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City of Arden Hills – 2040 Comprehensive Plan Approved:, 2018 6-12 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. 6.4.10 Development Capacity and Net Residential Density The Metropolitan Council’s Thrive MSP 2040 assign a community designation of “suburban” which requires an average net residential density of at least five 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 2016 land use data provided by the Metropolitan Council, there were 1,362 acres of net residential land in Arden Hills, which includes the rights- of-way of adjacent City streets. The Metropolitan Council lists 3,198 housing units in Arden Hills in 2015. Based on that information, the residential density in the developed portion of Arden Hills is approximately 2.35residential units per net residential acre. While this is below the five units per net residential acre required by the Metropolitan Council, the City is not required to raise densities in the built portion of Arden Hills. However, all future land uses should be able to accommodate development in average of five units per net residential acre. There are no expected land use changes that would result in a reduction in net residential density in the developed part of Arden Hills. Furthermore, the remaining vacant residential land that is south of Highway 96 and 10 is guided for development that could be built at a density of an average of five residential units per acre. Dr a f t 11 / 0 1 / 2 0 1 7