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• <br />• <br />• <br />Section 3 — Growth Management Policy for Conservation Development <br />The Lino Lakes City Council hereby establishes a policy to promote the use of conservation <br />development as a means to achieve the goals of the Growth Management Policy; Comprehensive <br />Plan, Parks, Natural Open Space /Greenways and Trail System Plan: and the Handbook for <br />Environmental Planning and Conservation Development. The provisions of this policy include: <br />1. For the purposes of this ordinance, "conventional development" is defined as a development <br />proposal that meets the minimum requirements of the City's ordinances regulating <br />development including but not limited to subdivision and platting (Ordinance No. 04 -03), <br />zoning (Ordinance No. 08 -03). street construction standards (City Code Chapter 302), and <br />other pertinent requirements. <br />2. For the purposes of this ordinance, "conservation development" is defined as a collaborative <br />process which results in a development plan, typically a planned unit development. in which <br />certain stipulated public values are achieved in exchange for greater flexibility on general <br />development requirements and the growth limits defined under Section 2 of this policy. <br />Amendment Option 1: <br />3. The growth management policy allows the City Council reasonable discretion to approve <br />housing units in any given year in excess of the stipulated growth limits of Section 2, <br />paragraphs 4.a.ii., 5. 6, 7, 9, 10, and 12 of this ordinance in cases where a conservation <br />development proposal results in significant and discernable public values above and beyond <br />those achievable under conventional development. These public values include, but are not <br />limited to: <br />a. Preserving. more natural open space than required under current ordinances and <br />development policies <br />b. Reducing the extent of impervious surfaces and size of the development footprint <br />c. Restoring /enhancing ecological systems on the site as part of the developmentprocess <br />d. Protecting off -site ecological systems through increased buffering <br />e. Ensuring lone -term natural resource stewardship through an endowment program <br />sponsored by the Developer <br />f. Providing public park and trail opportunities consistent with or in excess of the System <br />Plan <br />g. Managing stormwater (flow rates and quality) using natural infiltration and ecologically - <br />based approaches <br />- 3 5 - <br />Ordinance 24 -04, page 5 <br />