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City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan <br />Chapter 5: Land Use <br />5. LAND USE <br />A. Existing Land Use <br />1. General Land Use <br />The City of Ramsey is surrounded on three sides by other municipalities <br />including the Cities of Elk River, Anoka and Oak Grove and Nowthen. All of <br />these communities are growing communities except for Anoka, which is near <br />fully developed. Ramsey is rapidly growing and has developed for the most part <br />as a bedroom community with most developed land as low-density single family <br />residential. The City has roughly 29 square miles of land, including roadways <br />and open water. The following table represents the existing land use inventory <br />for the City as a whole. <br />Table 5-1 Existing Land Use -2008 <br />Land Use Category <br />Gross Acreage <br />Net Acreage <br />% of City* <br />Agricultural <br />1,956.82 <br />1,693.65 <br />10.2% <br />Commercial <br />360.35 <br />326.35 <br />1.9% <br />Industrial <br />425.40 <br />421.76 <br />2.2% <br />Landfill <br />157.62 <br />151.58 <br />0.8% <br />Multi -Family Residential <br />258.08 <br />239.89 <br />1.3% <br />Park <br />1,820.51 <br />1,120.39 <br />9.5% <br />Public/Quasi-public <br />347.60 <br />284.02 <br />1.8% <br />Rural Residential <br />6,888.71 <br />5,576.42 <br />36.0% <br />Single Family Residential <br />1,998.05 <br />1,746.75 <br />10.4% <br />Vacant <br />2,303.03 <br />1,517.61 <br />12.0% <br />Right -of -Way <br />2,043.76 <br />2,043.76 <br />10.7% <br />Water <br />568.24 <br />568.24 <br />3.0% <br />Wetland <br />0.00 <br />3,437.74 <br />- <br />Total City <br />19,128.16 <br />19,128.16 <br />100.0% <br />a) Residential <br />The City of Ramsey is predominantly a residential community Over <br />7,500 acres have been developed as residential housing, the majority of <br />which is in single family housing units. Other housing types include <br />townhomes, a mobile home park and an apartment building. <br />The typical lot size within the Metropolitan Urban Services Area <br />(MUSA) is around 10,000 to 12,000 square feet, however larger lots up <br />to 5 acres in some areas can be found along the Mississippi and Rum <br />Rivers. Densities within smaller lot subdivisions range anywhere from 2 <br />to 3 units per gross acre or roughly 2.5 to3.5 units per net acre. Net acre <br />refers to total land area less major road right-of-way and wetlands. <br />Outside of the MUSA, development patterns generally consist of <br />residential subdivisions with lot sizes of 1 to 5 acres. A portion of the <br />area lying generally north of Trott Brook in central Ramsey remains in <br />large tracts of land (10 or more acres in size). Residential platting has <br />City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 5-1 <br />