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Mr. Gerald Zimmerman Page 2 April 12, 1988 In addition, Met Council is reluctant to expand the Urban Area because Ramsey has not complied with the four lots per 40 acre policy in the Rural Area. The City proposed the plan of requiring all the soils on a lot to be Class I. This could reduce the desnity to approximately one !o~ per five acres depending on the soils in the area. Met Council staff stated that this is a step in the right direction but recommends that the one lot per ten acre policy be enforced. To allow e)~isting landowners to develop, they said the City could set a date in the future, possibly late 1989, when the new polic)~ (one lot per ten acres) would be effective. To address the City's immediate development requests, Met Council staff suggested that the City submit an amendment to its Comprehensive Plan to expand the Urban Service Areas. This amendment would be a preliminary expansion of the year 2000 Urban Service Area boundary and the city could continue to pursue the ultimate expansion of the 2000 Urban Service Area. City Council directed city staff and planning commission to prepare the preliminary amendment to the 2000 Urban Service Area and hold a public hearing on the amendment on April 5, 1988. The developer has petitioned the City of Ramsey to provide sewer and water service to and within the proposed plat. A study to extend the utilities to the plat was completed and showed that the sewer and water lines in the River's Bend plat can be extended to service this plat. The feasibility to provide the laterals within the plat is pending the outcome of the amendment of the area to the year 2000 Urban Service Area. 5. In review of the proposed lots, all of the lots meet the minimum lot width and size requirements cf the City Code. The non-sewered lots in the area of the proposed development are approximately one acre in size and 200 feet wide. At the time sewer and water is extended to the existing lots, the lots can be split into 100 feet wide lots. To be more compatible with the ultimate lot sizes in the area, the lots abutting the lots in Rum Acre Estates could be increased to 100 feet in width, if the developer is agreeable. 6. In review of the drainage, the developer is proposing a ponding area in Block 2 with an overflow to the Rum River. The drainage from 153rd Avenue N.W. will have to be piped into the ponding area.