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<br />City of Gem Lake Comprehensive Plan GEMLK 140643 <br />Page 20 <br /> <br /> 5.4 Future City of Gem Lake Land Use thru 2040 <br />To guide use in subsequent decades, the City of Gem Lake has prepared a future land <br />use plan. The plan brings together goals, policies, and recommendations for future land <br />use, and is intended to assist with decision making on a going-forward basis. <br />Acreages for future land uses within Gem Lake are identified in Table 5.3 - Future Land <br />Use Acreage Breakdown. Although Gem Lake covers a total of 707 acres, only 623 is <br />reflected in the table below. The difference is acreage is consumed by roadways, <br />wetlands and open water. <br />Table 5-3 – Future Land Use Acreage Breakdown <br />Regional Planned Land Use in Gem Lake for 2040 <br />Planned Land Use Acres Percent <br />Mixed use 63 10.0% <br />Open Space 49 7.9% <br />Public / Institutional 3 0.5% <br />Recreational Open Space 60 9.6% <br />Single Family Estate 102 16.3% <br />Single Family Executive 215 34.5% <br />Single Family Residential - 1 Acre 90 14.4% <br />Single Family Residential 41 6.8% <br />Total 623 100.00% <br />Source: Met Council and Ramsey County <br /> <br />5.5 Future Land Use Classifications <br />Residential development will remain the primary land use with the City of Gem Lake. The <br />land for residential development is broken down into three main categories: <br />5.5.1 Single Family - Estate <br />This planning area within the City of Gem Lake encompasses most of the interior <br />residential land area in the City, located around the water body called Gem Lake. The <br />minimum density is 1 lot per 5 acres, and the maximum density is 1 lot per 5 acres in this <br />district. Development projects utilizing planned unit development (PUD) guidelines may <br />allow for clustering of houses to provide for common green spaces. Allowable housing in <br />this district is single family. <br />5.5.2 Single Family - Executive <br />Roughly 33 percent of the total land area of the City is comprised of “Single Family <br />Executive” land uses. “Single Family Executive” land uses are found primarily in the <br />southwest and north central portions of the City. The minimum density is 1 lot per 4 acres <br />and the maximum density is 1 lot per 3 acres. Sanitary sewer expansion is not proposed <br />in this area prior to 2040. The McNulty Development within this district is already served