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CITY OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 331
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS FOR URBAN
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ADJACENT TO RURAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE
CITY OF ANDOVER
TIIE CITY COUNCIL OF TIIE CITY OF ANDOVER DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
CITY CODE TITLE 11: SUBDNISION REGULA nONS
CHAPTER 3: DESIGN STANDARDS
Section 11-3-1: General Requirements:
F. Required Buffer Area: All residential developments constructed with municipal sewer
and water may be required to provide buffering from rural neighborhoods outside of the
City's Municipal Urban Service Area (MUSA) except when adjacent areas outside of the
existing MUSA are planned for future urban development.
1. Buffer Area Location: Buffer areas shall be located as close to property lines between
proposed urban and existing rural properties as practicable.
2. Buffer Area Requirements: Buffer areas shall provide a consistent level of physical
separation and/or visual screening to provide a transition between urban and rural
developments. The extent of the requirements shall be determined by the City Council at
the time that the preliminary plat is reviewed. These requirements shall be based on the
existing and proposed topography and vegetation within and surrounding the proposed
development and may include one or more of the following:
a. Additional lot width or depth to provide physical separation
b. Tree savle areas to provide visual screening
c. Tree plahting areas to provide visual screening
d. Relocatibn of drainage areas to preserve existing trees and/or area for new
trees to be planted.
e. A combination of the above or others as needed to provide a significant
and comistent buffer area.
3. Exemption: In the eVent that a significant and consistent buffer is provided by existing
trees, wetlands, floodphrin or other topographic or hydrologic features, the Council may
determine that no additional requirements are necessary.
Adopted by the City Council olf the City of Andover this 6th day of June, 2006.
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Victoria V olk, City Clerk Michael R Gamache, Mayor
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