Agenda - Council Work Session - 03/06/2000

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HOUSING DIVERSITY Most of the housing in Ramsey is single-family homes. The City will continue to work toward a wider variety of housing types with the following general policy: · Promote a variety of housing types, costs, and ownership options throughout Ramsey. These are to meet the life-cycle needs of all income levels, those with special needs and nontraditional households. · The City has not specifically targeted any particular group in its housing efforts. The City also adopts the following housing diversity policies and activities: Ramsey will continue to provide dispersed locations for a diversity of housing styles, types, and price ranges through its land use plan. The City will make efforts to plan and provide for the housing and service needs of the elderly and disabled. Ramsey will encourage development of housing and services that meets the needs of nontraditional households. The City will regularly review and, as necessary, modify its zoning and subdivision regulations, building codes, design standards and approval processes, to assure that regulations and standards are flexible enough to allow a variety of housing options, and to help lessen the cost of residential development and redevelopment. Issues and regulations that Ramsey will review include: 0 The amount of undeveloped or underused land that the City has planned or zoned for medium or high density residential development. 0 Planned unit development (PUD), mixed-use and cluster development ordinances that include residential density bonuses. 0 The flexibility to use zero lot line development. 0 Minimum unit size or floor areas. Garage and off-street parking requirements 0 The use of private streets in developments. 0 Minimum right-of-way, pavement widths and standards for streets. Allowing accessory or mother-in-law apartments.