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City of Arden Hills – 20430 Comprehensive Plan Approved: September 28, 201809 Amended: December 12, 2016 6-11 As noted in Chapter 5, the City of Arden Hills hired a consultant team in 2013, to create a Master Plan for the redevelopment of the TCAAP site. A central component of this work was the development of a Master Land Use Plan that allocated an appropriate mix of residential, commercial, industrial, civic, and open space uses on the site. The TCAAP Master Plan was approved by the City Council in July 2015 and amended by the City Council in December 2016, and has been incorporated in the revised 2030 Future Land Use data (Figure 6.3 and Table 6.4). The City began work on the zoning and design standards to implement the Master Land Use Plan in August 2014. These regulations and policies are found in the TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC), which was approved in July 2015 and amended in December 2016. The TRC puts in place land use regulations that will achieve the community’s goals for the TCAAP redevelopment including: high development and design standards; defined residential neighborhoods and commercial districts interconnected by streets, trails, and sidewalks; energy resiliency and sustainability; and abundant parks and open space. Though the TCAAP Master Plan establishes a proposed allocation of the various uses throughout the TCAAP area and illustrates the current preferred development pattern for the area, the City has considered the proposal from Alatus LLC and its partners for modifications to the TCAAP Master Plan that proposed different locations for the allocated uses and amended the TCAAP Master Plan accordingly in December 2016. The City may consider on its own initiative to consider amendments to the adopted plan as development occurs or circumstances change in order to promote high quality development of the area consistent with City goals and this Plan. 6.4.8 Development Capacity and Net Residential Density The Metropolitan Council’s 2030 Regional Development Framework requires an average net residential density of at least three units per net residential acre. Densities lower than this are not an efficient use of the region’s sanitary sewer infrastructure. Net residential acreage is calculated by subtracting wetlands, water bodies, public parks, arterial streets, and identified natural resources that are protected by ordinance from gross acres. The number of net residential acres is then divided by the number of lots to determine net residential density. According to the 2005 land use data provided by the Metropolitan Council, there were 1,318 acres of net residential land in Arden Hills, which includes the rights- of-way of adjacent City streets. The United States Census Bureau lists 3,017