and attractive residential
environments which offer a broad choice of housing
types.
12. Develop the community to provide for integrated land
use, open space areas, community facilities, and the
natural environment.
13. Maintain, and where necessary, upgrade land uses and
environmental quality.
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GENERAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGN OBJECTIVES
In order to fulfill the land use goals set forth in the
Maplewood Land Use Plan, general land use guidelines have
been established to assist in land use planning and develop-
ment. The following guidelines are to be utilized to ensure
that future development meets the standards of the City of
Maplewood.
1. Establish planning districts in the community based
upon division by physical barriers or homogeneous land
use characteristics, to plan neighborhoods as cohesive
units.
2. The City will analyze all development proposals on an
individual basis from a physical, economic, and social
impact to determine the most appropriate uses within
the context of the community as a whole.
• 3. Whenever possible, the impact of physical barriers
shall be reduced to increase relationships between the
segregated areas and reinforce continuity and a sense
of community.
4. Intensification of a land use activity and development
shall be accompanied by sufficient corresponding
increases in related supportive and service facilities
such as parks, off - street parking, fire and police pro-
tection, etc.
5. Overallocation of use types shall be avoided on a com-
munity, as well as a neighborhood, basis.
6. All properties shall have safe and adequate access.
7. Development proposals shall be related to the overall
neighborhood plan.
8. Land use development shall be related to and reflect
transportation needs of desired development and com-
munity priorities.
9. Property values shall be protected through the har-
monious relationship of land uses, streets, and natural
features.
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10. Transitions between distinctly differing types of land
• uses shall be accomplished in an orderly fashion which
does not create a negative (economic, social, or physi-
cal) Impact on adjoining developments.
11. Whenever possible, changes in types of land use shall
occur at center, mid -block points, so that similar uses
front on the same street, or at borders' of areas
separated by major man -made or natural barriers.
12. Maximize site amenities through minimum grading and
site preparation.
13. Accomplish the control of surface water drainage, with
minimum change in rate or direction of runoff.
14. Ensure that rapid changes in neighborhood and community
form and character do not occur.
15. Where practical, conflicting, and non - complementary
uses shall be eliminated through removal and relocation
or minimize the use of physical barriers, distances,
• screens, or proper physical orientation of lots and
buildings.
16. The removal of land from the tax rolls shall be con-
sidered only when it can be clearly demonstrated that
such removal is in the public interest.
17. Programs and incentives for continuing privately ini-
tiated maintenance, improvements for energy conser-
vation, and redevlopment of existing land use
development shall be created and implemented.
18. Development, which facilitates energy resource conser-
vation, yet maintains compatibility and relationships
of uses, is to be planned and encouraged.
19. Renewal, replacement, and redevelopment of substandard
and /or incompatible development shall be accomplished
through public action and private means.
20. Maplewood's land planning and development should be
coordinated with neighboring communities.
21. Development policies and regulations should be applied
consistently and uniformly.
22. Building maintenance should be promoted through a
program of beautification and building inspection.
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• 23. The attractiveness of the community is to be enhanced
through a continuing program of civic beautification,
tree planting, maintenance of homes and streets, gra-
dual elimination of all overhead wiring, and other
measures which will promote an aesthetically pleasing
environment.
24. The underground placing of electrical and telephone
wires in all new subdivisions and developments and,
where feasible, when new streets are placed in existing
areas, shall be required by ordinance.
25. Ensure proper growth and development control by means
of properly administered zoning and subdivision ordi-
nances.
26. Update the zoning and subdivision ordinances and
include performance- oriented zoning ordinances to
enable the City to review a project on its own merits
and on the relationship it has to the land use plan.
27. The neighborhood is the basic planning unit in
Maplewood. Land use changes should be coordinated with
the overall development and character of each indivi-
dual neighborhood.
• 28. All development in natural or environmentally sensitive
areas shall conform to local, metropolitan, state, and
federal regulations and policies.
29. Development should be restricted or regulated where it
may result in environmental damage.
