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2001 Comprehensive Plan <br />Amended February 26, 2002 <br /> <br />preserve some or all of the remaining 10 acres in the Greenway <br />as permanent open space. This open space would not be left as <br />unmanaged open space (or an outlot) but would be required to be <br />preserved as permanent open space through park dedication or <br />some land preservation tool such as a land trust or permanent <br />conservation easement acceptable to the City Council. <br /> <br />The following further defines urban residential uses: low density <br />residential, medium density residential and high density <br />residential. <br /> <br />Low Density Residential <br />Low density residential places an emphasis on single-family <br />detached housing but is designed to allow a variety of housing <br />types and styles (life-cycle housing) including attached single- <br />family housing (townhouses) and two-family homes (twin- <br />homes, duplexes). This area represents over 2,000 acres of total <br />land use in the community, two thirds of which have already <br />been developed to single-family housing. <br /> <br />In order to ensure that low-density mixed-housing projects can <br />be made viable and acceptable to the community, all low-density <br />mixed-housing projects are intended to be the subject of a <br />Planned Unit Development (PUD)7. Any residential development <br />proposal containing unit types other than exclusively single- <br />family detached housing will be required to be processed as a <br />PUD. Individual elements (or housing types) within a PUD may <br />range in density as long as the overall density of the PUD does <br />not exceed a maximum of 4 units per net acre. <br /> <br />Low Density Residential Performance Criteria: Projects <br />within the Low Density Residential areas as shown on the Future <br />Land Use Plan shall adhere to the following performance <br />criteria: <br /> <br />The project shall be planned as an integral element of the <br />larger neighborhood with interconnecting streets, pedestrian <br />trails and greenways. <br /> <br />Higher intensity housing shall be planned as an integrated <br />part of the project and may be used for buffering or <br />transition to major roads or more intense uses. <br /> <br />Higher intensity housing shall have direct access to major <br />roadways (local collectors) so excessive traffic is not routed <br />through local streets and lower density neighborhoods. <br /> <br />7 The Planned Unit Development is a process by which land use can be more closely tied to design <br /> <br />decisions during a subdivision approval process. It allows for more opportumties to preserve open space <br />and natural features and provide a variety of housing types through greater flexibility with zoning <br />regulations. <br /> <br />Ramsey Comprehensive Plan <br />Amended February 26, 2002 <br /> <br />Page V-19 <br /> <br /> <br />