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CHAPTER 2 LAND USE 4 BACKGROUND The Land Use Plan is the core of the Comprehensive Plan. It sets out the general goals for the use and reuse of public and private land within the City. As such, it establishes the physical structure and character of the City which are prime determinants of the community's social and economic characteristics. The Land Use Plan is a guide and decision making aid for land use location and development decisions. It forms the underlying basis for the City's Zoning Ordinance. This Plan projects the pattern of land use which the City feels should evolve in the future. Development of the Plan has been influenced by many factors, one of the most important of which has been the existing pattern of land use. The City is not a blank map waiting to be filled in. New Brighton is a developing inner-ring suburb. The basic pattern of land use has been established by the development decisions over New Brighton's first century. Only a few areas are likely and desirable to see change in the near future. The 'land use plan calls for the continuance of existing land use patterns in most areas. In these locations the character of the area seems to be set for the foreseeable future, though the established uses, are not always ideal. The'plan avoids proposing unrealistic changes. Many other factors have also been considered in establishing this land use plan, including natural features, and transportation conditions. This Plan is an update of the 1979 Comprehensive Plan. Many of the actions identified in that document have been accomplished and most of the goals, objective, policies and physical plans committed to at that time are still valid today. This document is built around the previous plan. The 1979 Plan lead to the comprehensive rezoning of land throughout the City. The Land Use Plan has and will continue to be the basis for City zoning actions and a reference for evaluating development plans and issues. Organization — The Land Use Plan is divided into three parts, the introduction and general goals and objectives, the discussion of the general classes of land use and their associated policies, and a neighborhood by neighborhood description of existing conditions and neighborhood land use plans. For this last section, the City has been divided into ten "planning neighborhoods." EXISTING LAND USE CONDITIONS New Brighton is approximately 4,464 acres in size. Only 396 acres remain undeveloped, however another 311 acres have been identified as potential redevelopment sites within the Highway 8 Corridor. As a result, the opportunities for major changes in land use patterns in New Brighton are very limited. New Brighton's land use decisions will be primarily focused on fitting new development into existing development patterns.