The City of Afton is in Washington County, on the eastern edge of the St. Paul-Minneapolis area. The southwestern portion of the city is largely agricultural and the remainder is largely rural residential. In its comprehensive development plan the city’s goals are stated as retention of the rural and residential nature of the city and preservation of the natural environment. To these ends ordinances have been passed which encourage low density housing, the continued farming of productive agricultural land and the avoidance of any developments which might necessitate central sewer and water systems and other urban services. Like its other ordinances, the city’s subdivision regulations reflect the city’s goals and serve as means for achieving them.
(Prior Code, § 12-1251)