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City of Ramsey <br /> <br />15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 <br /> <br />PHONE (612) 427-1410 FAX (612) 427-5543 <br /> TDD (612) 427-8591 <br /> <br />March 26, 1997 <br /> <br />Mr. John Peterson <br />Good Value Homes <br />9445 East River Road NW <br />Coon Rapids, MN 55433 <br /> <br />Re: Preliminary Plat Review; Apple Ridge <br /> <br />Dear John: <br /> <br />We have receive the proposed preliminary plat for Apple Ridge which consists of sheets C-1 <br />through C-4 prepared by Brent Roshell of Passe Engineer/ng, Drawing C-1 is a preliminary plat <br />plan which illustrates streets, lot dimensions and sizes, and drainage and utility easements. Sheet <br />C-2 identifies the layout plan for sanitary and storm sewer and watermain. Sheet C-3 illustrates <br />the grading plan and includes the lot development plan showing housing pad and types. C-4 <br />illustrates a tree preservation plan showing the existing trees and those which would remain <br />following development grading and street construction. Also submitted is a traffic analysis <br />prepared by James Johnson, P.E. of Bolten and Menk. We offer the following comments: <br /> <br />General: The proposed plat consists of approximately 60 acres to be developed with <br />municipal water and sanitary sewer and subdivided into single family lots. The property is <br />located in the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) by an expansion approval in <br />January of 1995. <br /> <br />Zonine~.' Although the property is located in the M-USA, the issue of whether it is properly <br />zoned for urban density development has been raised. The City has received an application <br />for rezoning Eom Rural Residential to Urban Residential to confirm the urban type <br />development eligibility of the property. <br /> <br />Plat Density_: A general rule of thumb for calculating number of lots eligible in the urban <br />district is three (3) tots per acre including streets. If you consider the entire area in this plat, <br />it would be eligible for approximately 180 lots. In response to concerns raised by the owners <br />of rural residential lots adjacent to the parcel, the developer is proposing 142 lots. The ratio <br />of rural to urban lots on the west property boundary of the plat is 1 to 1. The ratio of urban to <br />rural lots on the west half of the north plat boundary is 1.5 to 1. The east half of the north <br />plat boundary abuts 2 extra large rural lots and the urban to rural ratio in this area is 6 to 1. <br /> <br />Access To Plat: The plat is proposed to be served by a temporary access onto T.H. #47. <br />This access would be in place until either the stub streets on the north and south plat <br />boundaries are developed as through streets to 156th and 160th and/or the area reserved for a <br /> <br /> <br />