Agenda - Council - 05/28/1996 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I HOUSING DIVERSITY Most of the housilqg 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, i 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: O The mount 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 ~sidential density bonuses. O The flexibility to use zero lot line development. 0 Minimum unit size or floor areas. · 0 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. 0 Allowing accessory or mother-in-law apartments.