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New Brighton Comprehensive Plan Existing Land Use Vacant Land The City of New Brighton is virtually fully developed with just�l46-acres or 3% of its land area vacant, -- . Deleted: as all of which consists of small lots and parcels, With _the exception of vacant land within the Northwest f Deleted 2 1 uadrant rcdcv_cloplmcnt-area. A limited amount of vacant land exists elsewhere within the Old Highway l J r Deleted. stirs 8 corridor but even here, such land is owned by adjacent businesses and is not available for development. l - The City's store of vacant land really consists of pdvate roperties that may 1) the subject of future Deleted: underutiiizeti redevelopment. p {Deleted: will by Residential New Brighton is primarily a residential community with 1, 4�1 of its 4,533; acres or, 0% of its land area . -- comprised of housing. Only about 7% of the City's land committed to housing is occupied by multi- family kinits,_ which suggest that _the City is overwhelmingly_ a single-family community. Existing ' •, densities for single-family housing range from 2 to 4 -units per acre. Multi -family housing ranges from a density of 6 units per acre to greater than 12 units per acre in some places. On the other hand, New Brighton has a total ofd----manufacture-d -home -units--,--whic-h -comprise a total_ of 47 -acres located in two- - --------------------------------------- _ .............. . Deleted: sol Deleted: 473 Deleted: 35 Deleted5 Deleted: units which suggests manufactured home parks. The existing density for manufactured housing is7 7 units per acre. Deleted: 36o _. "","fmeted: 56 Basically there will not be a significant change in the land area committed to residential land use except -- -- • within the Old Highway 8 corridor where redevelopment offers opportunities for an increase in lifecycle- F Deleted 6.4 housing as part of future mixed-use developments. Since the City's housing areas are fully developed, there will be only limited infill housing in the future on individual lots and previously overlooked or undevelopable parcels. The Old Highway 8 Corridor The Old I lig_hway $.corridor has changed dramatically within the last 10 s. most notable chanes occurred in the area north of 1-694 and west of 1-35W and the area at the SouthWcst corner of Old Eli tg tw�y 8 and 5;F Avenue NW. These areas have bccn, or m the process of being redeveloped.. �rmatted: Superscript The City has ace{uired nearly 100 rte..re5.ofp.rivate-.-property.in the northwest yuadrtnt of 1-694 and I -35W and is workinjz towards implementing a development where one can live, work, shop_and be entertained all with a walkable community. At present, two major office developments are undler construction, those be ing_�pl llc_rdau rterti Group. Inc. and Transonla Medical Inc_ The. arca at the northwest corner of County Road E2 and _5° .Avenue NW.-Ias bccn redcvcloppdi. into. a mixed use 1>t,tia destu friendly .- (Formatted: Superscript dcvelopmcmeonsisting of residential, office, and commercial uses known_as Main Street Village. 0