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Working for the Region, Planning for the Future
November 1, 1996
Patricia Saint Claire
Baytown Township
14949 30th Street North
Stillwater MN 55082
RE: Baytown Township Comprehensive Plan Update
Metropolitan Council District No. 12
Metropolitan Council Referral No 16335 -1
Dear Ms. Saint Claire:
The Metropolitan Council staff has reviewed the township's comprehensive plan update, which
we received on June 14, 1996. We have determined that the proposed comprehensive plan will
not have an impact on, or result in a substantial departure from the regional systems plans and
policies. Therefore, we will waive further review and you may place the plan into effect.
The comprehensive plan's future land use map proposes single family estate and rural residential
development at densities of 2 and 5 units per 10 acres. This is consistent with Washington
County's comprehensive plan. However, these densities are not consistent with our Regional
Blueprint rural service area policy, which states that density should not exceed 1 unit per 10
acres, calculated on a 640 -acre basis.
in addition, we reviewed your comprehensive plan according to our draft growth management
strategy policy areas map (October 10, 1996). The strategy designates Baytown Township as
"post -2020 urban reserve" and recommends that development maintain a 1 per 40 density, or a
design that can be served by sewer in the future. The Council will adopt a growth management
strategy by the end of the year, and will notify communities of the changes to the regional plans
in January, 1997.
We advise you that your comprehensive plan may conflict with future regional plans and
policies. Therefore, we recommend that you work with our staff to review and update your plan
by the December 31, 1998 deadline, as required by the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (MN
Stat. 473.864, subd. 2).
Finally, on October 24, 1996, the Council considered and approved Washington County's
comprehensive plan and policy guide to 2015. We recommended that the county work with our
staff and with the townships to plan according to the growth management strategy, and to
maintain our rural area density on remaining undeveloped land as a part of the review and
revision of the townships' comprehensive plans.
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Patricia Saint Claire
November 1, 1996
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The materials you submitted for review will be appended to your plan in the Council's files.
Please call Victoria Boers, Office of Local Assistance at (612) 291 -6621 if you have any
questions about our comments.
Sincerely,
Thomas McElveen, Deputy Director
Housing, Development and Implementation _
cc: Charles Amason, Metropolitan Council District 12
Victoria Boers, Lynda Voge, Metropolitan Council Staff
Richard Thompson, Washington County Sector Representative
Sherry Narusiewicz, Minnesota Department of Transportation - Metro
Dennis O'Donnell, Washington County
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