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for'the city which have been reviewed for consistency with Development Framework policies and Metropolitan System Plans. When the City expands this amendment to meet the re- quirements Of the Land Planning Act, it should refer to the Council's plan content guidelines. Plan Overview , Ramsey's proposed Plan Amendment would divide the City into three development policy areas. The southeastern quarter of the City would constitute the 1990 Urban Service Area. The northwestern quarter of the City would be designated as the Rural Service Area. The central half of the City would be a Transition Area. The 1990 Urban Service Area is planned to.be totally servpd by central sanitary sewers by 1990. The area would provide approximately 4.4 square miles of developable land. The area would be rezoned immediately for industrial, single and multi-family residen- tial, commercial, and conservation uses. Approximately 160 acres along TH 47 would be zoned for urban business to permit development of a regional shopping center. Anticipated 1990 population of the Urban Service Area is not given in the plan. But the City has stated an anticipated overall population growth of 10,500 by 1990. If added to the current 7,620 residents, this would give a total 1990 population 9f 18,120. Analysis of other information in the plan (see Table 1) indicates that the City expects to realize a population growth w~thin the Urban Service Area of 8,375 and a.household growth of 1,250 units within the Urban Service Area by 1990. Within the Transition and Rural Areas, the City anticipates an additional 2,625 persons and 750 households by 1990. The Transition Area would not b~ sewered until after 1990. The basic minimum lot size requirement for the Transition Area would be 2% acres. A minimum lot width of 300 fee~.~%~l__be requSred ~n ~e Transition Area to aiiow for future resubdivision. New subdivisions in the Transition Area will be required to provide bituminous s~r~etlsU~a3_~ ~d dnde94k0dnd U~iliti~s. In the Rural Area, the minimum lot size will be. 5 ~9~es_and.the. o~erall density .~s not to exceed four housing units per forty acres. TABLE 1 City o~ Ramsey Growth Assumptions 1976 Population 7,620 1976 - 1990 Population Growth 10,500 1990 Population Total 18,120 Distribution of Growth 1976 ~ 1990 = 10,500 persons 7,500 persons @ 3.5 persons/household, * urban density = 2,000 urban density households 3,500 @ 3.5 persons/household, * 1+ acre density = 1,000 1+ acre density households 1,000 1+ acre existing platted lots in Ramsey 250 in Urban Area = 875 persons 750 in Rural, Transition Area = ~,625 persons 1976 - 1990 Urban Service Area Population Growth = 8,375 1976 - 1990 Urban Service Area Household Growth = 1,250 1976 - 1990 Rural/Transition Area Population Growth = 2,625 1976 - 1990 Rural/Transition Area Household Growth = 750 * Metropolitan Council assumption of household size for example purposes. Development Framework Issues 1. Delineation of Urban and Rural Service Areas Ramsey's proposal to designate Urban, Transition, and Rural Areas within the City is not altogether consistent with Development Framework Policy. MDF Policy 1: The Metropolitan Area should consist of an Urban Service Area and a Rural Service Area. Metropolitan Systems and urban services will be provided only within the Urban Service Area. Rural service standards will be met in the Rural' Service Area, and persons choosing a rural lifestyle would not expect to receive urban services. Ramsey's proposals for the Urban and Rural Service Areas are generally consistent with the Development Fra~nework and require only relatively minor adjustments. But the proposed plan ~O.dp~n_at~ about.half of the City as a Transition Area for 2% acre resi6ential_dev~l_0~me_n~t presents a .concern. Specific issues are noted below. 2. The Urban Service Area