(1) Tourist-related businesses should be supported throughout rural areas, including such uses as bed and breakfast inns, tourist shops, recreational activities and convenience services;

(2) Home-based business and home-based industry should be supported throughout rural areas;

(3) Timber harvesting and agriculture are traditional activities and should be permitted throughout rural areas;

(4) Recognize the limited amount of private land for development and allow for greater flexibility in development regulations while still protecting adjacent landowners from impacts caused by land uses which may be objectionable;

(5) Residential structures should allow all types of housing opportunities with rural character protected by minimum lot size and maximum residential densities;

(6) Mini-day care centers or home schools should be permitted throughout rural areas;

(7) Commercial uses which are normally associated with rural areas should be permitted, such as horse arenas, commercial greenhouses, kennels and veterinarian clinics;

(8) Nuisances, e.g., noise, light, or odor, created by commercial or industrial uses in rural areas should be contained on-site through protection measures such as fencing, limited hours, reduction in traffic volumes, lighting standards, etc.;

(9) Accessory uses to the principal uses should be permitted in all zones;

(10) Planned unit developments or cluster subdivision options, where density of a parcel is transferred to a portion of a property, should be allowed in those circumstance where property is limited by natural constraints, such as wetlands, shoreline setbacks, geologic hazardous areas, and in areas designated rural low; provided, that lot sizes are not reduced below 2.4 acres;

(11) Major industrial and commercial development should be primarily focused into the Forks urban growth area, with some development as outlined allowed in rural areas;

(12) Rural centers and tourist commercial zones should be designated to allow for a mixture of commercial and residential uses in rural areas. These zones are where communities have been established historically and allowed for a variety of land uses.