Future Land Use Definitions Agriculture + Open Space
Parks + Recreation
Agricultural land, undeveloped land, floodplain, areas with significant tree cover
City and County-Owned parks
Land devoted to crop production, rearing of animals to provide food and products, natural areas to be preserved, or land with limited development potential due to topography or potential to be flooded.
Public or private land reserved for parks and recreational activities including playgrounds, aquatic facilities, sports fields, recreation centers, golf courses, trails, and greenbelts.
Public/Institutional
Rural Residential
City, County, and school-owned properties
Large, single-family estates on minimum 1-acre lots
The Public and Institutional land use category includes land owned or operated by a public or semi-public entity or institution including land owned or operated by the city, school district, county and state. Institutional land uses include airports, colleges/universities, schools, libraries, landfills, communication and utility facilities, transit centers, water/sanitary sewer plants, police and fire facilities, cemeteries, post offices, hospitals, government offices and civic centers.
Single-family residential development located on very large, individual lots, typically with minimal utility services and on-site wastewater treatment. Minimum 1 to 5-acre lot sizes.
Suburban Residential
Urban Residential
Typically minimum 7,500 square feet
Single-Family detached, townhomes, rowhouses, or apartments
Traditional single-family residential development with detached and semi-attached single-family dwelling units on lots 7,500 sq. ft. or more in size, developed at 3 to 9 dwelling units per gross acre. May include non-residential uses such as child daycare centers, assisted living facilities, schools, and other institutional uses.
A mix of single-family detached and horizontally attached residential dwelling units, developed at 6 to 12 dwelling units per gross acre, and vertically attached residential, developed at 18+ dwelling units per gross acre. May include non-residential uses such as select neighborhood commercial uses, child daycare centers, assisted living facilities, schools, and other institutional uses.
Manufactured Home Community
Downtown Mixed-Use
Manufactured home developments
Downtown Minot, mixed-use development and redevelopment
A mix of manufactured homes and single-family detached dwellings, developed at 6 to 18 dwelling units per gross acre. May include non-residential uses such as child daycare centers, assisted living facilities, schools, and other institutional uses.
Traditional mixed-use development consisting of multi-story buildings. First floor should be reserved for retail uses with office and residential uses located on the upper floors. On-site parking is limited to on-street, under-building, or structured.
Downtown Fringe
Mixed-Use Center
Downtown Minot, adaptive reuse
Mix of residential and commercial uses
Areas on the fringes of downtown and developed with a flexible mix of high density residential dwelling units (minimum 12 units per gross acre) and commercial uses including the adaptive reuse of existing buildings and sites. Buildings may be one or more stories with single or multiple uses.
Areas developed with a mix of residential and commercial uses in a unified development consisting of single-use buildings (horizontal mixed-use) or multi-use buildings (vertical mixeduse).
Riverfront Activation
Neighborhood Commercial
Riverfront recreation, trails, public open space
Small-scale retail amenities and services
Land reserved along riverfronts and waterways for trails, recreational activities, and publicly accessible open spaces that can be impacted by occasional flooding. May include flood control structures and existing railroad facilities.
Small scale retail and office spaces intended to serve the daily needs of nearby residents. Typical land uses include daycares, assisted living facilities, small office, convenience stores and other neighborhood-serving uses. Individual neighborhood developments are generally between 1 to 10 acres and should accommodate pedestrian and bicycle circulation.
Gateway Commercial
General Commercial
Large-scale retail, entertainment, and offices
Commercial and office uses
Areas designed for larger-scale retail, entertainment, and office uses typically located along high traffic corridors. These retail and entertainment uses are intended to serve larger areas and the motoring public and typically consist of large box stores and multi-tenant shopping centers. Sites are generally greater than 20 acres.
May include a wide variety of stand-alone, singletenant commercial and office buildings, retail shopping centers, business parks, restaurants, and hotels.
Light Industrial
Heavy Industrial
Office and research facilities, light manufacturing
Large-scale assembly and material processing, heavier manufacturing and assembly
Areas for office and research facilities, light manufacturing and assembly, shipping and distribution, wholesale, and limited commercial uses with all activities occurring within an enclosed building and with very limited outdoor storage and display.
Land devoted to large-scale assembly of goods and material processing, heavier manufacturing and assembly, shipping and distribution, wholesale trade uses and mineral extraction. Activities may occur outdoors and along with outdoor storage of materials and goods.