30. Development near or alteration of natural drainage
system components should be strictly regulated to
ensure that storm water can be adequately managed.
31. Erosion and soil control measures should be used during
grading, drainage, and other construction projects.
32. The Ramsey County Soil Survey should be used to iden-
tify problem areas with regard to soil suitability for
building sites. Areas identified as having moderate or
severe limitations for development shall then be eval-
uated in accordance with Chapter 29 of the Uniform
Building Code.
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33. The standard for evaluation of development requests
• based on topography shall be Policies 28 and 29 con-
tained in the Erodible Slopes Section of the
Metropolitan Development Guide. These policies are as
follows:
28. Slopes which, because of their surficial soil type
are susceptible to severe erosion, shall be main-
tained in a natural state. Municipalities should
adopt regulations to maintain or replace vegeta-
tive cover on these slopes to reduce erosion and
slippage problems.
29. Slopes subject to moderate erosion should be
managed to minimize erosion and slippage; manage-
ment may include special design and construction
methods for development or appropriate vegetative
or other cover.
34. Recommendations and regulations proposed by the
Ramsey - Washington Metro Watershed District should be
considered in the review of all development requests.
35. The City intends to comply with Mn /DOT rules concerning
obstructions to air navigation.
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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGN OBJECTIVES
In order that all residential developments of the City have
a good environment, the following quality guidelines are
endorsed:
1. Prevention of Premature Residential Development
The proposed development of urban residential areas
where the provision of effective services such as
streets, utilities, public safety, recreation programs
and other community services are not available should
be declared premature and thus discouraged. The com-
munity should apply this concept to all forms of resi-
dential development.
2. Preservation of Natural Features
• a. Efforts should be made to plan and preserve natural
features in residential areas.
b. Residential development shall be limited on
floodplains, wetlands, and other natural features
that perform important ecological functions in
their natural state.
c. Utilize cluster housing and the Planned Unit
Development concept to maximize the use of land
impacted by poor soil or slope conditions.
d. Planning and development of residential areas
should take into consideration a planned drainage
system with minimum site preparation.
3. Control of Population and Density Distribution
Residential areas of the City should be planned in a
neighborhood setting, using schools and parks as the
hub of such neighborhoods. Natural or man -made physi-
cal barriers should not traverse, but tend to set the
boundaries of the neighborhood.
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Neighborhoods so identified should be planned for a
distribution of population densities and adequate faci-
lities, suitable for the location and physical charac-
teristics of the land.
The City land use plan should be the guide in deter-
mining population density and distribution, although
some flexibility for changing land use patterns and
densities should be maintained.
4. Credits for Planning
Bonus provisions may be considered for those housing
developments where there has been a planned develop-
ment. Included in such development may be: conser-
vation on streets, provision of a planned and usable
open space system, and provision of a variety of styles
and prices in housing types.
Bonus may include: increased density, opportunity for
mixed usage, and variety in lot size.
Bonuses are suggested to encourage the achievement of
the housing goals and objectives by providing for
houses appealing to a wider segment of the housing
market, as well as providing flexibility to citizen
needs.
5. Variety of Housing Types
a. Residential areas should be encouraged, planned,
and guided to provide a variety of housing types
within neighborhoods.
b. Housing should be provided which meets the physical
and psychological needs of all persons.
c. A mixture of housing types should accommodate all
residents, regardless of age, ethnic, racial,
cultural or socioeconomic background.
d. A diversity of housing should be provided,
including low -rise apartments, high -rise apart-
ments, townhouses (terrace or patio type, atrium or
row houses), mobile homes, single - family housing,
public assisted housing, and low and moderate
income housing.
e. Low and moderate income projects shall be dispersed
throughout the community, and not concentrated in
one area or neighborhood. Such housing should be
• in close proximity to related service needs.
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f. A variety of rental and owner - occupied housing
• shall be allowed.
g. Generally limit mobile homes to mobile home parks,
encourage the highest possible standard of design,
and ensure adequate accessory and supportive faci-
lities.
h. Adopt regulations which permit innovative alter-
native housing design and construction techniques,
such as modular homes.
i. Innovation in subdivision design and housing
development shall be encouraged through the use of
devices such as the cluster and planned unit devel-
opment concepts.
j. Land use regulations shall be adopted which provide
for and encourage planned unit residential develop-
ment.
