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Amending Growth Management Policy page 6 II/ 8. Use of Stage 2 MUSA reserve acres prior to year 2010 shall require amendment of • • the comprehensive plan. 9. All preliminary plats and residential development greater than 50 lots/units must have, as condition of approval, a phasing plan that establishes: a. a schedule for final platting a specified number of lots /units on an annual basis b. specifies the location of and number of lots /units in each phase (final plat). 10. The target for the maximum number of lots in each phase is 50. 11. The City will maintain an inventory of approved phasing plans indicating the number of units /lots scheduled for fmal plat approval in future years. 12. The City will not approve a new project's preliminary plat if, according to the phasing plan inventory (final platting schedule), a new project could not final plat its first phase within one year of preliminary plat approval without exceeding the MUSA or new growth goals. 13. An approved phasing plan is a commitment by the City to approve final plats and grant MUSA reserve acres according to the phasing plan. MUSA reserve is actually granted at the same time as final plat approval. The phasing plan does not in any way eliminate the requirements of the subdivision ordinance, zoning ordinance, and other official controls, as may be amended. 14. MUSA reserve acreage to be granted shall be the acres of buildable area only. 15. Allocating or granting MUSA reserve within the Stage 1 growth area in accordance with a phasing plan for the project is an action that implements the comprehensive plan: it is not an amendment of the comprehensive plan. Allocating MUSA reserve shall require the same majority vote by the City Council as is required for a rezoning. 16. This growth management policy shall not apply to the area of "The Village," in the southeast quadrant of the I -35W /Lake Drive interchange. 17. The City shall review this growth management policy on an annual basis. Section 3 — Growth Management Policy for Conservation Development The Lino Lakes City Council hereby establishes a policy to promote the use of conservation development as a means to achieve the goals of the Growth Management Policy; Comprehensive Plan, Parks, Natural Open Space /Greenways and Trail System Plan; and the Handbook for Environmental Planning and Conservation Development. The provisions of this policy include: