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II. Land Use and Housing "Planning" means the scientific, aesthetic and orderly disposition of land, resources, facilities and services with a view to securing the physical, economic and social efficiency, health and well-being of urban and rural communities. " - Canadian Institute of Planners Even in afully-developed city like Falcon Heights, where land uses are long established, change will come. The purpose of this land use plan is to provide public policy to guide that change, to serve the needs of all sectors of the community and to build a safe, healthy, sustainable, secure and prosperous environment in the city. The Falcon Heights comprehensive land use plan seeks to identify both opportunities and constraints, to identify and take into consideration the land use preferences of residents and landowners, and to establish community plarming and design priorities for private development and public facilities for the next twenty years. 1. General Land Use . Falcon Heights is a fully developed inner-ring suburb. Over half of the City's land is occupied by large public institutions not subject to the City's land use controls. The City is otherwise largely residential, with clearly defined neighborhoods and limited business and commercial areas. • Approximately two-thirds of Falcon Heights 1,400 acres is comprised of University of Minnesota lands and the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. A substantial portion (267 acres) of the University's property is used for agricultural research. The City of Falcon Heights has no industrial development. • The City contains no lakes, streams, wetlands or protected waters except those found on University property. Figure 5 shows 2005 land use, using Metropolitan Council categories, for Falcon Heights and adjacent portions of Roseville, Lauderdale and St. Paul. Falcon Heights' zoning is shown in Figure 6. Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan 2008 Draft -January, 2008 Part II: Land Use & Housing, Page II-1