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B. Land Use and Environmental Resource Policies The Land Use and Environmental Resource Policies, in conjunction with the Land Use Plan, provide a guide for future land development decisions by the City. The following policies constitute a minor revision of the policies provided in the 1981 Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of the revision was to simplify the policies without changing the intent or content. C. Land Use Policies Policy 1: Future community development shall take into account social, economic, and environmental opportunities and constraints in an effort to provide an optimal arrangement of future land use, . activities. Policy 2: A'variety of residential development types is desireable and shall be encouraged in the community. Particular areas of the city shall be designated for each of the desired housing types which range from Multi -Family Residential to Rural (rural density single-family). Policy 3: The future development of recreational, lake, and wetland areas determinations shall be coordinated with regional and county jurisdictions to insure protection and enhancement of these areas. Policy 4: Moderately intense development (residential, commercial and industrial) shall be encouraged to locate within Lino Lakes. The location of such land uses will be consistent with the availability of public facilities, thoroughfare accessibility and conformance with . established adjacent land uses. Policy 5: Where possible, land uses will be grouped. together, according to similarity of their characteristics, ip order to minimize potential negative impacts. Where conflicting land uses must be located adjacent to one another, steps will be taken to minimize the potential negative impacts. Policy 6: Urban development will be encouraged to locate within the areas of the community where public investments (streets, utilities, police and fire protection, parks, etc.) have already been provided to meet the needs of existing development. This policy will be promoted in an effort to maximize benefit from existing public investments. • Policy 7: Areas of the city adjacent to existing sewered areas will be designated as (sewer service) Expansion Residential area. .The city shall influence the type and design of developments so as to allow for practical, feasible future sewer extension into the area. Policy 8: Encourage integrated community or neighborhood based commercial centers to develop as service nodes and discourage strip development. . EXHIBIT C - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES