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II }~ ~."'.1W Future Land Use The future land use plan defmes and illustrates a pattern for the future physical development and redevelopment of the community. The plan includes a description, list of objectives and list of policies for each land use category. The following defmitions are intended to assist the reader in understanding the purpose for objectives and policies: Obi ecti ve: A statement of direction, an aim or goal for a specific land use (unlike strategic planning where objectives are very specific and measurable). Policv: A statement of intent to do something, a course of action to be taken in the interest of consistent decision-making At first blusb, future land use would suggest tbat tbere will be significant cbanges in use by 2020. A closer look attributes most of those changes to revised land use classifications rather than actual c~anges in use. Most are attributable to the new city center designation which is intended to be a mixed-use area but currently embraces a whole variety of existing uses, including residential, many of whicb, north of 1- 694, are interim in nature and will disappear by 2020. The most significant cbanges will occur in the Old Highway 8 corridor and, in particular, the city center. While the city center area lying south of 1-694 will not change significantly, tbe north side of the higbway comprising approximately lOO-acres, is intended to be virtually transformed by 2020. Based on an allowable Floor Area Ratio (FAR') in excess of 1.0 and an average FAR of 0.4 to 0.5, this area could potentially accommodate 1.7 to 2.2-million square feet of residential, commercial, office, recreational and entertainment development over tbe next 20-plus years. Since redevelopment is complicated by several existing interim uses which have far-reaching impacts on the entire area, it is likely that transformation will not occur for several years, making it impossible to predict wbat proportions of future development will consist of residential, commercial or office. For the sake of traffic forecasting, the use mix in tbe Nortbwest Quadrant is estimated to be as follows: Table 5 - 2 Land Use Mix of future redevelopment of the Northwest Quadrant Residential Commercial Office Recreation & Other Entertainment 25% 20% 35% 10% 10% Another area of significant change within the Old Highway 8 corridor is that occupied by the pole yards lying north of the CP Railroad tracks between 5th A venue and Old Highway 8. This area is intended to be redeveloped and, in some cases, contamination removed, to create a modem industrial park environment consisting of 700,OOO-square feet of industrial space (officelwarebousel1igbt manufacturing). The area east of the MN Transfer railroad tracks, where the City is already playing an intervention role, will likely be developed over the next 10 or so years wbile that west of the tracks will follow. 1 Floor Area Ratio is defined as the ratio of finished building area to lot or parcel area. August 4,1999 New Brighton Comprehensive Plan Page 5.5