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City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan <br /> Chapter 5: Land Use <br /> <br />5.LAND USE <br />A. Existing Land Use <br />1. General Land Use <br />The City of Ramsey is surrounded on three sides by other municipalities <br />including the Cities of Elk River, Anoka and Oak Grove and Nowthen. All of <br />these communities are growing communities except for Anoka, which is near <br />fully developed. Ramsey is rapidly growing and has developed for the most part <br />as a bedroom community with most developed land as low-density single family <br />residential. The City has roughly 29 square miles of land, including roadways <br />and open water. The following table represents the existing land use inventory <br />for the City as a whole. <br /> <br />Table 5-1 Existing Land Use2008 <br />Land Use CategoryGross AcreageNet Acreage% of City* <br />Agricultural1,956.821,693.6510.2% <br />Commercial360.35326.351.9% <br />Industrial425.40421.762.2% <br />Landfill157.62151.580.8% <br />Multi-Family Residential258.08239.891.3% <br />Park1,820.511,120.399.5% <br />Public/Quasi-public347.60284.021.8% <br />Rural Residential6,888.715,576.4236.0% <br />Single Family Residential1,998.051,746.7510.4% <br />Vacant2,303.031,517.6112.0% <br />Right-of-Way2,043.762,043.7610.7% <br />Water 568.24568.243.0% <br />Wetland0.003,437.74- <br />Total City19,128.1619,128.16100.0% <br /> <br /> <br />a) Residential <br />The City of Ramsey is predominantly a residential community. Over <br />7,500 acres have been developed as residential housing, the majority of <br />which is in single family housing units. Other housing types include <br />townhomes, a mobile home park and an apartment building. <br /> <br />The typical lot size within the Metropolitan Urban Services Area <br />(MUSA) is around 10,000 to 12,000 square feet, however larger lots up <br />to 5 acres in some areas can be found along the Mississippi and Rum <br />Rivers. Densities within smaller lot subdivisions range anywhere from 2 <br />to 3 units per gross acre or roughly 2.5 to3.5 units per net acre. Net acre <br />refers to total land area less major road right-of-way and wetlands. <br /> <br />Outside of the MUSA, development patterns generally consist of <br />residential subdivisions with lot sizes of 1 to 5 acres. A portion of the <br />area lying generally north of Trott Brook in central Ramsey remains in <br />large tracts of land (10 or more acres in size). Residential platting has <br /> <br />City of Ramsey 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 5-1 <br /> <br />