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t Metropolitan Council Local Planning Handbook 1 Section 3. Land Use Plan <br />Overview of plan <br />requirements <br />State law requires all municipalities to include a land use plan that <br />assesses how land and water is used now and in the future. Land use <br />planning begins with forecasts of growth in population, household <br />number and employment. Once those figures are established for the <br />region and the municipality, local planners must identify where <br />residents will live, work, play and shop. Based on these <br />assessments, they create plans for development and redevelopment. <br />The development and redevelopment anticipated in the land use plan <br />drives the need for local and regional infrastructure, including <br />sanitary sewer, water, roads and parks. For infrastructure planning <br />to occur effectively at the regional level, the local land use plan must <br />contain complete and accurate information in the following areas: <br />• Inventory of existing land and water within the municipality <br />showing current land use in terms of standard categories <br />(Handbook, page 3 -2) <br />• Plan future land use (Handbook, page 3 -3) and <br />stage development to accommodate forecasted growth <br />including location, intensity and extent of development <br />(Handbook, page 3 -7) <br />• Housing plan (Handbook, page 3 -8) <br />• Strategies for protecting special resources including solar <br />access, historic preservation, aggregate and Critical Area <br />(Handbook, page 3 -10) <br />Minn. Stat. 473.859, Subd. 2 <br />April 2008 3 -1 <br />