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1. Ensure developers meet the standards specified within the land -use plan and <br />official controls, including zoning and subdivision ordinances and official <br />maps. <br />2. Ensure compatibility of adjacent land uses. <br />Goal 3: Ensure housing development is compatible with existing and adjacent land uses <br />and provides accessibility to key community features and natural amenities. <br />Policy 1: Link trails to parks, lakes and schools. <br />Density and Land Area Calculations <br />The following chart implements Met Council's formula for calculating net density. <br />a (acres)MW[ <br />Gros7&Water <br />30.47 <br />In WetlandBodies <br />13.60 <br />Public Parks & Open Space <br />0.00 <br />Arterial ROW <br />0.00 <br />Other (Wetland Buffer Conservation <br />Easement) <br />2.40 <br />Net Area (acres) <br />14.47 <br /># of Units <br />35 <br />Gross Density (units/acre) <br />1.15 <br />Net Density (units/acre) <br />2JA <br />St. Clair Estates meets the land use goals by developing a single family residential <br />subdivision that is consistent with low density residential development as guided by the <br />Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Low density residential development allows for 1.6 to <br />3.9 units per net acre. The net density for the development is 2.42 units per net acre. <br />This is consistent with density requirements. <br />The development is compliant with zoning, subdivision and other applicable city <br />ordinances. It is also compatible with the existing adjacent residential, commercial and <br />civic/institutional land uses. The proposed trails and sidewalk link the development to <br />existing trails, the Regional Park, Rice Lake Elementary School and Sprit Hills Center <br />commercial development. <br />Housing Plan <br />al <br />