6. Attractive Appearance
a. Plan and develop residential neighborhoods as
units.
• b. Protect from activities which produce excessive
noise, dirt, odors, or which generate heavy traf-
fic.
c. Protect from encroachment or intrusion of incom-
patible higher use types by adequate buffering and
separation from nonresidential use categories.
d. Place all utilities underground in new subdivisions
and redevelopment areas.
e. Housing areas within the City should be planned to
be served with central water, sanitary sewer, and
adequate drainage systems. All power lines and
other like services should be installed at the time
of housing construction.
f. In existing residential neighborhoods, coordinated
efforts should be undertaken to maintain and
improve the total utility /street facilities.
g. Off- street parking shall be provided in residential
areas.
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7. Adequate Facilities, Services, and Recreation Space
Each residential area should be adequately served by
such facilities and services as: schools, churches,
parks and recreation areas, shopping centers and
transportation - circulation facilities.
All housing areas within the City should be planned and
designed so that community recreation space is an
• integral part of each residential neighborhood.
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COMMERCIAL LAND USE OBJECTIVES
The City should orient its planned commercial areas pri-
marily to Maplewood residents and secondly, to people
throughout the metropolitan area. Proper location, aesthe-
tics and prosperity of commercial areas should provide these
benefits:
a. A variety of services to meet people's needs
b. Employment opportunities
c. Tax revenues
1. Commercial Development Design Objectives
a. Maplewood should formulate policies or ordinances
on commercial developments to provide for:
1. Related and compatible businesses to be grouped
together in suitable areas.
2. Attractive and stimulating surroundings in
which to shop and work.
3. Accessibility: When possible or when oppor-
tunities arise, major street access for service
and commercial development shall be at the
periphery of the area.
4. Adequate parking and loading facilities.
5. Joint utilization of parking, access, and other
related supportive services shall be promoted
in service and commercial districts and indivi-
dual developments.
6. Avoiding environmental disruption to adjacent
residential areas.
7. Orderly transitions between commercial and
residential areas shall be established and
maintained.
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8. It shall be the responsibility of existing com-
mercial developments to assume the burden of
making necessary improvements to ensure com-
patibility with surrounding residential uses.
9. Existing and proposed commercial and service
areas shall be adequately screened or buffered
from any adjacent residential development.
10. Planning commercial and functional activities
to complement each other and the area in which
they are located.
b. Performance standards should be established in
Limited Service Commercial and Service Commercial
Districts. These standards will establish certain
conditions under which high intensity commercial
uses are permitted, and could include the
following:
1. Signs - Specific standards should be set rela-
tive to the maximum size and type of signs, to
eliminate garishly illuminated, cluttered,
oversized signs. These standards should vary
from one district to another, with the most
stringent restrictions placed on signs in ser-
vice commercial centers and residential busi-
ness districts.
2. Lighting - Lighting should be hooded and so
directed that the light source is not visible
from the public right -of -way or from an
abutting residence. The conservation of energy
in lighting should also be stressed.
3. Parking - Off-street parking should be required
in commercial areas, based on specific stan-
dards, relating to the floor area and number of
employees at a given commercial use. Parking
Islands should be landscaped.
4. Landscaping - Landscaping plans should be
included as a part of the review of a commer-
cial development. Landscaping or other forms
of screening should be required where commer-
cial uses abut residential areas. Parking
areas should be screened and /or landscaped.
5. Traffic Circulation - Restrict commercial
development which will result in traffic vol-
umes which are beyond the capacity of the road
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systems or generate excessive noise and air
• pollution. Provide pedestrian access systems
which will ensure safety and ease of access.
6. Environmental Protection - Development plans
should be reviewed for soil suitability,
impacts on drainage systems and surface water
quality. Runoff control and filtration should
be provided in extensively paved areas and ade-
quate snow storage space.
