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Existing Land Use Existing land use has been inventoried based on field reconnaissance and research conducted in August 2020.All parcels within the City Limits have been categorized into one of the following land use classifications. Rural Residential Commercial Utilities & Railroads Rural residential consists of large lot Commercial uses include retail and Utility and railroads support local infra- single-family homes.This is the predom- service businesses,such as shops,restau- structure and provide rights-of-way or inant residential type in the north of the rants,banks,gas stations,and auto service easements for the transmission of gas, City beyond the Urban Service Area.This stations.Office uses are also included electric,water,and sewer.This includes land use consists of planned subdivi- within this land use designation.Elk both facilities and infrastructure as well as sions and lots located directly on arterial River has a number of commercial strip related rights-of-way. roadways.Rural residential lands are not mall and big box retail destinations along utilized for any agricultural production the Highway 169 corridor in the south of as they serve residential and residential the City.The historic Downtown is also a Industrial accessory uses only. predominant commercial district for the Industrial uses include both heavy and City. light industrial businesses such as manu- Sin le-Famil Detached facturing,warehousing and the distri- g y Mixed Use bution of goods and materials,as well as Single-family detached consists of industrial machinery or refineries.Most single-family homes occupying modest This land use includes structures with first industrial uses are located along Highway to moderate individual lots.This is the floor/ground level commercial uses and 169 and Highway 10 with access to the predominant residential type within residential or office uses above.Mixed Use major transportation corridors.Gravel the Urban Service Area of the City.The is exclusively found in the Downtown. mining activities in the north of the City single-family detached land use consists are a primary example of heavy industrial of newer planned subdivisions as well use.The operation of the gravel mines as older established neighborhoods Parks & Open Space and other legacy industrial uses such as surrounding the historic downtown. This land use includes parks that provide Frontera concrete casting have occurred both active and passive recreation options in the City for decades and are expected to Single-Family Attached as well as open space areas.Parks consist continue operations into the future. g y of public parks owned and maintained by Single-family attached includes structures the City as well as private parks in planned Undeveloped where dwelling units share an exterior subdivisions.Open space areas include wallwith at least one adjacent unitwhile preserves or maintained natural areas Undeveloped includes natural areas such still maintaining a separate dedicated within the City in addition to detention as fields or wooded areas that have not entrance for each unit.This land use ponds and creeks within planned subdivi- been prepared for development but have includes townhomes and duplexes.There sions and commercial or industrial areas. not been set aside for conservation.In are a number of single-family attached their current state,development could not homes in newer planned subdivisions occur without first improving the site. in the City primarily providing senior Public & Semi-Public housing. Public and semi-public includes local government uses,municipal facilities, Vacant Multifamily community service providers,schools,and Vacant includes properties and parcels places of worship and assembly such as that can reasonably be considered avail- Multifamily includes structures that City Hall,fire stations,churches,and Elk able for development/redevelopment. contain multiple dwelling units stacked River's public schools. This includes properties that have been vertically with shared entrances and corri- prepared for development,those that dors,such as apartment buildings and once held a structure that has since been condominiums.Multifamily units make up Agriculture demolished,and those where the struc- the smallest portion of the City's housing Agriculture includes land that is actively ture is in very poor condition and does not stock.There is a range of multifamily being used for the production of crops, have a current occupant.This category options in the community from luxury livestock,and farming-related activities. does not include vacant areas that are part condominiums to 65+and assisted living Farmhouses and very low-density single of a larger parcel. housing such as Pullman Place Coopera- family detached homes within the same tive and the Guardian Angels Care Center. parcel utilized for agricultural production are also included in this land use category. Agriculture is located primarily in the northern most portion of the City beyond the Urban Service Area. Elk River Comprehensive Plan•Community Context 17 DRAFT FOR REVIEW ONLY