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community utilities ,and facilities plan C ommunit~z Uti. lities The future utilities plan for Ramsey Township is comprised of a series of long range recommendations divided into categories of relative urgency. As indicated in the background material there are no public utility systems which .presently serve this community. The concept of a future need for these servic'es is difficult .to discuss because of a general antipathy by the resident population for the large, expenditures I that will be to extend them'. The One acre-minimum lot required requiyem ent adopted throughout the Township in 1968 was a step to forestall the need for such services. More recent efforts of the Planning Commission on a r~vi'sed zoning ordinance, I on Comprehensive Plan, refined emphasis by encouraging based this this someWhat neighborhood clusters interspersed with relatively open land areas. In g.erleral the one acre minimum lot size was endorsed, but the ordinance also provide_s ~that sirigle I family lots of' 15,000 square feet are~.possible in all residential areas if Sewer facilities are available. The large lot development presumably Will continue until residents begin to encounter problems in maintaining pure private wa{er supplies. I The lot size reduction will be of most benefit to those areas that are not platted; the 40,000 square foot lots could only be divided in half. In essence the neighbor- hood areas, plus the commercial and industrial land indicated on the plain, ultimately I will be served by public sewer and water facilities and an approved ~ystem of dispos- ing of storm water drainage. The two and one half acre minimum lot area required in both the agricultural and the conservation (or greenbelt) areas suggests that approxi- mately 30 percent of the township will not require sewer and water services in the foreseeable future. _ _ I The area of Ramsey where the most concern about the likelihood of extending sewer services is the industrial park property. Existing operations within this park have I provided their own facilities and further development will depend, largely on how many more industries will choose to operate without public utilities. There is little doubt that the development potential of the- park will be enh'an~ed conside[ably if Ramsey I can extend complete utility services. A second., area of the community where interest in public services may soon develop includes the residential development area on both sides of County Road 56. Because this area has been intensively built upon I for a relatively long period Of time, the nitrate build up in the soil i,~s more likely'to cause a water supply prob.lem. Therefore, the generalized areas shown on the plate called Public Utilities Plan include both the industrial Park and a majoF portion of the I central residential area. Part of the southeast corner of the Township is also included because it is the lowest land area and will .be used as .the ultimate collection point for any sewer system designed for Ramsey. The second service area includes the remaining, residential land west of CoUnty Road 56, the Mississippi r±verfront residential a?ea and the::[ndustrial land area north and I south of Highway 10 in sections 28 and 29. Res±dential ~levelopment south of the recommended east-west County. Highway could-also be served in this intermediate i 29f