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Village Area Policy Review Memo Page: 5 Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan Purpose: This document provides long-term guidance on land uses to ensure the efficient provision of public infrastructure in the City. In the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, municipalities are required to adopt comprehensive use plans every decade which guide development of land and public infrastructure. Metro area comprehensive plans must contain specific elements including land use, housing, transportation, water management, parks, etc. The planning horizon for Lake Elmo’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan (hereafter the “2040 Plan”) is from 2020 to 2040. The 2040 Plan was approved and adopted in November of 2019 after a considerable planning and community engagement process. Regulatory Impact: The 2040 Comprehensive Plan is a legal document which, as required by state statute, is the guiding document for all development in Lake Elmo. Any development or redevelopment must comply with the Comp Plan. The City’s zoning requirements must be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan’s Land Use Chapter. Comp Plan and the Village Area: This review is broken down by certain elements of the City’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan: Future Land Uses (Chapter 3) - Future Land Uses (see map on page 7) allowed in the Village Area include: • Rural Single Family Sewered (0.1-2.0 du/acre ) – previously unsewered but currently single- family land uses located within the Village Planning Area. • Village Low Density Residential (1.5 – 3 du/acre) – single-family detached housing development • Village Medium Density Residential (3.01 – 8 du/acre) – single-family detached, duplexes, and townhomes/villa housing types. • Village High Density Residential (8.01 – 12 du/acre) – apartment buildings and multi-family dwellings. • Village Mixed Use (5 – 10 du/acre) – Integrated commercial/business and residential uses provide development types that benefit from proximity to each other. • Commercial – retail and service businesses primarily located in the MUSA. This excludes residential and industrial uses. • Institutional - Schools, religious institutions, City hall, municipal buildings, libraries, and other institutional uses • Public/Semi-Public - generally owned by the City or other agency, whose primary purpose is to support adjacent developments with stormwater management and other utilities. MUSA Staging (Chapter 3) – The Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary provides an indication of where sewered development can occur. This is broken down into phases by decade. Only two areas of the Village are in MUSA staging areas beyond the current decade. One area is the remaining Schiltgen farmstead parcel south of North Star, the other is just north of Easton Village. Those