Recommendation RG.8

Recommendation Status: New

Retain rural community opportunities with specific design guidelines that permit community-based agriculture, small-scale farms, natural habitat conservation subdivisions, horse farms, and rural estate living.

This recommendation helps achieve the following

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Responsible
Growth

Complete
Communities

Key Issues Addressed

Not Population Stagnation
Not Greater Housing Diversity & Affordability
Social & Environmental Resilience
Not Infrastructure Cost-burden
Not Jobs-Skills Mismatch

Related Planning Topic Areas

Not Economic Development
Housing
Land Use & Development
Open Space & Environment
Not Transportation & Infrastructure

Applicable Geographic Scales

Countywide

Countywide

Municipalities

Not Municipalities

Sub-geographies

Not Sub-geographies

Equity Considerations

Sustains local rural communities that have limited access to resources due to current guidelines.

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Sustainability Considerations

Allow for off-the-grid / small scale agriculture and/or rural living options.

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Implementation

Lead Partner(s)

  • Municipalities

  • St. Louis County Department of Planning

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Supporting Partner(s)

Cost

Low
(Less than $1 mil)

Medium
($1-10mil)

High
($10+ mil)

Project, Partnership, or Policy

Project

Partnership

Policy

  • Private Developers

  • Community Organizations

  • St. Louis County Department of Public Health

  • St. Louis County Department of Parks & Recreation

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Not Policy
Not Project
Partnership

Timeline

Near-term
(Within 5 Years)

Ongoing

Medium-term
(5-10 Years)

Long-term
(10+ Years)

Potential Funding Sources

  • EPA The Local Foods

  • Local Places

  • NPS Land and Water Conservation Fund

  • USFWS

  • MO DNR

  • MO MDC

  • NFWF

  • National Audubon Society

  • Nature Conservancy

  • Environmental Defense Fund

  • EPA Urban Waters Small Grants

  • EPA Watershed Funding

  • USDA Urban and Community Forestry Program

Tracking Implementation

Tracking Success

  • LEED_ND Smart Location & Linkage

  • SITES Site Context

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If overperforming, what should we do?

Design guidelines to become regulatory requirements to implement vision. Implement demonstration projects.

If underperforming, what should we do?

Keep going and publish the success.

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