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-13 - define the southern portion of the City as the Urban Area. In this case, the City will need to strengthen its policies for the Transition Area. -Vacant platted lots should be either vacated or subjected to much lower density requirements that will limit development to a level ' where local public service improvements for water, sewer, police, fire, and schools will. not be needed during the next 15-25 years. Strong septic tank regulations related to soil conditions and including maintenance provisions' should be enforced for both existing and new systems. Major Diversifie~l Centers The Development Framework identifies potential locations for the development of a Major Diversified Center by 1990. The City of Ramsey is not identified as such a location. Never- theless, the City has identified a need to set aside I60 acres with its Urban Service Area for development over time of a "major shopping center." For comparison purposes, this would be a land area twice as large as the Southdale Shopping Center. Zoning a large area for commercial development is clearly a local prerogative. If this area remains undeveloped for many years, however, it could. create local problems to the extension of urban services, particularly sewer lines, to other parts of the proposed Urban Service Area. Ramsey has stated in its plan amendmen.t that a metropolitan sewer interceptor is expected to extend through the planned commercial area and provide direct sewer service. This is a false expectation; there is no extention of a metropolitan sewer interceptor planned through the City. Ramsey should evaluate the implications of its proposed commercial area on local sewer system construc- tion given the metropolitan sewer system plans. Transportation In planning the location, size, and timing of its Urban Service Area, the City has made several basic development assumptions related to transportation improve- ments. The City assumes construction of a bridge crossing the Rum River as an easterly extension of CSAH ~57 within the relatively near future (five years or less). According to the Anoka County Highway Department, this crossing is not yet scheduled for construction and is not likely to be built for 10 years. The discussion of planning activities for this bridge (pages 17-18) is accurate, only the assumed time