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2001 Comprehensive Plan Amended February 26, 2002 townhouse developments, a mobile home park and an apartment building. Within the current Metropolitan Urban Services Area 1,142 acres have been developed as single-family lots. The typical lot size within the urban area is around 10,000 to 12,000 square feet, however larger lots up to 5 acres in some areas can be found along the Mississippi and Rum Rivers. Densities within smaller lot subdivisions range anywhere_from 2 to 3 units per gross acre or roughly 2. 5 to3.5 units per net acre. Net acre refers to total land area less major road right-of-way and wetlands. Outside of the MUSA, the City has designated three areas of development. The Urban Reserve area extends westerly along Highway 10. The Rural Transition area generally includes land north of the 2000 MUSA boundary and 149th Avenue to Trott Brook. And finally a Rural Service area includes lands north of Trott Brook. Development patterns within the existing Rural Service and Rural Transition areas generally consist of residential subdivisions with lot sizes of 1 to 5 acres. A portion of the Rural Service Area lying generally north of Trott Brook in central Ramsey remains in large tracts of land (10 or more acres in size). Residential platting has not occurred in this area due to the numerous wetlands and poor soil conditions, which largely prohibit development. In 1989 the City adopted an ordinance intended to preserve large tracts of land for future orderly expansion of urban services. This policy was consistent with regional growth management policy. The City also adopted an ordinance that established a maximum density of 4 units per 40 acres and limited lot sizes to 10-acre minimums in the Urban Reserve and Rural Service areas and 2.5-acres in the Rural Transition area. Densities q£ existing rural subdivisions generally range between 0.2 units per gross acre to 1 unit per gross acre. b) Commercial The commercial development has been primarily focused along the Highway 10 corridor and the Highway 47 corridor south of 155th Avenue. These two corridors generate a high volume of traffic, which is attractive for retail businesses. The commercial activity that dominates Highway 10 is primarily retail and wholesale trade oriented with several used car and recreational vehicle sales businesses. Several sites along Highway 10 are unimproved and in some instances operating out of single-family homes. Commercial activity located around the Industry Avenue and Highway 47 intersection is a more service oriented shopping area consisting of fast food restaurants, a hair salon, a video store, a real estate office, a gas-convenience store, two day care centers and two banks. A commercial node in the rural area at the intersection of Highway 47 and 167th Avenue consists of a grocery store, hardware store, video store, a bank, hair salon and other small businesses situated in a strip mall development. Because low-density development surrounds this strip mall, retail stores tend to struggle; however, the site does have good Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Amended February 26, 2002 Page V-2