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Chapter 10 Protected Resources: lakes, wetlands, and other unique or significant natural resources. The Comprehensive Plan identifies a total of 576 acres of park and open space land, and (P/OS) as an existing and future land use designation (Attachment A). Park and open spaces are defined in the plan as reas designated as public The City owns and maintains 15 of these parks, which cover 145 acres. Ramsey County Parks and Recreation manages the remaining 431 acres of park and open space land. This land is contained in two regional parks Tony Schmidt Regional Park and Rice Creek North Regional Trail. Park Preserve (PP) is an additional future land use designation applied to open space areas in the City. Park preserves 1,472 acres are categorized as park preserve in the plan, all of which are located on the Arden Hills Army Training Site (AHATS), which consists of the eastern portion of the former TCAAP property. Currently there is not a distinct district set aside for parks or open space areas within zoning code regulations. These facilities are integrated into residential or business-oriented zoning districts as permitted or conditional uses. One way that the City could better protect its parks and open spaces is through the creation of separate districts for these uses. This would allow the City to provide clearer guidance for the regulation of such areas. A park and open space district and park preserve district would also assist in the implementation of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan by solidifying its objectives within the City Code. The outcome would be greater consistency between the adopted Comprehensive Plan, future land use map, and zoning code regulations. Staff looked at several other cities across the Twin Cities metropolitan region to gain a sense of how other communities regulate park and open space land. Burnsville, Brooklyn Park, Roseville, Shoreview, White Bear Lake, and Mounds View are examples of cities that regulate parks and/or open space through the zoning code: Burnsville has two open space districts: a and a . Park DistrictConservancy District Brooklyn Park zones parks separately in their . Conservancy District Roseville has a Park and RecreationDistrict. Shoreview has an . Open Space District White Bear Lake has an and a Open Space Conservation DistrictPublic Facilities . District Mounds View has a Conservancy, Recreation, and PreservationDistrict There is variety in the purpose, length, and specificity of these ordinances, with some regulations having greater alignment with the Citys land use objectives than others. Staff inventoried and consolidated permitted uses, conditional uses, accessory uses, procedures, and other provisions City of Arden Hills Parks, Trails and Recreation Committee Meeting for April 16, 2013 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2013\PC 13-004 - Zoning Code Amendment - Parks and Open Space and Park Preserve District (Pending)\PTRC 4.16\PTRC Memo Parks and Open Space.docx Page 2 of 4