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Land Use • Land Use Plan The Land Use Plan 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. The Plan will be supported by other land use controls and public actions taken pursuant to the Comprehensive Plan. The Land Use Plan for Elk River consists of three elements: map, categories and policies. Land Use Map The Land Use Map appears in Figure 5-4 on the next page. The Plan as illustrated by this map evolved from inputs and evaluations received through the planning process. The Plan builds on the existing community pattern to achieve the desired vision for the future of Elk River. Land Use Categories The land use categories provide explanation and description of the land use patterns depicted in the Map. Rural Residential Rural Residential replaces the Low Density Residential and Agriculture land uses in !I the current Comprehensive Plan. The name of "Rural Residential" provides a description more closely aligned with the actual land use. Ek, • The Rural Residential area includes land currently developed and guided for future - / growth as residential use in areas that will not be served by municipal sewer and -- water. The predominant land use in this area will be single family detached homes. - - ' — '+9N• Forms of attached single family units could be built in"cluster subdivisions."Cluster -_ r subdivisions are development patterns that place housing closer together in order to preserve greater areas of undeveloped land and to minimize the number of individual on-site septic systems. A Cluster Subdivision Pattern with lots generally less than an acre in A gross density of 0.4 units per acre(1 unit per 2.5 acres)is the target density in the size.Open Space is preserved in Rural Residential area. Density bonuses would be allowed for achieving certain large tracts visible to public public objectives such as preserving natural features (which are not otherwise corridors. protected by ordinance),implementing the City's trail and park master plan(beyond ' the typical required park dedication) or incorporating energy saving building - I techniques. !I % •j ;_._:- -`( _ j_ I This land use is located primarily in the northern one-half of Elk River. !�`- ,�_ )_ Urban Residential -I I 11 The Urban Residential area includes land guided for residential use in areas that will ! .r be served by the municipal sanitary sewer system. This category replaces the Medium ^" I - 1` Density Residential land use category in the current plan. As with Rural Residential, A more typical rural residential plat the name "Urban Residential"is a more accurate description of the land use. with lots averaging about 2.5 to 3 acres in size.Natural features and • open space are parts of private back yards. • Building the Future -A Comprehensive Plan for Elk River 5+6 ver