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2001 Comprehensive Plan <br />Amended February 26, 2002 <br /> <br />4. Existing Land Use <br /> <br />A variety of business, residential, park and open space land uses currently exist within <br />the River Corridor. Executive Order 79-19 lays out guidelines for the corridor <br />according to district designations that were defined by the character of the corridor <br />during enactment of the Critical Area Act. Through Ramsey, the river receives two <br />designations. The Rural Open Space District comprises the majority of land in the <br />corridor with the exclusion of the area generally east of Sunfish Lake Boulevard. The <br />Rural Open Space District is described as follows: <br /> <br />"the lands' and waters within this district shall be used and developed to preserve <br />their open, scenic and natural characteristics and ecological and economic <br />functions. Presently undeveloped islands' shall be maintained in their existing <br />natural state. The transportation function of the river shall be maintained and <br />preserved." <br /> <br />The remainder of the corridor, generally east of Sunfish Lake Boulevard, is designated <br />by Executive Order 79-19 as the Urban Developed District defined as follows: <br /> <br />"The lands' and waters within this district shall be maintained largely as <br />residential areas. The expansion of existing and development of new industrial, <br />commercial and other non-residential or non-recreational uses shall be limited to <br />preserve and enhance the residential character of this district." <br /> <br />The following provides a more detailed analysis of existing land use patterns within <br />the corridor. <br /> <br />a) <br /> <br />Existing Residential Use <br />Today, much of the riverfront property is developed as residential. Itasca Heights, <br />Bowers Mississippi Acres and Alpaca Estates were developed as rural residential <br />developments between the 1960s and 1990s consisting of 1 to 2.5 acre lots on <br />private septic and well systems. Rivenwick Subdivision was platted in 1993 and <br />is served by municipal sewer and water. Rivenwick is developed at more urban <br />densities of roughly 2.5 units per net8 acre. Because many properties were <br />developed prior to the availability of urban services to Ramsey, the Critical <br />Area/MNRRA Corridor contains several private well and septic systems, which <br />are within the current MUSA boundary. Overall, the Critical Area/MNRRA <br />Corridor contains approximately 120 private well and septic systems. To date, <br />there have been no serious health or environmental threatening problems <br />associated with failing individual septic treatment systems within the corridor. <br /> <br />b) <br /> <br />Existing Commercial/Industrial Use <br />Business uses within the corridor are focused at the southeastern tip of Ramsey <br />where the corridor boundary includes part of the Highway 10 corridor. A variety <br />of industry, manufacturing and commercial/retail business uses have made their <br /> <br />8 Net Acre is established by taking a gross figure and subtracting out any lands that which development is <br /> <br />prohibited on including Wetlands and major road R-O-W. For City planning purposes, the National Wetland <br />Inventory is used to determine wetlands. Individual sites will be required to be delineated to determine total <br />acreage of wetlands. For major road ROW use collectors and arterials as illustrated on the Comprehensive Plan <br />transportation system map. <br />2001 Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Page XI-8 <br />Amended February 26, 2002 <br /> <br /> <br />