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Elk River Comprehensive Pi. Inventory and Analysis Existing Land Use Characteristics Figure 5-1: Existing Land Use shows the location and types of existing land uses in the City of Elk River as of 2013. The inventory as conducted as part of this planning process reflects general development patterns and is intended for general planning purposes only. The land use categories shown in the figure are further defined as follows: Rural Residential Highway Business Rural Residential includes land currently developed for Outside of the Central Business District, the majority residential use in areas outside of the Urban Service of commercial land uses are placed into this category. Area that are not currently served by municipal sewer The uses range from commercial areas that are and water. The predominant land use in this area is occupied by professional trades (such as finance, single family detached homes. Included among the insurance, and real estate) to more intense commercial detached single family homes are single family "cluster activities requiring highway orientation for access subdivisions." Cluster subdivisions are development and visibility. Approximately 342 acres or 1.3% of patterns that place housing closer together in order to Elk River is located in the Highway Business land use preserve greater areas of undeveloped or natural land category. and to minimize the number of individual on-site septic systems. In 2013 Rural Residential comprised of roughly Community Commercial 3,363 acres or 13.0% of the City. Community Commercial land use makes up 21 acres or 0.1% of Elk River and focuses on community retail Urban Residential development that are often service and convenience Urban Residential land use makes up 2,537 acres or 9.8% oriented. Community Commercial refers to smaller, of the City and includes land for residential use in areas neighborhood-oriented commercial uses. Although that are currently served by municipal sanitary sewer limited use of the Community Commercial designation system. Urban Residential land uses include single family exists in Elk River, these areas typically appear as detached housing and attached housing in the form of small pockets of retail development along the highway duplexes and townhomes. corridors. High Density Residential Industrial The Industrial land use includes all forms of businesses High Density Residential land use consists of forms of multi- with manufacturing, distribution, warehousing or family attached housing units such as apartment buildings other industrial use and is commonly referred to as and condominiums. In 2013, roughly 94 acres or 0.4% of "Light Industrial", "Medium Industrial" or "General Elk River was classified as high density residential use. Industrial." The majority of Elk River industrial development is classified as "Light Industrial". The Central Business District (Commercial) Cretex property and an area in the southeastern The Central Business District (Commercial) includes retail, portion of the City south of 165th Avenue and service and office uses in and around Downtown Elk River. along the Highway 10 corridor are classified as Roughly 70 acres or 0.3% of Elk River is classified as "Medium Industrial". Industrial land use makes up Central Business District (Commercial) land use. approximately 686 acres or 2.7% of the City. 32 / Chapter 5: Land Use