Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 11/09/2017

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