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City of Mounds View 1 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br />DRAFT September 21, 2020 <br />Table 2-4: 2040 Employment Intensity <br />APPLICABLE Acres Mean Working <br />DISTRICTS FAR acres <br />AM <br />MOUMD-S VIEW <br />Working sgff SgWworker Workers <br />Neighborhood <br />3.7 <br />0.28 <br />1.036 <br />45128.16 <br />1200 <br />37 <br />Commercial <br />General <br />68.8 <br />0.28 <br />19.264 <br />839139.84 <br />920 <br />912 <br />Commercial <br />Office <br />52.4 <br />0.64 <br />33.536 <br />1460828.16 <br />600 <br />2434 <br />Mixed Use <br />15.6 <br />0.28 <br />4.368 <br />190270.08 <br />1200 <br />158 <br />(40% Com.) <br />Industrial/Utility <br />174 <br />0.32 <br />55.68 <br />2425420.8 <br />1500 <br />1616 <br />PROTECTING SPECIAL RESOURCES <br />As required by state statute, a municipality's comprehensive plan must include <br />strategies for protection of special resources including solar access, historic <br />preservation, aggregate resources, and natural resources. <br />SOLAR ACCESS <br />Minnesota Statutes require an element for the protection and development <br />of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. The purpose of this <br />legislation is to prevent solar collectors from being shaded by adjacent <br />structures or vegetation and to ensure the availability of solar access. The City <br />of Mounds View will whenever possible protect access to direct sunlight for <br />solar energy systems on principal structures. The City will consider solar <br />access in the review of site plans and planning decisions. <br />The Metropolitan Council has calculated the gross and rooftop solar potential <br />for the City to identify how much electricity could be generated using existing <br />technology. The gross solar potential and gross solar rooftop potential are <br />expressed in megawatt hours per year (Mwh/yr) and these estimates are <br />based on the solar map for each community. Developed areas with low <br />building heights and open space areas have the highest potential for solar <br />development within the City. Many of the developed neighborhoods and some <br />natural areas in Mounds View have low gross solar potential due to existing <br />tree cover. Solar suitability is mapped in Figure 2-4 and calculated in Table 2- <br />5: Solar Suitability. <br />Table 2-5: Solar Suitability in Mounds View <br />Gross Gross Generation Rooftop <br />Megawatt hours per year 3,970,368 397,036 543,963 <br />(Mwh/yr) <br />01 <br />Mounds View Community Center <br />Rooftop Generation <br />54,396 <br />Chapter 2: Land Use 1 2-17 <br />