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Oppidan Concept Plan page 2 general nature of the entire development before incurring substantial costs. This provides an opportunity for the proposal to be publicly considered at an early stage. The PUD section of the Zoning Ordinance includes "immediately significant elements" to be discussed with a concept plan. The list is a good guide for general ideas to consider: - Overall maximum PUD density range (a residential project issue) - General location of major streets and pedestrian ways - General location and extent of public and common open space - General location of residential and non - residential land uses with approximate type and intensities of development - A staging and time schedule of development. - Other special criteria for development. This report will cover those broad elements while summarizing infrastructure issues and numerous requirements of the Comprehensive Plan and 49/J Master Planning Study. Requirements of the Comprehensive Plan and 49/J Master Planning Study The 49/J Master Planning Study included several elements that were incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan. This involved an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan that was approved by the city council in February 2007 and by the Metropolitan Council in April 2007. This included the Planning and Development Requirements as well as the Master Plan sheet that is attached to this report. Perhaps the best summary is this from the Planning and Development Requirements: The Master Plan is the guiding plan for development in the area. The Master Plan is intended to show a general land use arrangement with some specific design elements. The individual site layouts and uses are to be determined as part of the development review process, but should be based on the Master Plan, including specific elements noted below. In brief, most of the requirements provide guidance, but there are a number of specifics. The specifics are physical design elements and their locations. The Oppidan concept plan is consistent with many of the general requirements. Nonetheless, several specific requirements would need to be formally amended by the City. This is somewhat complicated because of the status of the Comprehensive Plan itself. The 49/J requirements were formally incorporated into the existing comp plan. Changing the 49/J requirements would require amending the existing comp plan. However, the new 2030 comp plan is under review by the Metropolitan Council and no amendments are allowable until this review is completed. Once approved by the Metropolitan Council and the city council, the new 2030 comp plan replaces the old one. The new comp plan does not include the actual text of the 49/J Plan like the old one does. However, the new 2030 • •