Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 04/10/2014

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City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Appendix A: Community Background Land Use and Growth Management Existing Land Use The City of Ramsey includes a variety of land uses, including large lot single family homes, more dense urban development in the areas of the City served by sewer, and a significant amount of agricultural uses in the undeveloped portion of the City. Existing land use is displayed in Figure 3-26. Existing land use categories are discussed in detail below: • Single Family Residential: The City of Ramsey has developed mainly as a bedroom community, consisting largely of low density single family land uses. • Multi Family Residential: In recent years, the city has added additional higher density housing types, such as apartments and townhouses, in areas of the city served by sewer. There are several clusters of multi -family housing in the southeast quadrant of the city, including a mobile home park, apartment buildings, and townhouses. • Industrial: A large industrial area is also located along Highway 10 at the southwest corner of the City. The AEC Energy Park and the City of Ramsey Business Park are located in this area. • Commercial: Commercial uses are concentrated along Highway 10 at the south end of the city and along St. Francis Boulevard. These two corridors are higher volume roadways, and are therefore more attractive to retail and other commercial users. Commercial uses on Highway 10 are primarily retail and wholesale trade -oriented, as well as several auto and recreational vehicle sales businesses. Commercial activities along Bunker Lake Boulevard are more service-oriented, including restaurants, and a gas/convenience store. • Parks and Recreation: The City of Ramsey also includes two areas designated as regional parks, the Mississippi West Regional Park and the Rum River Central Regional Park. • Public/Semi-public: Public uses include churches, schools, city offices, public works facilities, firestations, and other government or non-profit uses. • Agricultural: Agricultural uses are clustered in the northern most and southwestern portions of the City, which remains largely undeveloped. Also scattered throughout the agriculture areas are low-density, rural residential developments. This type of development is not served by public sewer and thus requires large lot areas in order for individual sewage treatment systems to function. Because the City of Ramsey has been identified as a "Developing Community" it is likely that sewer service will be extended at some point in time to these lower density areas of the City. Table 3-12 displays the current 2007 land use acreages and inventory. Both gross and net figures are provided with net acreage being equal to the gross acreage minus wetland acres. The percentage of each land use category relative to the total city wide acreage was calculated by dividing each land use category's gross acreage by the total number of gross acres in the city. Single family residential is the dominant land use in the City, accounting for 37.6 percent of the total acreage. After single family residential, agricultural and vacant lands account for a significant percent of total land use, at 10.2 and 12.0 percent, respectively. Park land made up 9.5 percent of total land use. City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Appendix A-37