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Business Park The business park category primarily consists of office and corporate campus development. This use is located with access to major transportation corridors in the city (Highway 169 and Highway 10) and utilizes the city's natural amenities such as its mature tree canopy and riverfront views to create attractive campuses. In addition, business park uses provide a transitional or buffer use between higher intensity industrial and lower intensity residential uses in the city. Industrial The industrial use category includes both heavy and light industrial businesses such as manufacturing, ware- housing, and excavation. These uses are primarily located off of Highway 169, Highway 10, and the BNSF Railroad which provide easy access for the transferring of goods throughout the region. Parks & Open Space The parks and open space land use category includes parks that provide both active and passive recreation options as well as open space areas. Parks consist of public parks owned and maintained by the city as well as private parks in planned subdivisions. Open space areas include preserves or maintained natural areas within the city in addition to detention ponds and creeks within planned subdivisions and commercial or industrial areas. Public/Semi-Public The public and semi-public use category includes local government uses, municipal facilities, community service providers, schools, and places of worship and assembly such as City Hall, fire stations, churches, and Elk River's public schools. Coordination with schools and service providers is key to ensure these essential facilites have capacity and/or are located in areas that can support growth and development as it occurs. Agriculture The agriculture use category includes land that is actively being used for the production of crops, livestock, and farm- ing -related activities. Farmhouses and very low -density single family detached homes on the same parcel utilized for agricultural production are also included in this cate- gory. Agriculture is located primarily in the northern most portion of the city beyond the Urban Service Area. Utilities & Railroads The utility and railroad use category supports local infra- structure and provide right-of-ways or easements for the transmission of gas, electric, water, and sewer. This includes both facilities and infrastructure as well as related right-of-ways. Elk River Comprehensive Plan • Land Use Plan DICL\arri]ASMAIMAM97ilk1W1 29