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§ 1007.131 R -BR, RURAL -BUSINESS RESERVE DISTRICT. (1) Purpose. (a) This district is intended to preserve a rural very low density environment until such time as the land is needed for commercial and industrial uses. Residents of this district can expect to fully use the land for farming, grazing, animal husbandry, propagation of nursery stock, gardening, and other traditional rural uses. In addition, the district is meant to prevent incursion of those land uses that would adversely affect or diminish the rural character of the land. In particular, subdivisions of land for residential purposes as well as commercial and industrial uses without access to suitable infrastructure is not to be permitted. This district is also meant to serve the following functions: 1. To control and limit urban sprawl. 2. To conserve land in a viable economic status until such time as the need is present for rezoning to a business use district. 3. To reduce the possibility of rural -urban conflict in both the use of the land and in the extension of utilities and other infrastructure items. 4. To maintain acceptable per capita costs for City services such as snowplowing, road maintenance, and fire and police protection. 5. To define a "trigger mechanism" that will establish a formula for the rezoning of rural -business reserve land to a business use as needed. (b) The R -BR District shall only be specifically applied to the following areas: 1. Rural residential properties located along 77th Street West. 2. Properties along I -35E north of the existing MUSA. (2) Rezoning (Trigger Mechanism). Land in the R -BR District shall be rezoned by the City upon demonstration that all of the following applicable to a specific site are true: (a) The land is within the City's MUSA and sanitary sewer service or municipal water is available or MUSA reserve is available and utilities can be extended to the site. (b) The proposed use is not premature according to the requirements of the subdivision ordinance and/or site and building plan review. (c) Rural residential properties along 77th Street West can be phased out through redevelopment and land assembly efforts in cooperation with property owners. 9-5