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Draft Land Use Plan Introduction The Land Use Plan serves several important functions for the Comprehensive Plan: • The Land Use Plan determines options for the use of private property. • Public investments in streets, utilities and facilities will be needed to support the development pattern. • Other elements of the Comprehensive Plan deal with public actions needed to achieve the vision for the future. The Land Use Plan has grown out of the steps taken in the planning process: • The examination of current land uses describes the foundation for future development. • Consideration of demographic and economic trends shows how Elk River has changed and point to forces that will shape the future. • Input and guidance from the public helped to define a vision for Elk River and to evaluate development issues. • Land use concepts compare alternative approaches guiding the growth of Elk River. All of these factors have combined to produce the proposed Land Use Plan. This document discusses the land use categories and development issues that provide the rationale for the proposed Plan. This document discusses each land use pattern in the following manner: Land Use Category • Area Overview • Land Use Objectives • Land Use Description • Rural Residential Rural Residential Area Overview This area includes all property north of County Road 33 and outside of the gravel mining district. Under the city's current comprehensive plan, this area is guided as "Agriculture". The Market Trends and Guided Growth concepts proposed to guide all unsewered residential property into a common "Rural Residential" land use category. In the proposed Land Use Plan, the Rural Residential land use designation replaces the Agriculture category except for the gravel mining area. Unsewered property south of County Road 33 would retain the existing "Low Density Residential" designation. Rural Residential Objectives The planning process has led to the following objectives for the Rural Residential area: • Provide opportunity for the development of private property in a manner that fits with the needs and objectives of the community while recognizing private property rights. • Provide a variety of housing opportunities.