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LAND USE PLAN Residential Land Uses The City of Little Canada offers a wide variety of housing choices. People of all ages and income levels can find appropriate housing to fit their needs. The Future Land Use Map designates three different residential land use categories: low density residential, medium density residential and high density residential. These land use categories are implemented by the City's five residential zoning districts: Single Family Residential (R -1), Medium Density Residential (R -2), High Density Residential (R -3), Mobile Home Park (R -4) and Residential- Business (R -B). Goals: 1. Substandard housing shall be removed when it is judged not economically feasible to correct deficiencies. 2. Maintain housing values by promoting home repairs, maintenance and site clean -up through code enforcement. 3. Provide for a variety of housing types that allow people of all ages to live in Little Canada. 4. Create and maintain high quality neighborhoods that are compatible with adjacent land uses. 5. Address the density, affordability and unit type requirements for housing as required by the Metropolitan Council. Policies: 1. All new housing shall adhere to the highest community design, planning and construction standards. 2. Promote and implement programs for new housing, housing rehabilitation, maintenance and redevelopment through the EDA in order to address the changing housing needs of Little Canada residents. 3. Low density residential neighborhoods shall be protected from encroachment or intrusion of incompatible, more intense uses by buffering and separation. 4. Preserve and maintain existing density and character of residential neighborhoods. 5. Protect residential neighborhoods from the intrusion of through - traffic. 6. Maintain a balance in the types and quantities of housing units available in the City. 7. Medium and high density housing is to be included at the periphery of commercial areas. 8. Discourage the introduction of commercial land uses in residential districts. 9. All service and commercial uses shall be adequately screened or buffered from adjacent residential development. 10. Strongly discourage any further spot or uncoordinated linear residential development in favor of a unified development pattern. 11. Violations of property maintenance which infringe upon residential neighborhood quality, pose public health and safety problems and threaten neighboring property values shall be aggressively eliminated. City of Little Canada — 2030 Comprehensive Plan 27