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-22- Metropolitan Council in December 2001, and also to put in place good and reasonable objectives for the City's lands. This is the first of a series of public hearings. He explained the two components to City Code Chapter 9 are the text and the map. The map was part of the mailing that went out. Excerpts of the text appeared in the mailing as well. He gave an overview of the residential districts as noted on the mailing. He noted there will be no modifications to the lot sizes. The R-2 designation allows for twin homes and townhomes with densities from 3 to 7 units per acre. The R-3 designation applies to townhomes and apartments with,771b, 15 units per Citizen Input Joe McDilda, 14321 Neon St., noted the City does not have an ad~p~ea'~tree polic~'i'!i:i:~g s~ggested such a policy be introduced and considered. This could be th~fci:e for the develo~'6~ishing to build in Ramsev. He asked what it would take to asseml~['~7~ committee to create }i::~!~nd policy for developers and citizens. ~ ~;~. ;..,,~:~i;:~; ,.;:~i.,~. '~(~i~;~: Principal Planner Trudgeon responded a tree preservat'i~fi ¢rdinan~gi'::-~0uld be beneficial to set standards. He suggested this discussion be included as part'"'~5~!;'Ch~pter 9 discussions. Nixt pointed out that state manda~control wetland'¢~ke~ation- Chairperson John Enstrom, 8702 181 ~ Avenue, stated he 'h,a~ork~ff't ~ee pres~'rvation on his property. He offered to work with the City of Ramsey. "H~ said.h~:[S:'~f/ami~'~ith many of the ordinances. He also suggested considering some of the ordi:~anc~"~~' neighboring cities. He advised the City to mandate the number of ~d~mCe~i~ed per lo-f,-}>:¢'~ said his main concern is the City should institute higher standard~fo~; roads. '~e,suggeste&i~e developers should be required to construct roads at a 9-ton standaCd, as neighi0~ring comi~ti~ties do, since it would alleviate many problems in the futut;ei;, He also su~eSted:~a-,pe~i~~ issued for sprinkler systems only when installed on approve3;S0i.ls. H'*~'.°,,ffefed ¢i~bi~l~t~lth the City on instituting this ordinance as John Pe~er~';~Tb~a~od De~)~e~';SPment, clarified that Blaine does not require 9-ton roads. He sai. d:~"would dr/ve'ikPkixe cost~X;~&would be excessive in his view. J;d':McDilda, 14321 Neo~!'$¢, redisplayed pictures of wetlands before and during construction of The ~°iids:.on CSAH #5, He contended the wetlands are not protected as promised. He said if the dev~i~P~ chooses, ]th~''can clear the land. Motion by ~;~4i~'ner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Brauer, to close the public hearing. '~*' Motion Can4ed. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Johnson, Brauer, and Kociscak. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Reeve, Sweet, and Watson. Planning Commission/May 2, 2002 Page 4 of 23 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I