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Multi - Family Residential: Residential purposes, including duplexes, triplexes, townhomes, apartment buildings and condominiums. Private Airfield: Area for private aviation use. Park: City or County land primarily for public active or passive recreation activities that contain playfields /ground or exercise equipment, natural resources, or other similar areas. Right -of -Way: Public or private vehicular, transit, and /or pedestrian rights -of -way. Open Space: Land on which development is not permitted, typically for ecological or recreational purposes. Land use acreages corresponding to the above land use categories are presented below in Table 3 -1. Table 3 -1 Existing Land Use Use Gross Acreage Percentage Net Acreage Percentage 27.7% Agriculture 4,422 20.8% 3,482 Rural Residential 3,743 17.6% 2,775 22.1% Open Water 3,269 15.4% NA NA County Park 2,906 13.7% 1,055 8.4% Single - Family Residential 2,019 9.5% 1,772 14.1% ROW 1,591 7.5% 1,498 11.9% Public /Semi - Public 727 3.4% 565 4.5% Vacant Rural Residential 669 3.2% 334 2.7% Open Space 594 2.8% 153 1.2% Vacant Residential 321 1.5% 187 1.5% City Park 285 1.3% 149 1.2% Industrial 231 1.1% 227 1.8% Multi - Family Residential 143 0.7% 111 0.9% Commercial 131 0.6% 114 0.9% Vacant Commercial 116 0.6% 90 0.7% Airport 61 0.3% 43 0.3% Vacant Industrial 39 0.2% 35 0.3% City Total 21,267 100.0% 12,588 100.0% Source: City of Lino Lakes and Bonestroo The current acreage of the city is approximately 21,267 acres. A large portion of the city is dedicated to agricultural uses or rural residential uses. The area has many natural resources including a large number of lakes, a large regional park, and pockets of open space. Planning efforts for future land use will focus on existing areas identified as vacant, agricultural, or rural residential uses. These areas will capture a majority of new growth in the city, and have been guided in the future land use plan to accommodate future development. 3 -8 • • •