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Highland Meadows East 2nd Addition <br />page 2 <br />Comprehensive Plan, Land Use and Zoning <br />The table below identifies the existing land use and zoning as well as guided land uses for the <br />area. <br />Location <br />Existing Land Use <br />Guided Land Use <br />Existing <br />Zoning <br />R -1 <br />Site <br />vacant <br />Medium Density Residential <br />North <br />single family residential <br />Medium Density Residential <br />R -1 <br />South <br />single family residential <br />& commerc. greenhouse <br />Medium Density Residential <br />R -1 <br />East <br />vacant <br />Medium Density Residential <br />R -1 & R -2 <br />West <br />residential, townhomes <br />Medium Density Residential <br />R -3 PDO <br />The site is guided for Medium Density Residential land use. This accommodates 3 -6 units per <br />acre. <br />Growth Management: <br />MUSA Reserve: The comprehensive plan and the growth management policy establish a <br />specific number of MUSA acres for residential growth for stage one (prior to year 2010). The <br />site is within the current MUSA, so no reserve allocation is needed. <br />Growth Management, Units /Year: The comprehensive plan and the growth management <br />policy establish a specific number of dwelling units of residential growth for stage one (prior to <br />year 2010). The goal is 147 per year. The City Council has the flexibility to exceed the limit by <br />20% (29 units) in a year without amending the comprehensive plan. <br />The goal for 2004 has been exceeded and the additional 20% also has been used. This means <br />that new development cannot be final platted until 2005. This applies to this project. As seen in <br />the table at the end of this report, year 2005 can accommodate this project without exceeding the <br />annual goal. <br />Planned Unit Development: Development Stage Plan/Preliminary Plat <br />Section 2, Subd. 10 of the zoning ordinance discusses the purpose of a planned unit development <br />(PUD). The application should be compared to these purposes in order to justify the flexibility <br />allowed by a PUD. <br />Purpose and Intent. The purpose of this section of the Zoning Ordinance is to <br />provide for the grouping of lots or buildings for development as an integrated, <br />coordinated unit as opposed to traditional parcel by parcel, piecemeal, or sporadic <br />approach to development. This section is intended to introduce flexibility of site <br />design and architecture for the conservation of land and open space through clustering <br />