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Linn County Unincorporated
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APPENDIX A

MINIMUM LEVELS OF SERVICE MLS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES

Notes for minimum levels of service table.

(1)

Urban Service Areas (USA).

a.

If there is an approved fringe area plan (formerly known as city/county strategic growth plans), all MLS requirements are provided for in a 28E Agreement between the city and the county.

b.

Requirements for LESA system scoring and minimum thresholds are set forth in the Unified Development Code.

c.

Most development located within the USA must be connected to a regional wastewater system, and interim systems must be avoided except on farmsteads and in areas where sanitary sewer service is not planned within 20 years.

(2)

Hard surface road includes any Portland cement concrete (PCC) or asphalt cement concrete (ACC) paved surface or seal-coated surfaced road.

(3)

Requirements for interior subdivision roads and off-site road improvements are set forth in "County standard specifications, Linn County, Iowa."

Service

Requirements		Land Use Map Designation
Agricultural AreaCritical Natural Resource Area
Residential With LID/Conservation SubdivisionResidential
(Traditional)		Residential With LID/Conservation SubdivisionResidential
(Traditional)
Water
Shared X or X or
Individual Well X X
Subject to Specific Development Agreement X X
Waste Water
Shared X or X or
On-Site X X
Subject to Specific Development Agreement X X
Transportation
Class A county Road Within One-Fourth-Mile of a Hard Surface Road X X X X
Subject to Specific Development Agreement
Fire Protection
5-Mile Radius to Fire Station X X X X
2andhalf;-Mile Radius to Fire Station

 

Service
Requirements		Land Use Map DesignationExclusive
Use
Rural Residential
Development Area
(2-Acre/3-Acre Areas)		Urban Service Area
(Non-Metro/Metro)		Rural Village
Residential With LID/Conservation SubdivisionResidential (Traditional)Residential LESA Not RequiredResidential LESA Required
Water
Municipal X or
Shared X
Individual Well X X
Subject to Specific Development Agreement X X X
Waste Water
Municipal X or
Shared X or
On-Site X X X or
Subject to Specific Development Agreement X X X X
Transportation
Class A County Road Within 1/4-Mile of a Hard Surface Road X X X or
Entrance onto a Hard Surface Road X or
Subject to Specific Development Agreement X X X X
Fire Protection
5-Mile Radius to Fire Station X X X X N/A
2 1/2-Mile Radius to Fire Station X N/A

 

Service RequirementsCommercial/Office and Industrial/Warehousing
Highway Commercial/Industrial/WarehousingGeneral Commercial
Water
Subject to Specific Development Agreement X X
Waste Water
Subject to Specific Development Agreement X XTransportation
Class A County Road Within One-Quarter-Mile of an Intersection and/or Interchange of a Hard Surface Road and a State or Federal Highway X
Subject to Specific Development Agreement X
Fire Protection
5-Mile Radius to Fire Station
2 1/2-Mile Radius to Fire Station X X

 

(Code 2006, ch. 41, app. A; Ord. No. 10-10-2013, 10-14-2013)