2. The Diversified Commercial Service Center
a. To ensure and protect the great importance of the
diversified center, the City should guide its
development and improvement by:
1. Encouraging concentration of activity within a
limited area to attain efficiency and con-
venience, and increase its glamour and excite-
ment characteristics.
2. Providing convenient access, including transit
facilities to and through the center.
3. Protecting the integrity of residential areas
nearby so that the local and collector streets
do not allow straight access to the center.
b. The City should include these four guidelines in
the center's circulation plan:
1. Separation of people and vehicles.
2. Separation of passenger and service vehicles.
3. Separation of through and antra- center traffic.
4. Development of a rational relationship between
traffic distribution and vehicle parking.
3. Service Commercial Centers
a. These include any commercial activities which func-
tion on a local or community -wide scale. Very
high- intensity commercial uses should be permitted
subject to performance guidelines. A wide variety
of additional commercial facilities will be per-
mitted in this district, provided that it is com-
patible with the character and development of the
neighborhood in which it is located.
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b. At present, this commercial function tends to occur
• in two district patterns:
1. Peripheral to other center -type developments
and industrial activity.
2. As a strip along major streets, where most
customer activity is one -stop oriented and
reached by auto.
c. The City should guide development and improvement
of these centers by:
1. Planning and evaluating locations in terms of
the land use plan, available utilities, and
street - traffic systems.
2. Evaluating locational guideline standards for
each site.
3. Providing for safe and separate movement of
people and vehicles.
4. Encouraging the grouping of activities within
structures for functional compatibility, joint
parking opportunities, and increased shopper
motivation.
4. Limited Service Centers
a. Limited Service Centers are defined as those pro-
viding specialized commercial services on a neigh-
borhood scale, limited as to quantity, location or
function, and planned in a quality environment.
The City should develop location guidelines for
each variety of center.
b. The community must restrict these centers because
of their effect on surrounding properties, yet pro-
vide convenience to the citizens with high stan-
dards of safety amenities and aesthetics.
c. The City should approve locations only after
complete environmental planning, which includes
considering function, traffic, intensity of acti-
vity, surrounding uses, and utilities.
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INDUSTRIAL LAND USE OBJECTIVES
Maplewood's industrial land use objectives should be
designed to:
1. Encourage for the City a sound economy compatible with
the Metropolitan Area.
2. Implement a diverse industrial land use program which
reflects the effective use of available people, physi-
cal, and natural resources within the area.
3. Provide an efficient and harmonious distribution of
facilities and sites within the City.
4. Provide specific performance standards and guidelines
to review the compatibility of a proposed industrial
development, including the following:
a. Parking and Loading - Provide adequate off - street
parking space and loading facilities.
b. Landscaping - Provide landscaping and other means
of buffering to eliminate impacts on adjacent land
uses; provide sufficient open space around
industrial structures to protect them from the
hazards of fire and to provide attractive open
area; require landscaping or screening of open
storage areas.
c. Signs - Limit the number, size, and placement of
signs.
d. Roads - Design roads to service industrial and
heavy truck transportation, provide a traffic cir-
culation system which is efficient and has a mini-
mal Impact on adjacent land uses.
e. Environmental Protection - Require a drainage
impact plan which would include mechanisms whereby
surface water drainage could be properly managed
and water quality and erosions impacts minimized.
5. Promote industrial land use developments in planned
• park -like environments.
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6. Provide locational opportunities which encourage ready
• access:
a. To shopping and commercial areas and facilities
b. To either major streets or other major highway
facilities
c. By increasing transit usage
7. Penetration of residential neighborhoods by industri-
ally- generated traffic shall be discouraged or elimi-
nated.
8. Provide and coordinate locations which can be comple-
mented with quality public utilities and transportation
facilities.
9. Allow for mixing of industrial operations within com-
mercial service and diversified centers, if such acti-
vities do not require heavy trucking service and can
function within office -like structures.
10. It shall be the responsibility of existing industrial
developments to assume the burden of making necessary
improvements to ensure compatibility with surrounding
land uses.
