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12. The 2004 Comprehensive Plan consists of 13 elements, including the Land Use <br />Element. The Land Use Plan incorporated in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan <br />designates the current Landfill as "Landfill" and the proposed expansion area (the SDA) as <br />"Mining". The designation of the SDA as Mining has not been changed since adoption of the <br />Comprehensive Plan in 2004. <br />13. Changing the designation of the SDA from Mining to Landfill on the Land Use <br />Map requires the approval and adoption of an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan by the City <br />Council, as provided by Minnesota Statutes. <br />14. The Comprehensive Plan states that it should not be amended capriciously and <br />that the following questions should be considered when changes to the Comprehensive Plan are <br />proposed: <br />Is the project consistent with the Land Use Plan? <br />Does the project move Elk River towards its vision for the future? <br />Is the project consistent with the policies contained the Comprehensive Plan? <br />15. Policies set forth in the Comprehensive Plan which are relevant to the Application <br />include: <br />• Provide a balanced land use pattern which supports a sustainable mix of jobs and <br />housing. <br />• Guide the scale of development to be consistent with the surrounding land uses <br />and general character. <br />• Guide commercial land use to areas that can utilize an appropriately-designed <br />transportation system without infringing upon residential neighborhoods. <br />• Allow commercial areas to develop when they can be designed to be compatible <br />with surrounding land uses. <br />• Include adequate buffering of commercial and industrial developments and <br />adjacent to non-compatible land uses. <br />• Require adequate transition of buffers between differing, non-compatible land <br />uses, making use of natural land characteristics, whenever possible. <br />5 <br />