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Land Use <br />Existing Land Use. The twenty - nine (29) square mile City has 59% of its land area in <br />residential use. Forty - six (46 %) of the City is in detached single family units with the <br />majority of these homes located on rural residential lots of one unit in 2.5 acres; a land <br />use pattern that was established in the 1970's. However, the development patterns <br />changed during the past decade with 60% of new housing units being multi - family such <br />as townhomes between 2000 and 2007. The City's existing land use map and table <br />include vacant parcels that are currently not platted and planned for future development. <br />Table 3: 2007 Existing Land Use <br />Land Use Category <br />Agricultural <br />Gross Acreage <br />1,956.82 <br />Net Acreage <br />1,693.65 <br />% of C! <br />10.2% <br />Commercial <br />360.35 <br />326.35 <br />1.9% <br />Industrial <br />425.40 <br />421.76 <br />2.2% <br />Landfill <br />157.62 <br />151.58 <br />0.8% <br />Mufti-Family Residential <br />258.08 <br />239.89 <br />1.3% <br />Park <br />1,820.51 <br />1,120.39 <br />9.5% <br />Public-Quasi-public <br />347.60 <br />284.02 <br />1.8% <br />Rural Residential <br />6,888.71 <br />5,576.42 <br />36.0% <br />Sin le Family Residential <br />1,998.05 <br />1,746.75 <br />10.4% <br />Vacant <br />2,303.03 <br />1,517.61 <br />12.0% <br />Right-of-Way <br />2,043.76 <br />2,043.76 <br />10.7% <br />Water <br />568.24 <br />568.24 <br />3.0% <br />Wetland <br />0.00 <br />3,437.74 <br />- <br />Total C" <br />19,128.16 <br />19,128.16 <br />100.0% <br />Future land use. The Update plans for the City to be built out by 2030; thereby <br />eliminating all vacant and agricultural land. The future land use anticipates that the <br />City will remain primarily residential although it plans for mixed use with commercial, <br />office and business parks to comprise nearly 10% of the land area, which is a 4% <br />increase over the existing 6% in commercial and industrial use. The 2030 future land <br />use table guides 6,600 acres for unsewered existing and new rural residential homes <br />on 2.5 acre lots. The majority of all growth, including residential, will be on the 5,000 <br />acres guided for existing and new sewered development. The sewered areas were <br />expanded to the north central area of the City as part of this Update. There are two <br />mixed use sites, Town Center and south of Highway 10 west of the regional park. <br />These mixed use developments blend a variety of housing choices, commercial uses, <br />and transportation opportunities including possible opportunities for a future Northstar <br />station. Over 7,000 acres are not developable due to right of way, park, water and <br />wetlands. <br />Table 4: Future 2030 Land Use <br />2030 Land Use <br />Gross Acreage <br />Net Acreage <br />% of Ci <br />Low Density Residential <br />3,389.52 <br />2,854.72 <br />14.9% <br />Medium Density Residential <br />373.49 <br />339.05 <br />1.8% <br />High Density Residential <br />122.09 <br />103.07 <br />0.5% <br />Commercial <br />401.76 <br />389.92 <br />2.0% <br />Mixed Use <br />358.76 <br />333.74 <br />1.7% <br />Business Park <br />566.18 <br />552.54 <br />2.9% <br />Office Park <br />166.80 <br />166.80 <br />0.9% <br />Public/Quasi- Public <br />388.58 <br />342.62 <br />1.8% <br />Rural Developing <br />8,660.06 <br />6,644.40 <br />34.7% <br />Park <br />2,088.92 <br />1,351.56 <br />7.1% <br />Right-of-Way <br />2,043.76 <br />2,043.76 <br />10.7% <br />Water <br />568.24 <br />568.24 <br />3.0% <br />Wetland <br />- <br />3,437.74 <br />18.0% <br />Total City <br />19,128.16 <br />19,128.16 <br />100.0% <br />3 <br />