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EXISTING LAND USE AND REGULATIONS
The existing land use pattern within the City of Maplewood
acts to play a major part in the determination of the City's
future pattern of growth. The present pattern of land use
has been influenced by the location of major streets and
transportation routes, topography and soil conditions,
ownership patterns and the absence or presence of urban ser-
vices.
The existing land use pattern of the City of Maplewood can
generally be characterized as being dominated by four prin-
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cipal types of land uses:
1. Open vacant lands
2. Single - family residential development
411 3. Public open spaces including parks, schools and
churches
4. Roads and transportation facilities
Interspersed among these four principal land uses are
decentralized small commercial and manufacturing facilities
along with the major employment research center and inter-
national headquarters of the 3M Company.
The residential land use pattern of the community represents
a range in building values that would be generally
classified as moderate, having an average market value in
July of 1980 of $60,725. (Value determined by Ramsey
County.) The majority of dwelling units within the City are
of modest construction, and can generally be classified as
sound in construction. However, there are isolated cases of
housing within the community that should be corrected
because of deterioration and /or lack of maintenance.
Past developers of the community created a residential pat-
tern which has resulted in two major classifications of lot
sizes. They are:
1. Subdivisions of land which have resulted in small
• platted lots having 40 -foot frontages and approximately
5,000 square feet of land area. These lotting patterns
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have tended to occur in those subdivision areas which
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have been platted for some years and have been devel-
oped, for the most part, through the consolidation of
two or three lots into one lot in order to secure
proper land area adequate to serve the private sanitary
disposal system that was installed at the time the
dwellings were constructed. However, there is
remaining vacant land which was platted in this fashion
that is now served, for the most part, by public sani-
tary sewers. Thus, the resulting lot sizes which tend
to dominate these areas are those which would have land
areas approximating 8,500 to 12,000 square feet of lot
area.
2. The more recent lotting pattern of contemporary sub-
divisions within the City has been resulting in single -
family lots having frontage ranging between 75 feet to
100 feet on the average and lot areas averaging
approximately 12,000 square feet per parcel.
Although vacant lands comprise approximately 47 percent of
the land within the community, they are being sold or
divided for residential use purposes as urban services
become available to the area.
The commercial development within the community consists of
small neighborhood or community service -type facilities,
usually predominated by food store activities and automobile
service stations, and the Maplewood Mall, a regional
shopping facility, and attendant developments. Community
and neighborhood commercial service areas have tended to
locate along major streets or at intersections thereof.
These neighborhood and community commercial center areas
throughout the community can be generally characterized as:
1. Lacking any substantive coordinated overall planning of
the center area.
2. Principally geared to serving automobile traffic.
3. Developed in a "piece- meal" fashion resulting in
interspersed vacant lots, lacking landscaping ameni-
ties, having uncontrolled street access points and
lacking amenities of good building design.
The existing commercial uses that have developed within the
community are, for the most part, located within the
appropriate existing zoning districts. However, the major
portion of land classified as commercial under the zoning
regulations of the community is undeveloped and the land use
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plan would suggest that not only some of these areas are
planned to different land uses, but that such areas be
• rezoned in order to become more properly related to the land
use plan of the community.
The City of Maplewood has zoned substantial tracts of land
within the community for industrial use purposes. So much
so, that the City of Maplewood is one of the largest
industrially zoned communities in Ramsey County. The City
has zoned 2,000 acres for Industrial use within the com-
munity, of which approximately 409 acres are actually devel-
oped with Industrial use, most of which falls within the
industrial complex of the 3M Company. The remaining
industrially developed acreages are limited to small
industrial uses. The major portion of land classified for
industrial purposes is undeveloped. The land use plan would
suggest that some of these industrially zoned areas be
planned to different land uses and that they be reclassified
in order to become more properly related to the physical
development pattern of the community.
The following conclusions can be reached based upon an eval-
uation of the City's existing land use in relation to the
existing zoning district assignment by the community:
1. The application of zoning districts within the City has
tended to be assigned on the basis of existing land
uses, rather than assigning zoning districts to land
uses in an effort to accomplish either a total land use
plan or a zoning plan for the City.
