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Case <br /> <br />REVIEW OF CUL-DE-SAC LENGTH AND STREET WIDTIt STANDARDS <br />OF SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES <br /> By: Mark S. Banwart, Community Development Direclor <br /> and Peter R. Raatikka, City Engineer <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Currently the Subdivision Ordinance of the City Code specifies a maximum cul-de-sac length of <br />six hundred feet (600'). From time to time, a variance is granted to provide for a longer cul-de-sac <br />length due to unique characteristics to the lay of the land, land characteristics or configuration of <br />the land parcel. <br /> <br />Recent}y, the City has received a number of proposed plats to be developed in the urban area. <br />Currently the City of Ramsev requires street width is sixty-six feet (66') to facilitate placement of <br />utilities, ditches and slopes typically associated with a rural street section. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />On July 10, 1989, the Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission directed the City Engineer to <br />supply a report reviewing cul-de-sac design standards. <br /> <br />On Juh' 25, 1989, the Ramsey City Council directed the City Engineer to review street right of <br />way wfdths in other communities and requested the Planning and Zoning Commission to provide <br />recommendations back to City Council. <br /> <br />On August l, 1989, the Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission tabled review of this case. <br /> <br />On September 19, 1989, the Ramsey Planning and Zoning Comm/ssion recommended n._.9 change <br />in the current six hundred foot (600') maximum len~h for cul-de-sac streets. <br /> <br />Also at this meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended .not changing minor <br />street widths from sixty-six feet(66') down to sixty feet (60') and retainin,2 sixty-six foot (66') <br />wide right-of-ways for m/nor streets in urban subdivisions which will require a street width =m-eater <br />than thirty-one feet (31'). <br /> <br />Recommendations: <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the current six hundred foot (600') maximum cul-de-sac length remain <br />unchanged. <br /> <br />Staff recommends minor streets in urban (MUSA) subdivisions be reduced from sixty-six feet <br />(66') to sixty feet (60'). The minor streets should be detem~ned bv the City Engineer. <br /> <br />Staff also recommends that the s/xtv-six foot (66) s~eet width standard for minor steers in urban <br />residsn.:ia! areas which will require ~eater than thh-ry-one foot (31') s~-eet widths remain a.: the <br />sixty-six foo: (66') width. <br /> <br />ruxne,wnore, S~=,, re.omm,.nas that the arterial (MSA) road fizht or way wraths <br /> <br /> <br />