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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 The Comprehensive Plan has been developed at the direction of the City Council to provide a documented base of community long-range planning and to comply with the State of Minnesota statutes (MSA 473.175) that require each community in the Metropolitan Area create a Comprehensive Plan. This Comprehensive Plan describes objectives, guidelines, and basic policies intended to guide the development and growth of New Brighton until 2000. This plan has been developed by the New Brighton Planning Commission from 1975 to 1980. The plan was updated during the period from 1987 to.1989. BASIC PLANNING PREMISE This Comprehensive Plan has been developed on the premise the general character of the City — a metropolitan community where people live and work — will be preserved. In the development of this plan, the Planning Commission has considered the existing stage of development of the City and the various alternatives for future development. Changes in zoning, in ordinances, and transportation systems are recommended where such changes will act to preserve the character of our maturing and developing City. O COMPATIBLE WITH METRO PLANNING New Brighton is a developing inner-ring suburb that will, within the period covered by this plan, reach a fully developed status. It is the intent of this plan to manage this final development to be consistent with the needs and capabilities of the City and of the Metropolitan area. In this context, the plan contains objectives, policies and standards and defines action steps required to implement the plan, to guide public and private land use development, redevelopment and preservation of lands and waters within New Brighton. The Land Use Plan section specifically defines land uses and policies and standards established to control those uses. The Land Use Plan section is compatible with the other four sections (Transportation, Housing, Community Facilities, Protection Open Space) of the Plan. The Transportation Plan section defines existing and expected traffic patterns and proposes upgrading of traffic systems as required to maintain specified levels of service as demands increase. The Housing section of the Plan defines existing and projected housing standards and recommends actions designed to insure the availability of a variety of housing compatible with the needs and responsibilities of a metropolitan community. The Community Facilities section of the Plan is a recitation of the existing situation — series of facilities that are now at a stage generally compatible with the long term needs.