2. The changing of zoning district boundaries has tended
to be through the initiated actions of property owner
induced petitions rather than City Council initiation.
Consequently, many fragmented farm zoned parcels of
land exist throughout the community which are complete-
ly surrounded by urban land use zoning districts of a
non -farm nature.
3. In the instance of multiple - family dwelling zoning, the
community has tended to utilize the process of issuing
special use permits through the application of planned
unit development.
The subdivision regulations adopted by the community in
relation to the existing land use pattern indicate that the
community has tended to allow a number of property divisions
out of relatively large tracts of land which have resulted
in some parcels that are fragmented and present future deve-
lopment problems to both the community and property owners.
The land use plan element suggests that such property divi-
sions and subsequent land use patterning should be more clo-
sely reviewed and coordinated with the overall area
development pattern and land use plans for the area.
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LAND USE PLAN PROPOSAL AND DEFINITION
The City land use plan proposes to:
1. Incorporate the comprehensive goal and objective frame-
work advanced in the "Plan for Maplewood" as it relates
to the physical planning and spatial arrangement of
land use patterns throughout the City.
2. Implement the neighborhood planning concept throughout
the entire City.
3. Take into consideration the existing land use pattern,
the topography and physical features of the community.
4. Incorporate population and employment projections in
the determination and arrangement of land uses within
the community.
5. Encompass and relate the major street plan of the City
to the land use plan element.
6. Include the community facilities necessary to serve the
planned land uses and needs resulting therefrom.
7. Designate a land use system whereby residential land
uses are planned to be the major land use within the
City.
8. Provide open space facilities including schools,
churches, municipal facilities, drainageways, and
parks, which will occupy approximately 25 percent of
the total City land area.
9. Provide commercial service land use areas needed as a
result of the commercial service demands necessary to
accommodate the population.
10. Indicate that the entire land area of the City will
eventually be subject to urban land uses.
11. Provide streets and highways in terms of their portion
of the total land use area within the City as a result
of the necessary local streets that will be needed to
• accommodate access to the planned population housing
areas.
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LAND USE PLAN DEFINITIONS
• The residential development density ranges indicated in the
land use plan for each neighborhood area are classified Into
the following three types of residential densities:
1. Low - Density Residential (RL). This classification is
primarily designated for a variety of single dwelling
homes. An occasional double dwelling may be allowed.
2. Medium - Density Residential (RM). This classification
is designated for such housing types as single - family
houses on small lots, two - family homes, townhouses, and
mobile homes. The maximum population density is 22
people per net acre.
3. High- Density Residential (RH). This classification is
designated for such housing types as apartments, two-
, family homes, townhouses, nursing homes, dormitories,
or elderly housing. The maximum population density is
34 people per net acre.
Commercial Planned Land Use Classifications - These cate-
gories of land use designate commercial land use areas where
the principal functions that take place on the land involve
the providing and /or supplying of services necessary to meet
peoples demands. Because such commercial activities encom-
pass a wide range of use activities which have distinct
functional commercial center characteristics, the land use
plan recognizes such characteristics to the degree that
three separate and distinct classifications of commercial
land use activities are advanced in the Plan. These classi-
fications are designed and oriented toward achieving func-
tional compatibility in concert with performance
capabilities. The land use plan advances the following com-
mercial classifications:
1. Diversified Center (DC). This commercial classifica-
tion refers to facilities which have a regional orien-
tation in terms of size and scale. The area in the
vicinity of Maplewood Mall is characteristic of the
type of development that could be expected in such a
district. This should be the most all - encompassing
• type of commercial district, permitting a wide variety
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of retail outlets, hotels, office buildings, medical
• centers, light industrial developments, and high den-
sity residential areas. The Diversified Center pro-
vides:
a. Good accessibility to regional transportation
corridors
b. A central location serving a subregional market
area
c. The consolidation of diverse commercial facilities
into one total planned area
2. Limited Service Center (LSC). The limited service com-
mercial center classification refers to commercial
facilities on a neighborhood scale. Heavy industrial
uses, department stores, motels, auto accessory stores,
etc., would be prohibited. Other land uses of a medium
intensity nature, such as gas sales with no vehicle
repair or maintenance and with no more than two pumps
on a single island to service up to four vehicles at
one time, may be permitted subject to meeting certain
performance standards as defined in the zoning code.
