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City of Ramsey <br /> <br />15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD NOW., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 <br /> <br />· (612) 427-1410 <br /> <br />February 27, 1991 <br /> <br />Mr. Gerald Bauer <br />6131 Green Valley Road <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> <br />RE: Sketch Plan Review: Unnamed 3 Lot Subdivision North of Gobernatz Addition <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Bauer: <br /> <br />I am in receipt of a sketch plan prepared by Caine & Associates Land Surveyors, Inc. dated <br />February 6, 1991. I have reviewed the sketch plan and offer the following comments: <br /> <br />I) <br /> <br />The land proposed for subdivision consists of three existing lots. One lot is a flag lot with <br />access onto Highway #47 having an area of approximately 10.6 acres. The second lot is a <br />3.1 acre rectangular lot having access to the eastern terminus of 177th Avenue N.W. The <br />third parcel is a landlocked 35 acre parcel consisting primarily of the Northeast Quarter of <br />the Southeast Quarter of Section 2. The proposed subdivision will create three new lots <br />being 2.5 acres, 9.7 acres, and 35.1 acres in size all having access onto 177th Avenue <br />N.W. extended. <br /> <br />2) <br /> <br />The existing zoning for the area is R-1-R located within the Rural Service Area. The <br />proposed subdivision would comply with the 4 in 40 density requirements for this zoning, <br />since there will be 3 lots within a 48.5 acre parcel. However, present zoning standards <br />require a minimum of 10 acre lot size within the Rural Service Area. The purpose for <br />minimum lot sizes in this zoning district is twofold. First it provides large size lots for <br />individuals desiring such lots. Secondly, it maintains large parcels which can be relatively <br />easily subdivided in the future to conform to the ultimately desired lot sizes. In this case, <br />surrounding subdivisions include Ford Brook Estates and its 2nd and 3rd Additions, Green <br />Valley Estates and its 2nd Addition, Rodeo Hills and its 2nd Addition, and Riverwood <br />Hills. All of these subdivisions have lot sizes which range from one to three acres in area. <br />From a practical standpoint, it would appear that Lot 1, which is 2.5 acres in size would be <br />relatively similar in area to surrounding subdivision lots while Lots 2 and 3 appear to be <br />htrge enough to be subsequently subdivided in a reasonable manner. <br /> <br />3) <br /> <br />Approval of this subdivision would have the benefits of eliminating a furore drive opening <br />onto Trunk Highway #47, and would also eliminate a land-locked lot of record. <br /> <br />4) <br /> <br />I would strongly recommend that the right-of-way for the extension of 177th Avenue N.W. <br />be terminated some distance beyond the West line of proposed Lot 3, with the intention of <br />being continued in the future as a through street. The specified distance should be <br />sufficient to allow the extension of 177th Avenue such that either the owners of Lots 2 or <br />Lot 3 may subdivide mutually exclusive of the other The future through street would <br />potentially connect up to C.S.A.H. #27 or the intersection of 177th Avenue N.W. and <br />Erkium Street. <br /> <br /> <br />