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Page - 2 | METROPOLITAN COUNCIL LOCAL PLANNING HANDBOOK Print Date: 3/10/2016 Checklist of Minimum Requirements for Arden Hills For Communities with Special Resources: □ Identify aggregate resources in your community on the Future Land Use Map. □ See the Special Resources section within the Land Use Plan Element for requirements for Critical Area Plans, Historic Preservation, and others. Density Calculations □ Identify where forecasted residential growth will happen on your Future Land Use Map. Show expected new development and re-developed areas. □ Identify what density range is expected for each residential land use in your community. □ Identify when residential development or redevelopment is anticipated to happen. See the Handbook section on Staged Development and Redevelopment. □ The average net residential density for your community must be consistent with the density requirements for your community designation. □ Provide a minimum and maximum value for each residential density range. (Zero is not an acceptable minimum. The maximum value must be a whole number.) □ Use the lowest allowed residential density from land use ranges in your calculations. For example, a land use that permits a density range of 3-5 units per acre must use 3 units per acre in all density calculations for this land use. This ensures that even at the lowest permitted density, the community will be developing at densities that meet overall density expectations. □ Focus on areas of change. Show us which planned land uses have changed from your previously approved plan and where new land uses (change or development intensity) is planned/expected. □ Provide the net developable acreage for each residential land use. It’s OK to exclude wetlands and natural water bodies, public parks and open space, arterial road rights-of-way, and natural resource lands protected by local plans and ordinances (i.e. steep slopes, wetland buffers, tree preservation) from area calculations. Stormwater ponds, utility easements, local roads, and local rights-of-way cannot be excluded from area calculations. □ The information you develop in your land use plan carries over to other elements of your comprehensive plan. The areas and densities in the land use plan must be consistent across elements related to forecasted growth, wastewater, water, housing, and transportation. For Communities with an Affordable Housing Allocation: □ Guide residential land at densities sufficient to create opportunities for affordable housing using one of the following options outlined in the Housing Plan Element. Refer to the Projected Housing Need section. Staged Development and Redevelopment □ Identify potential local infrastructure impacts for each 10-year increment. □ Demonstrate that the municipality is capable of providing services and facilities that accommodate its planned growth. □ The staging plan or likely development phasing must be consistent with the volume of anticipated sewer flow identified in your community’s Local Sewer Plan. □ The staging plan or likely development phasing must support and be consistent with your community’s share of the Region’s Need for Affordable Housing for 2021 - 2030. For Urban Center, Urban, and Suburban Communities: □ Identify and map the land areas that are available or likely to be available for redevelopment, infill development, or new development in your community. □ Provide a table of those areas identified that includes future land uses, acreages, density ranges, and total residential units in 10-year increments. Use your professional judgment for estimating the timing of development for areas that are uncertain or do not have plans in process. Natural Resources □ Describe your community’s goals, intentions, and priorities concerning preservation, conservation, or restoration of natural resources in your community. Special Resource Protection □ All plans must include a protection element for historic sites. □ All plans must include policies for the protection and development of access to direct sunlight for solar energy. Solar access is addressed in depth under the Resilience section. □ All plans must identify whether or not aggregate resources are available within the community. For communities with aggregate resources, additional requirements apply.