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

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City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 5: Land Use Low density residential places an emphasis on single-family detached housing but is designed to allow a variety of housing types and styles (life -cycle housing) including attached single- family housing (townhouses) and two-family homes (twin - homes, duplexes). This area represents over 3,000 acres of total land use in the community. In order to ensure that low -density mixed -housing projects can be made viable and acceptable to the community, all low -density mixed -housing projects are intended to be the subject of a Planned Unit Development (PUD)4. Any residential development proposal containing unit types other than exclusively single- family detached housing will be required to be processed as a PUD. Individual elements (or housing types) within a PUD may range in density as long as the overall density of the PUD does not exceed a maximum of 3 units per net acre. Low Density Residential Performance Criteria: Projects within the Low Density Residential areas as shown on the Future Land Use Plan shall adhere to the following performance criteria: 1. The project shall be planned as an integral element of the larger neighborhood with interconnecting streets, pedestrian trails and greenways. 2. Higher intensity housing shall be planned as an integrated part of the project and may be used for buffering or transition to major roads or more intense uses. 3. Higher intensity housing shall have direct access to major roadways (local collectors) so excessive traffic is not routed through local streets and lower density neighborhoods. 4. Higher intensity housing shall be located within close proximity to existing or planned park and recreation facilities and connected by an off or on -road trail. 5. Where possible, natural features shall be protected and incorporated into the PUD or site plan as permanent open space for the benefit of the project and the community. 6. Where possible and practical, traffic generated by new development shall be routed to collector streets rather than through adjacent local neighborhood streets. The Planned Unit Development is a process by which land use can be more closely tied to design decisions during a subdivision approval process. It allows for more opportunities to preserve open space and natural features and provide a variety of housing types through greater flexibility with zoning regulations. Cite of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 5-22