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March, 2001 Draft housing supply compared to the demographics of the community to ensure an adequate supply of life cycle housing to meet demand. It should also continue to develop an inventory of jobs in the community and possibly the immediate region to monitor the community's progress in obtaining a housing to jobs ratio of 1 to 1. Table V-7 Staging Plan MUSA Expansion Areas Development Residential Net Comm/Ind. Net Mixed Use and Total MUSA Stage Developable Developable Quasi Public Net Expansion Acres Acres Developable Acres Area in Developable Acres Exiting MUSA 43:~ 261 45 N/A 2000~2005 125 179 130 434 2005-2010'* 230 22 13 265 2010-2015 350 47 0 397 2015-2020' 0 0 0 0 Urban Growth Boundary Total 1,137 509 188 1,096'** * Ramsey's future land use and staging plan identifies staging patterns that will extend urban services to its limits by the year 2015. In order to completely deplete the developable land supply within the urban growth boundary by 2015, approximately 400 housing units per year would need to be constructed. Past lxends have been at about 250 units per year. Therefore, it is assumed that the urban growth boundary, although staged in five year increments to 2015, will last for the entire 20 year planning period and possibly beyond. ** 60 acres of land guided for higher density (15 units per acre) residential will be in MUSA by 2010. An additional 180 acres are designated for medium density (7 units per acre) by 2010. ***Including restricted lands, the furore MUSA expansion by year 2015 will equal approximately 1,169 acrcs. c) Permanent Rural Area Development Many current residents living in the rural areas of Ramsey moved to Ramsey to gain access to its natural features and to enjoy what is perceived by many as a rural lifestyle. In the future, people will continue to pursue this lifestyle for the same reasons that residents did in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Rural lot development saw its peak towards the end of the 1980s when landowners were quick to subdivide their properties prior to the adoption of the 4 in 40 zoning requirements in 1989. As the supply of rural lots dwindles there will be less and less growth in the rural areas. By 2020, it is expected that the area will be near fully developed at densities of 1 unit per 2.5 acres for the rural developing area and 1 unit per 10 acres for the rural preserve area. Only small infill parcels that are not easily developed will remain in the rural area by the year 2020. Rural growth will accommodate roughly 740 additional units on private septic and well systems. Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Page V-35