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J. <br />SEH <br />Future City of Gem lake Land Use thru 2040 <br />In order to guide use in subsequent decades, the City of Gem Lake. has prepared a future <br />land use. plan. The plan brings together goals, policies, and recommendations for future <br />land 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 -FgWe Land <br />Use Acreage Breakdown -Although Gem Lake covers a total. of 725 acres, only:653.6 is <br />reflected is 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 />Land Use Category <br />single Family - Estate <br />Acre <br />122.9. <br />Single Family - Executive <br />2I1.5: <br />Single Family - One Acre <br />Single Family. Residential <br />Gateway district (mixed use and/or <br />residential) <br />"'917 <br />Open Space <br />'y6•� <br />Minnesota Land Trust <br />196` <br />Recreational open Space <br />Public/Institutional '`' ? <br />= 2.9 <br />Total:: <br />553 ;6 <br />]VnTF-. The balance ofthe<'tdtal..725: acres th"ake up the G ty <br />Single Family - Executive <br />used for roads or <br />land use with the City of Gem Lake, <br />awn into three main.categorles: <br />City,;bf Gem Lake:encompasses most of the interior <br />y, Iocat°ed around the water body called Gem Lake. The <br />i acres,. and the maximum density is.l lot per 5 acres in <br />Octs utilizing planned unit develapmerit (PUD) .guidelines <br />uses to provide for common green spaces. Allowable <br />e family. <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. Ille—minimum density is 1.1ot per 3 <br />acres and. the maximum density is I lot.per 4 acres,_ Sanitary sewer expansion is not <br />proposed in this area prior to 2040. The McNulty Development within this. district is <br />already served with sanitary sewer, and future developments will be.regnired to <br />cons'ider.sanitary.:sewer as part of the.review/approval process. Allowable housing in <br />this district is single family. <br />5.0 la.nd goal5 and policies I .page 5 <br />