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3. LAND USE <br /> "The Update is incomplete ,for Land Use. The following items need to be addressed <br /> before the Update will be considered complete _for land use and density. The Update <br /> needs to show how the community plans to accommodate forecasted g��owth in its <br /> population, households, and employment. <br /> Land Use Categories <br /> The Update needs to descf•ibe the allowable uses for each of the land use categories shown <br /> on Map 3B-6 and needs to use planned land use categories consistently throughout the <br /> document. The Update describes urban land uses starting on page 3B-32 but these <br /> categories do not align with those shown on Map 3B-6. Other "non-urban" land uses <br /> shown on the map do not match the descriptions starting on page 3B-45. Future land use <br /> tables, maps, and description text need to all use the same land use categories. <br /> For all land use categories that allow residential uses, the Update needs to detail the <br /> allowable density ranges, including minimum density and maximum density. The Update <br /> currently only desc��ibes minimum lot sizes, which equates to a maximum density. The <br /> Council calculates the communiry's capacity to accommodate residential growth by <br /> multiplying the lowest allowed densiry in the planned land use densiry range by the net <br /> residential acreage. The Update needs to use a nunzber other than "zero" as a lowest <br /> allowed density for sanitary sewered development. In addition, the City needs to ensure <br /> that new residential development served by regional sanitary sewer achieves an overall <br /> minimum net densiry of 3.0 units per acre. Failure to achieve this density may be <br /> considered a system departure. <br /> The Update contains an Existing Land Use Map (Map 3B-5) and a table detailing <br /> acreages (Table 3B-3). However, the land use categories shown on the map and in the <br /> table do not match. The map shows three residential land use catego�•ies, while the table <br /> only shows two. The map and the table need to desc�ibe the same land use categories. <br /> Future Land Use Acrea�es <br /> As detailed in the Council's Local Plan�ing Handbook (p. 3-SJ, the Update needs to <br /> include a table quantifying the acreages in each of the land use categories in 2010, 2020, <br /> and 2030, as shown on Map 3B-6: Land Use Plan 2008-2030. The Update contains <br /> future land use projections in S year stages (Tables 3B-4a th��ough 3B-4e), but none of <br /> these indicate in which planned land use categories future development will occur. The <br /> Update needs to include the Council's Land Use Table In S-Year Stages <br /> (http:/lwww.metrocouncil.ors/planninLPH/forms/Land UseSvear doe� and ensure that the <br /> categories used in the table are those shown on the City's planned land use map (those in <br /> the template are for illustrative purposes). Please note that this table will be included in <br /> the staff review repoNt to the Council for action on the Ciry's Update. <br /> Capacitv to Accommodate FoNecasts <br /> The Update provides an analysis of residential land use capacity by zoning distr�ict <br /> (Table 3B-2), which shows that the Ciry could acconzmodate 72� more units using the <br /> Review of Met Council Comp Plarr lnitial Response Page 7 of 17 <br /> August 28, 2009 <br />