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<br />Inventory (Draft July 7) Page 13 <br />EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING PROFILE <br /> <br />Land Use <br /> <br />The City of Little Canada is located northeast of St. Paul, in the north central portion of Ramsey <br />County. Little Canada shares its borders with Vadnais Heights to the north, Maplewood to the east <br />and south, and Roseville and Shoreview to the west. The City covers approximately 4.4 square <br />miles of land consisting of a mix of residential, light industrial, right-of-way, lakes/water, open <br />space, and parkland. Most land use is classified as single-family residential and retail or other <br />commercial. Approximately 210 acres of the City are Planned Unit Developments (PUDs), though <br />their underlying land uses are reflected in the following table. <br />The majority of Little Canada is dedicated to residential land uses. Single family uses account for <br />one third of the total land, while high density residential accounts for 4% of the total land. <br />Residential land uses account for approximately 40% of the land in Little Canada. <br />13% of the land in Little Canada is dedicated to public and institutional land uses, including parks, <br />schools, churches, and City buildings. Another 14% of the City is dedicated to commercial or <br />industrial land uses. <br /> <br />Existing Land Use - 2017 <br />Land Use Acres Percent of Total <br />Single Family, Low Density Residential 919.7 32.1% <br />Medium Density Residential 57.5 2.0% <br />Multifamily, High Density Residential 124.0 4.3% <br />Mobile Home Park 51.5 1.8% <br />City Parks, Trails 147.9 5.2% <br />Agricultural .6 0.0% <br />Cemetery – Private 19.2 0.7% <br />Institutional – Schools, Churches, etc. 105 3.7% <br />Commercial 257.5 9.0% <br />Industrial 135.9 4.7% <br />Public/ Semi-Public 100.0 3.5% <br />Vacant 38.7 1.3% <br />Right-of Way or Undevelopable 911.5 31.8% <br />Total 2,869 100.0% <br />Source: Metropolitan Council, analyzed via GIS