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Implementation Through Regulation <br />The comprehensive plan is a policy guide that outlines the necessary actions for the City of Elk River to take to <br />achieve the community's vision for its future. It is designed to serve as a foundation for decision -making for staff, <br />elected and appointed officials, developers, residents, and other stakeholders. Despite the comprehensive scope of <br />the plan's vision, goals, objectives, and recommendations, the plan is not regulatory. The plan itself does not have <br />the "regulatory teeth" needed to require new development and redevelopment in the city to align with the communi- <br />ty's vision, or with the goals, objectives, and recommendations conveyed in the plan. <br />Land development regulations are the rules that new development and redevelopment must follow, making them <br />an essential tool in plan implementation. Often, communities will adopt a plan with a clear vision, only to `pull the <br />reins back" on the land development regulations needed to achieve their objectives. The common rationale forthis <br />is that stakeholders often feel that such regulations will drive development elsewhere. However, properly drafted <br />land development regulations that align with vision and goals of the comprehensive plan can remove unnecessary <br />barriers to investment byproviding flexibility for potential developments and offsetting the requirements related to <br />design. In this way, land development regulations offer an opportunity to implement the plan by making preferred <br />development easv. <br />0 <br />6 <br />Elk River Comprehensive Plan • Implementation Plan <br />91X—AarrO7all all : LVAI: kVWVKO101WO <br />125 <br />