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• • Rural Land Use The purpose of the Rural Land Use category is to designate those areas that are not intended to receive sewer service due to topography and soil issues, or to a private conservation easement. This area will make up a very small percentage (1 percent) of the city's total land area (net of wetlands and water bodies) in 2030. Development in rural areas shall be limited to residential single family at low densities or agriculture - related uses. Residential development in these areas shall be limited to an overall density of 1 unit per 10 acres served by individual or community sewage treatment systems. However, cluster development guided by conservation subdivision principles to permanently preserve open space, especially in areas mapped for greenway corridors, may be encouraged through the use of density bonuses. Agricultural activities within the Rural Land Use designation should utilize conservation practices so as to not impair regional water bodies. Civic /Institutional The Land Use Plan identifies 362 net acres of Civic /Institutional uses, making up 2.9 percent of the city's total land area (net of wetlands and water bodies). The purpose of the Civic / Institutional area is to accommodate public buildings or facilities, private or public utilities and infrastructure, public and private schools, and cemeteries. Additional discussion on civic and institutional uses is provided in Chapter 9: Community Facilities. Parks /Open Space The Land Use Plan identifies 1,315 net acres of Park and Open Space, or 10.4 percent of the city's total land area (net of wetlands and water bodies). However, because the community's park and open space areas consist of numerous wetlands and several lakes, the gross area of Lino Lakes Parks and Open Space areas is substantially larger (3,452 gross acres, or 16.2% of the city's total gross land area). The purpose of the Parks / Open Space area is to accommodate passive or active recreational areas and facilities as well as lands under public control that are designated as permanently undeveloped for the purpose of resource management or protection. Additional discussion of the planned parks, trails, and open space system is provided in Chapter 2: Resource Management System Plan. It is noted that the specific parcels of land that will accommodate future parks and open space are not shown on the 2030 future land use map (Figure 3 -3) as the specific location of these future facilities have not been determined. Figure 2- 9, Parks, Greenways and Trail System Plan, shows the general vicinity where new neighborhood parks will be needed to serve new growth. Private Airfield The Land Use Plan identifies 43 net acres of Private Airfield, or 0.3 percent of the city's total land area (net of wetlands and water bodies). Lino Lakes contains two private airfield areas. Surfside Seaplane Base, located on the northwest shore of Rice Lake, includes docking, hangar, fuel, and maintenance facilities. An on -land private landing strip is also located at Surfside Seaplane Base. The second private airfield consists of a private landing strip at the Lino Lakes Air Park, which is located south of Carl Street and west of 4th Avenue. The Lino Lakes Air Park is used by members of the private air park association, made up of many of the homeowners along the landing strip. Staging and Growth Management Throughout the Visioning and Comprehensive Planning processes, participants, including the Citizen Visioning Committee and Citizen Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel members, elected officials, and residents expressed the importance of balancing growth with preservation of the community's valuable natural resources. The City is required, by State law, to accommodate new growth. Metropolitan sewer interceptors have been constructed to meet the demand of future 3 -19