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Land Use Plan <br />Goal #1 of the Land Use Plan is to create a unified vision and future for the city, promote <br />a well -planned community, prevent fragmented development, address the impacts of <br />development and redevelopment on natural resources, aesthetics and view corridors, and <br />provide balanced land use and connectivity that ensures the integration of both sides of <br />the regional park. Policies established to obtain this goal include: <br />1. Provide clearly defined incentives to achieve significant and discernable public <br />values not achievable under conventional development standards. These public <br />values include, but are not limited to: <br />a. Preserving open space, providing park dedication and trails, and/or <br />providing stormwater management areas, in excess of minimum standards <br />to implement the Resource Management System Plan, as amended, and <br />Rice Creek Watershed District's Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan, <br />as amended <br />b. Restoring/enhancing ecological systems <br />c. Managing stormwater using natural filtration and other ecologically based <br />approaches <br />d. Providing life -cycle and affordable housing <br />e. Diversifying the tax base to lessen the tax burden on residential properties <br />f. Providing infrastructure that benefits community beyond the project site <br />that would otherwise not be financially feasible <br />2. Identify and define incentives offered to developers for achieving specific public <br />values not achievable under conventional development standards. These <br />incentives may include, but are not limited to: <br />a. Reduced street and right-of-way widths <br />b. Trunk utility and stormwater management fee credits <br />c. Staging plan flexibility <br />3. Encourage master planning to accomplish the objectives of the Comprehensive <br />Plan including, but not limited to, implementing the Resource Management <br />System Plan, as amended, implementing Rice Creek Watershed District's Lino <br />Lakes Resource Management Plan, as amended, providing life -cycle housing, and <br />diversifying the city's tax base. <br />The site is referred to as Hardwood Creek in the City's Comprehensive Plan and is <br />guided for mixed use that allows for both commercial and/or residential uses. It requires a <br />residential development at 3.0 to 4.5 dwelling units per net acre, with no less than 2/3 of <br />the residential area reserved for low density residential development. <br />5 <br />