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City of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 · (612) 427-1410 February 11, 1993 Tony Emmerich/Gary Gorham Creekview Crossing Partnership 3538 Mississippi Drive Coon Rapids, MN 55433 Re: Sketch Plan Review; Amber Ridge Dear Tony and Gary: We have received the sketch plan for Amber Ridge which consists of one sheet drawn by Hakanson Anderson Associates, Inc., dated February 8, 1993. We offer the following comments: Zoning: The subject property is zoned R-1 Urban Residential, R-3 Urban Residential and B-2 Business. To develop the property will all single family dwellings will require a rezoning and the City has received the appropriate application. It is Staff's recommendation that the developer create a 6 foot, landscaped berm to buffer the single family residences from the high impact use of Hwy. #47. General: The proposed plat consists of approximately 56 acres to be developed with municipal water and sanitary sewer and subdivided into approximately 128 single family lots. ~Lgl Sizes ~nd Dimension. s:. The minimum lot width in the R-1 Urban Residential District is 80 feet, or 90 feet on comer lots, and the minimum lot area is 10,800 square feet. Cul-de- sac lots must be 80 foot wide at the structure setback line. What has been received is a sketch plan and the lot dimensions and areas are not shown; this information must be provided on the preliminary plat.. Access to Lots: All lots in the plat would be accessed by interior streets; no lots would have direct access onto State Hwy. #47. Streets. The north/south street south of 147th Lane N.W. is proposed to terminate creating a dead-end street approximately 1,400 feet long. This is in excess of our standard of 600 feet for such streets. An additional connection to the east is not feasible since there are no access roads planned south of 147th Lane N.W. into River's Bend, nor would such a road be desireable as it could add significant traffic to Waco Street. The proposed future extension of the north/south street onto T.H. #47 would eventually eliminate the long dead- end, however, it is not clear whether the alignment as shown on the sketch plan would be adequate. It is highly desireable to maintain a tangent on the leg of an intersection to allow vehicles to straighten out before coming to a stop.. This design element also prevents vehicles that are entering from the highway from drifting into the oncoming lane by "cutting the corner". The proposed design could be acceptable if the alignment on the south end of the plat would allow a minimum 50 foot tangent segment of roadway perpendicular to T.H. #47. The developer should submit a detail drawing sufficient to verify that such an alignment is feasible.