3. Service Commercial Centers (SC). This commercial
classification is oriented to facilities which are
local or community -wide scale. While a full range of
commercial uses is permitted in this district, certain
types of facilities which may be of a high- intensity
nature, such as fast food restaurants, discount sales
outlets, gas stations, and light industrial uses,
should be permitted subject to specific performance
guidelines. The objective of establishing this
district is to provide for a wide variety of commercial
uses, compatible with the character and development of
the neighborhoods in which they are located.
4. Residential Business District. This classification
includes high density residential and office uses, and
should provide some transition between a commercial use
that generates a high amount of traffic, such as a
Diversified Center, and residential uses. This classi-
fication is shown in the vicinity of Hazelwood Street,
west of the Maplewood Mall, where a number of single -
family residential uses face encroachment of commercial
development.
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Industrial Land Uses
Three basic industrial land use classifications are
established:
1. Development and Research (DR). This land use classifi-
cation is characterized by research and development of
prototype industrial and commercial nature. It is the
intent of this district to provide for a planned and
designed research and development area developed in a
park -like environment so as to create a compatible
environment with surrounding land uses. Most types of
industrial development would be permitted, provided
they are compatible with adjacent land areas.
2. Business - Warehousing (BW). Industrial uses found in
this classification include governmental and public
utility buildings and structures, storage and ware-
housing facilities, wholesale business and office
establishments, cartage and express facilities, radio
and television stations and other industrial uses of a
lower- intensity nature.
3. General Industrial (GI). A general industrial classi-
fication provides for manufacturing and higher inten-
sity industrial uses.
Parks (P) and Open Space (OS)
These land use classifications are designed to provide land
use areas throughout the community which act to complement
all other land uses by providing a reasonable balance of
open space in relation to urban development. Within this
classification there are a number of specialized land use
activities which can be further classified such as:
1. Parks and playgrounds
2. Natural drainage courses
3. Cemeteries
4. Public and non - public school grounds
5. Golf courses
6. Lakes
7. Pedestrian trailways and scenic drives
8. Environmental protection areas, encompassing wetlands
and floodplains
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LAND USE PLAN NAPS
It is intended that the Land Use Plan Map is a generalized
statement of density and intensity of uses. Modifications
to stated Intensity of uses will be allowed when and where
proposed activities are found to be in compliance with the
adopted comprehensive plan policies and compatibility of
land use is maintained.
Map indicates -wide land use
the total City-wide The Land Use Plan M p y
plan when the thirteen neighborhood planning area land use
maps have been coordinated into one mosaic plan for the
entire City.
In addition, the City -wide land use plan map is followed by
a land use plan map for each of the identified neighborhood
planning areas. Each of these neighborhood planning area
land use plan maps is designed to be:
1. Coordinated with the overall City -wide Land Use Plan
Map.
2. Recommended as the land use plan guideline for all land
use development within each neighborhood planning area.
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3. Institution sites - sites for school and other institutions having service
spheres coinciding with the limits of the neighborhood planning area should
be suitably grouped about a central point or common, and combine with
the neighborhood recreations area, whenever possible.
4. Local shopping center - if warranted by the population to be served, the
• local convenient shopping facility should be located at the edge preferably
of the neighborhood planning area or at an arterial traffic junction and
adjacent to similar commercial districts, if any, of adjoining neighborhoods.
5. Internal street system - the neighborhood planning area should be provided
with a special street system, each street being proportioned to its probable
traffic load, and the street net as a whole being designed to facilitate
circulation within the neighborhood area with good access to major streets,
and to discourage their use by through traffic.
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