Concept 6 Maintain the I-35 corridor as an attractive low density, rural entrance to the Duluth-Superior metropolitan area. The I-35 corridor, generally defined as all of Midway south of a line a quarter mile north of the freeway, is important to Midway and the larger metropolitan community. It is Midway’s yard” while it serves as the “front Duluth’s area primary gateway. In both roles it is vital that the corridor generate a desirable, attractive image while still allowing for appropriate development. From the inception of municipal planning by the Town, Midway has sought to keep the corridor dominated by low density rural residential uses and free of any off-site advertising billboards. The exceptions have been and remain the commercial and light industrial uses in the Midway Road / Beck’s Road area much of which was present at the time Midway assumed municipal planning authority. In the four decades that Midway has exercised its own planning and zoning authority proposals for more extensive commercial development have surfaced but none proved to be substantive. That does not mean that future viable proposals might not surface along with proposals for denser residential development. Under the terms of the Orderly Annexation agreement with Duluth, Midway is committed to maintaining the corridor rural and low density so as to facilitate the orderly development of more intensive uses if and when it might be realistically considered. Concept 7 Most properties are to utilize on-site systems for drinking water supply and wastewater treatment. Public water or sanitary sewer services will be provided only where existing development density or site conditions demand and where such services viably can be provided. With large (five acre) minimum lot sizes dominating the township, most development relies on private on-site wells and wastewater treatment systems. In most locations finding water and adequate treatment sites on a lot is no particular problem. The issue in the past with failing wells has been essentially remedied through extensions of water service and digging of deeper wells. Consistent with other plan concepts, the Township will only extend public water and sanitary sewer service only to resolve problems with existing uses and not to permit or encourage denser development in areas where no such development exists today. Under this policy and the provisions of Concept 3, the Township will allow extensions of utility services from the existing Midway Park service area only to existing development in order to address public health issues related to drinking water supply and sewage treatment. this plan’s concepts and policies, sanitary sewer service will be only considered for the following areas (see Map 4):
Concept 6 Maintain the I-35 corridor as an attractive low density, rural entrance to the Duluth-Superior metropolitan area. The I-35 corridor, generally defined as all of Midway south of a line a quarter mile north of the freeway, is important to Midway and the larger metropolitan community. It is Midway’s “front yard” while it serves as the Duluth’s area primary gateway. In both roles it is vital that the corridor generate a desirable, attractive image while still allowing for appropriate development. From the inception of municipal planning by the Town, Midway has sought to keep the corridor dominated by low density rural residential uses and free of any off-site advertising billboards. The exceptions have been and remain the commercial and light industrial uses in the Midway Road / Beck’s Road area much of which was present at the time Midway assumed municipal planning authority. In the four decades that Midway has exercised its own planning and zoning authority proposals for more extensive commercial development have surfaced but none proved to be substantive. That does not mean that future viable proposals might not surface along with proposals for denser residential development. Under the terms of the Orderly Annexation agreement with Duluth, Midway is committed to maintaining the corridor rural and low density so as to facilitate the orderly development of more intensive uses if and when it might be realistically considered. Concept 7 Most properties are to utilize on-site systems for drinking water supply and wastewater treatment. Public water or sanitary sewer services will be provided only where existing development density or site conditions demand and where such services viably can be provided. With large (five acre) minimum lot sizes dominating the township, most development relies on private on-site wells and wastewater treatment systems. In most locations finding water and adequate treatment sites on a lot is no particular problem. The issue in the past with failing wells has been essentially remedied through extensions of water service and digging of deeper wells. Consistent with other plan concepts, the Township will only extend public water and sanitary sewer service only to resolve problems with existing uses and not to permit or encourage denser development in areas where no such development exists today. Under this policy and the provisions of Concept 3, the Township will allow extensions of utility services from the existing Midway Park service area only to existing development in order to address public health issues related to drinking water supply and sewage treatment. this plan’s concepts and policies, sanitary sewer service will be only considered for the following areas (see Map 4):
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