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(see Figure 9-1). These items outside the study area are not anticipated to impact the study area. Land Use Compatibility The City updated their Comprehensive Plan in August of 2004. The Comprehensive Plan includes a "Land Use Plan" which provides the framework for the growth and development of Elk River. The Land Use Plan serves as a guide for the character and intensity of development throughout the city, including the study area. All of the land within the study area is undeveloped. This area is currently being used as agricultural land, and has been established for many years and is generally compatible with the surrounding land uses. Immediately north of the AUAR study area are a number of existing light industrial ' developments. The Comprehensive Plan guides this area to remain light industrial through the year 2030. Just north of the study area is the Northstar Commuter Rail Station that is guided to remain in public/semi-public land use. These land uses ' should be compatible with development that occurs in the AUAR study area and vice versa since they are all urban land uses of a similar nature. ' East of the AUAR study area across the Burlington Northern Railroad track the land use pattern is agricultural. The Elk River Comprehensive Plan guides this area to remain agricultural (agricultural research). These areas may experience some impacts from light and traffic noise from the AUAR study area. Scenario 1 identifies the area along the east portion of the study area as agricultural research which would likely create fewer negative impacts for surrounding land owners. Scenarios ' 2 and 3 guide the eastern portion of the study area as job areas, which may develop in a similar manner as existing light industrial and commercial land uses further to ' the south, to the north and to the west of the AUAR study area. Although this land use is different than existing conditions, as well as those agricultural areas to the west, these land uses proposed in the development scenarios could provide lobs and services to those residents living nearby. South of the AUAR study area the land use pattern is largely agricultural. However, this area is guided for highway business and light industrial land uses by the City's Comprehensive Plan. This development will likely be similar to existing development that occurs north of the study area, as well as those land use scenarios ' developed in this AUAR. West of the study area the land use pattern is currently made up of existing ' commercial developments, as well as agricultural and rural residential land uses. Open space along the Mississippi River corridor currently existing with steep slopes and vegetative areas running parallel to the river. These existing land uses are ' consistent with scenarios reviewed in the AUAR and should not present any compatibility issues or environmental conflicts with appropriate site design. City of Elk River Draft Alternative Urban Areawide Review July 2011 Page 25 of 84