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Adopted 04-4-05 Page 4 e. Homeowners' association documents, including bylaws, deed restrictions, covenants, and proposed conservation easements, prepared by the holder of the conservation easement. Subd. 4. Development standards. A. To the maximum extent possible, the development shall comply with the following standards: 1. Providing for access by the general public to trails, parks, or other recreational facilities, excluding golf courses. 2. Reusing existing buildings and structures or preserving specific site features inventoried by the City, County, or State historical preservation office. 3. Providing covenants to create an architectural theme to include items such as porches, side or rear loaded or detached garages, landscape theme, lighting theme or open space/central meeting place. A written narrative describing the architectural theme shall be provided with the preliminary plat. 4. Preserving natural resources, restoring natural resources or enhancing existing natural resources, including woodlands, prairies or wetlands. 5. Enhancing or preserving natural features or viewsheds along public rights-of- way. 6. Preserving agricultural operations on open space parcels for either pasture or crop production. 7. Development of land in concert with surrounding properties to encourage the creation of continuous wildlife corridors. 8. Strategic placement of homes to minimize visual impact on surrounding properties and adjacent public right-of-way. B. Rural Preservation Program shall comply with the following minimum standards except where the City Council determines that alternative standards meet the intent of this division: 1. Land area. a. Minimum gross acreage for rural preservation development shall be 40 contiguous acres. The City Council may consider alternative minimum parcel size requirements and waive this requirement under any of the following circumstances: