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Goals of the Comprehensive Plan
The Clay County Community-Based Comprehensive Plan (PDF) was adopted in 1980 and updated in 2001. The plan reflects the aspirations of the community and changing circumstances facing it. It provides the policy, standards, and principals to guide development of cities and rural areas in a logical, efficient manner. The plan also contains Clay County's long range plan for growth and development over the next 20 years as well as goals, policies, and the general framework to protect land use, growth areas, and transportation corridors.
Clay County Comprehensive Plan (CP) File Table of Contents
Section | Page | |
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CP Cover (PDF) | Cover Page, Acknowledgments, Table of Contents | i-ix |
CP 11t7 (PDF) | I. Introduction | 1-1 |
Community Based Planning | 1-2 | |
Project Participants | 1-4 | |
Planning Process | 1-5 | |
Plan Setting | 1-6 | |
CP F11 (PDF) | Figure 1-1: Planning Process | 1-8 |
CP F14 (PDF) | Figure 1-4: Clay County Base Map | 1-9 |
CP 21t19 (PDF) | II. Inventory and Analysis | 2-1 |
Demographic Overview | 2-2 | |
Population | 2-2 | |
Urban and Rural | 2-2 | |
Age of Population | 2-7 | |
Race | 2-9 | |
School Enrollment | 2-10 | |
Household Characteristics | 2-11 | |
Population Projections | 2-13 | |
CP F22 (PDF) | Figure 2-2: Townships With Growth | 2-20 |
CP 221t24 (PDF) | Housing | 2-21 |
Housing Characteristics | 2-21 | |
Housing Needs | 2-23 | |
CP 225t34 (PDF) | Economic Overview | 2-25 |
General Employment Characteristics | 2-25 | |
Labor Force | 2-26 | |
Employment | 2-27 | |
Place of Work | 2-29 | |
Income | 2-30 | |
Economic Development Activities | 2-33 | |
CP 235t51 (PDF) | Environmental Conditions | 2-35 |
Geology | 2-35 | |
Soils | 2-36 | |
Vegetation | 2-38 | |
Special Animals and Plants in Clay County | 2-39 | |
Aggregate Deposits | 2-40 | |
Hydrology | 2-44 | |
Drainage | 2-44 | |
Groundwater Levels | 2-44 | |
Wellhead Source Water Protection | 2-45 | |
Lakes, Rivers, and Wetlands | 2-46 | |
Surface Water Quality | 2-47 | |
Flood Plain | 2-48 | |
Groundwater Quantity and Quality | 2-49 | |
Wind Energy | 2-50 | |
CP F27 (PDF) | Figure 2-7: General Soil Map Clay County, Minnesota | 2-52 |
CP F28 (PDF) | Figure 2-8: Original Vegetation of Clay County | 2-53 |
CP F29 (PDF) | Figure 2-9: Natural Communities and Biodiversity Significance Clay County, Minnesota | 2- 54 |
CP F210 (PDF) | Figure 2-10: Major Prairie Areas in Clay County | 2-55 |
CP F211 (PDF) | Figure 2-11: Aggregate Resources Eastern Clay County, Minnesota | 2-56 |
CP F213 (PDF) | Figure 2-13: Prairie and Gravel Pits, Eastern Clay County, Minnesota | 2-57 |
CP F214 (PDF) | Figure 2-14: Major Watersheds, Clay County, Minnesota | 2-58 |
CP F215 (PDF) | Figure 2-15: Drainage Ditches, Clay County, Minnesota | 2-59 |
CP F216 (PDF) | Figure 2-16: Surface and Ground Hydrology, Clay County, Minnesota | 2-60 |
CP F217 (PDF) | Figure 2-17: Floodplains, Clay County, Minnesota | 2-61 |
CP 262t71 (PDF) | Transportation | 2-62 |
CP F218a (PDF) | Transportation System and Planning | 2-62-66 |
Planning Tools | 2-71 | |
Figure 2-18a: Metro Functional Classification, Clay County, Minnesota | 2-72 | |
CP F218b (PDF) | Figure 2-18b: Rural Functional Classification, Clay County, Minnesota | 2-73 |
CP F219 (PDF) | Figure 2-19: Planned Transportation Improvements, Clay County, Minnesota | 2-74 |
CP 275t85 (PDF) | Land Use and Growth and Land Use Inventory | 2-75 |
Planning Framework | 2-75 | |
Agriculture | 2-77 | |
Prime Agricultural Lands | 2-80 | |
Residential | 2-81 | |
Commercial / Industrial | 2-83 | |
Public / Semi-Public | 2-83 | |
Park/ Recreation | 2-83 | |
Land Use Controls | 2-84 | |
CP F220 (PDF) | Figure 2-20: Existing Land Use, Clay County, Minnesota | 2-86 |
CP F221 (PDF) | Figure 2-21: Barnesville Existing Land Use, Barnesville, Minnesota | 2-87 |
CP F222 (PDF) | Figure 2-22: Dilworth Existing Land Use, Dilworth, Minnesota | 2-88 |
CP F223 (PDF) | Figure 2-23: Felton Existing Land Use, Felton, Minnesota | 2-89 |
CP F224 (PDF) | Figure 2-24: Glyndon Existing Land Use, Glyndon, Minnesota | 2-90 |
CP F225 (PDF) | Figure 2-25: Hawley Existing Land Use, Hawley, Minnesota | 2-91 |
CP F226 (PDF) | Figure 2-26: Moorhead Existing Land Use, Moorhead, Minnesota | 2-92 |
CP F227 (PDF) | Figure 2-27: Prime Agricultural Areas, Clay County, Minnesota | 2-93 |
CP F228 (PDF) | Figure 2-28: Clay County Zoning | 2-94 |
CP 31t20 (PDF) | III. Goals and Policies | 3-1 |
Formulation of Goals and Policies | 3-1 | |
Planning Task Force Workshop | 3-1 | |
Barnesville Workshop | 3-2 | |
Dilworth Workshop | 3-3 | |
Ulen Workshop | 3-4 | |
County Vision | 3-4 | |
Goals and Policies | 3-7 | |
Definitions | 3-7 | |
General Goals and Policies | 3-9 | |
Citizen Participation / Public Education Goals and Policies | 3-9 | |
Intergovernmental Coordination Goals and Policies | 3-10 | |
Land Use Goals and Policies | 3-10 | |
Housing Goals and Policies | 3-14 | |
Public Facilities Goals and Policies | 3-14 | |
Transportation Goals and Policies | 3-15 | |
Economic Development Goals and Policies | 3-16 | |
CP 41t28 (PDF) | Natural Resources Goals and Policies | 3-17 |
IV. Long Range Plan | 4-1 | |
Framework | 4-1 | |
Future Land Use | 4-2 | |
Planned Growth Areas | 4-3 | |
General Rural Areas | 4-4 | |
Rural Service Areas | 4-4 | |
Environmentally Sensitive Areas | 4-4 | |
Public / Semi-Public Areas | 4-5 | |
Park / Recreation Areas | 4-6 | |
Growth Management | 4-7 | |
Process | 4-8 | |
Methodology | 4-8 | |
Growth Areas | 4-10 | |
Cities Not Anticipating Growth Beyond Existing Limits | 4-10 | |
Comstock | 4-11 | |
Felton | 4-12 | |
Georgetown | 4-13 | |
Glyndon | 4-14 | |
Hitterdal | 4-16 | |
Sabin | 4-17 | |
Ulen | 4-19 | |
Cities Anticipating Growth | 4-20 | |
Barnesville | 4-21 | |
Dilworth | 4-23 | |
Hawley | 4-25 | |
Moorhead | 4-27 | |
CP F41 (PDF) | Figure 4-1: Future Land Use Plan, Clay County, Minnesota | 4 - 29 |
CP F43 (PDF) | Figure 4-3: Planned Growth Areas Surrounding Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota | 4-30 |
CP F44 (PDF) | Figure 4-4: Planned Growth Areas Surrounding Dilworth, Clay County, Minnesota | 4-31 |
CP F45 (PDF) | Figure 4-5: Planned Growth Areas Surrounding Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota | 4-32 |
CP F46 (PDF) | Figure 4-6: Planned Growth Areas Surrounding Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota | 4-33 |
CP 51t4 (PDF) | V. Implementation | 5-1 |
Zoning Regulations | 5-1 | |
Subdivision Regulations | 5-2 | |
Capital Improvement Plan | 5-2 | |
Planned Growth Areas and Annexation | 5-2 | |
Citizen Involvement | 5-3 | |
Public Education | 5-4 | |
Review and Revision | 5-4 | |
Ongoing Shared Planning | 5-4 | |
CP AppA (PDF) | Appendix A | N/A |