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Adopted 04-4-05 Page 9 bluffs, woods, lakes, ponds, streams, shore lands, and other environmentally sensitive areas. g. Connect individual home sites with pedestrian corridors or sidewalks to larger open spaces and places of destination on-site and off-site. Open spaces should be accessible to pedestrians at roughly 1,200 -foot intervals along public roadways. Pedestrian corridors between lots shall be at least 50 feet in width and buffered from view of adjacent properties. h. Locate lots interior to the site to preserve natural features and vegetation around the perimeter of the site. i. Minimize development fronting onto existing arterial roads to protect rural roadside character and to improve public safety and traffic carrying capacity. J. Locate houses and garages such that the garages do not dominate the streetscape. k. Where natural features and vegetation is not present around the perimeter of the site, reasonable landscaping may be required to lessen the visual impact of development to adjacent property. Subd. 5. Ownership of common areas The open space preservation plan shall include the operational and maintenance requirements for the open space and any common service facilities. The owner of such land and buildings shall provide covenants as approved by the City to ensure their continued operation and maintenance. These common areas may be placed under the ownership of one of the following, depending upon which is more appropriate in the discretion of the City: A. Dedicated to the public where a community -wide use would be anticipated; B. Individual landowner. C. Land trust or other legal entity. D. Homeowners association ownership and control, provided all of the following conditions are met: 1. The homeowners association must be established prior to the sale of any lot; 2. Membership must be mandatory for each owner and any successor in interest; 3. The open space restrictions must be in perpetuity and not for a specified term of years;