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-19- <br />80. Land use information for communities which did not respond to the request <br />for material, was obtained from the appropriate counties or from the Metropoli- <br />tan Council. <br />81. On a series of overlays, all zoned, planned or existing industrial land <br />was mapped for the 7-county area. Two hundred eighty-six industrial areas. <br />were identified. <br />82 All 9-ton roads and "truck routes" were mapped for the 7-county area <br />using information from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT), <br />county highway departments and some city highway departments. On an overlay, <br />all areas over two miles from the identified roads were marked out. <br />83. Using information on Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (MWCC) inter- <br />ceptors taken from the Metro System Inventory 1977, the availability of sewer <br />to each industrial area (either zoned, planned, or existing) was noted. <br />84. Using land use plan maps, zoning maps and existing land use maps, the land <br />use surrounding each industrial area was noted (including the general density <br />of residential development). <br />85. Using this information, the mandatory criteria was applied (except for <br />avoidance of wetlands, shorelands and floodplains which was applied later). <br />Approximately 124 industrial areas were identified <br />86. Planned, zoned and existing industrial areas were combined when they <br />overlapped which considerably reduced the total number of areas under consider- <br />ation. Boundaries were drawn to include the outer limits of the combined <br />