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15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW · Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 <br />City Hall: (763) 427-1410 · Fax: (763) 49.27-5'543 <br />wwW.ci.ramsey, mn.us <br /> <br />September 27, 2002 <br />Revised November 8, 2002 <br /> <br />Dave Schulte <br />Turtle Moon Inc. <br />8741 Central Avenue <br />Blaine, MN 55434 <br /> <br />Re: Site Plan Review: Rivenwick 3~ Addition <br /> <br />· Dear Mr. Schulte: <br /> <br />We are in receipt of your site plan to develop a townhome development m the City of Ramsey. The site <br />plan consists of a Site Plan sheet prepared by Pioneer Engineering dated August 2, 2002, revised <br />September 25, 2002. We offer the following comme.n, ts: <br /> <br />Genera}: The subject property is I9.46 acres in size and is generally located south of Riverdale Drive and <br />north of the existing Rivenwick residential development.' The site plan is proposing to develop 112 <br />townhouse units. <br /> <br />Zoning: The subject property is zoned R-2 and the proposed townhouse development is a permitted use in <br />the R-2 district. A small portion of'the property is zoned B-1 Business and a rezoning application has been <br />submitted to Staff to rezone the subject B-1 Business portion to R-2 Medium Density Residential. The <br />City Council will be reviewing the rezoning request at their November 12, 2002 meeting. <br /> <br />Dens/W: The subject property is 19.46 acres in size. The Comprehensive Plan stipulates majo~ road right- <br />of-ways must be subtracted from the total parcel area in order to determine net density. The proposed <br />development will contain a MSA road and therefore the net project area is 16 acres. Net density for the <br />project area is 7.0 units.per acre (1 !.2 units/16 acres). <br /> <br />Streets: The development is providing the required public street (138th Avenue) through the development. <br />Private streets are being proposed and are serving as access driveways to the public street as required by <br />City Code. The private streets are 24 feet in width and therefore on-street Parking will not be permitte& <br /> <br />The table below indicates City Code requirements for private street lengths in the R~2 distriCt: <br /> <br />Maximum private street length without a' turnaround 200 feet <br /> <br /> I <br />! <br />I <br />I <br />I' <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br /> <br />rovided <br /> <br />Maximum private street length with a turning <br /> >rovision provided <br />Maximum private street length with a cul-de-sac <br />provided <br /> <br />300 feet <br /> <br />600 feet, when exceeding the 300 foot length <br />requirement, the.private street width must be 32 feet. <br /> <br />-208- <br /> <br /> <br />