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20) Ensure that essential services are aesthetically pleasing and harmonious with adjacent uses. a) Requirethatutilitystr�ucturesandessentialservicesnotnegativelyimpactsurrounding uses by careful placement on sites of landscaping and screening, parking, and implementing adequate noise and odor control devices. 21) Reduce light, air, noise and visual pollution. a) Provide adequate lighting for streets and parking areas but without creating a hazard for motorists or a nuisance for adjacent residential property owners. Requiredirect or directly reflected light be confined to the property. Lightsmust be equipped with hoods or louvers to direct light downward and prevent glare from crossing property boundaries. 22) Address highway-generated noise. a) Develop noise-mitigating features, especiallyfor residential areas that are adjacent to the two lakes and on Fairview Avenue. This should include greater setbacksfrom the road, additional buffer or screening requirementsand constr�uction techniques such as fewer windows on the highway side of the house, acoustical design, quieter air handling equipment, and additional insulation, as well as improved siting of new commerciaUindustrial buildings to act as buffers for highway noise. 23) Revise the standardsto include site design and review standards that encourage innovative on-site management of storm water where possible, and storm water conveyance to regional ponds where necessary. For example, some temporary (12-hour)storage could be done in and under parking lots to control flow from parking lots to pond. Work with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and US Environmental Protection Agency to implement a regional water quality system. 24) Protect, preserve and restore features, on both public and private property, which sign�cantly contribute to the character and appearance of the natural environment of Twin Lakes. a) Utilize dedication of easements, out�ight purchase, and purchase of development rights to preserve open space near or adjacent to lakes and shore land. b) Use decked parking and shared parking easements to maximize use of existing parking and driveways. Retain a minimum of I S% of each site in green space and/or ponding. c� Plant street boulevard and median areas, consistent with the City Master Tree Plan, as par�t of each redevelopmentproject and especially in parking areas. d) Require newly developed parcels to incorporate year-round aesthetically pleasing native plantings as par�t of the landscape plan, where possible. Source: 2001 Twin Lakes Master Plan, pages 5-9. PF��gS_R�4_Twin L�icer�, fknr�ra] �8n�ep�D1 L�N]S Page 17