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3. Land Use Policies and Practices The quality of the community's natural resources and amenities, occupying nearly half of the city's area, is affected directly by the uses on the remaining developable land. The quality of the community's natural resources and amenities can not be restored and preserved without appropriate and enforced land use policies and practices that recognize, and minimize, adverse impacts that possible land use and growth can have on these vitally important community assets. Therefore, it is imperative to balance conservation of natural resources with sound growth management and land use policies, practices and official plans and controls. Lino Lakes already is a recognized metro leader in this approach and demonstrates it has the capacity to be a very special community. It must continue to assert this leadership prerogative. 2030 Vision Lino Lakes has enhanced and preserved the quality of its natural resources and amenities and achieved a well - planned community through anticipating, planning for, and balancing the needs for natural resource protection with the need to accommodate growth. Goal: Ens' to accommodate conserves and ed, quality residential and commercial develcpmen s projected growth needs occurs in a manner that also ces the ctty's natural resources and amenities. Rationale: The types of uses that occur on the city's available and developable land are vital factors affecting the ability to restore, preserve and enhance these resources and amenities. Strategies: • Keep traditional rules /zoning designation in place where appropriate and beneficial to the city. • Encourage developers, where appropriate, to use Open Space Design/ Conservation Development Track practices. (i.e. Fox Borough) • Extend this approach to business and commercial development as well. • Ensure the development of the land within the community is done in a way that consciously preserves its natural resources and amenities. • Continue application of the MRAM (Minnesota Routine Assessment Methodology) program to ensure valuable wetlands are preserved. • Promote business and commercial development that is conservationally conscious, esthetically interesting, and recognizes that each individual land use activity contributes to the total effect on the community's natural resources. • Recognize there are unique lands that the city /residents may not want to be developed: 23