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Table 3. Planned Residential Density, City of Ramsey <br />2018-2040 Chance <br />Category <br />Density <br />Min Max Net Acres <br />Min Units Max Units <br />Low Density Residential <br />3 4 1096.9 <br />3291 4388 <br />Medium Density Residential <br />4 6 49.6 <br />198 397 <br />High Density Residential <br />8 15 29.5 <br />326 443 <br />Mixed Use* <br />5 75 33.0 <br />165 2471 <br />TOTALS 1209 <br />3890 769• <br />*50% residential. The MU land use includes MU <br />subcategories with density ranges within the <br />minimum and maximum shown here. <br />Overall Density <br />3.2 6.3 <br />Station Area Planning <br />The Plan recognizes the existing transitway, Northstar Ramsey Commuter Rail Station, that is part of <br />the Current Revenue Scenario of the TPP. <br />The TPP directs Emerging Suburban Edge communities with existing commuter rail transit to guide an <br />average minimum of 15 residential units per acre and target 40-75+ units per acre within the station <br />area (area within 10-minute walk or 1/2 mile). <br />The Center of Ramsey (COR) is centered on US Hwy 10/US Hwy 169 and the Northstar Ramsey <br />Ramsey Commuter Rail Station. This development consists of a mix of uses and is home to a long list <br />of development projects including residential, retail, office, recreation, and government facilities. The <br />Plan requires that residential development within 1/2 mile of the Northstar Commuter Rail Station guided <br />as Mixed Use will be developed at a net minimum density of 15 units per acre. The City will track the 15 <br />dwelling units/acre minimum density through the Council's plat monitoring program. Planned densities <br />for areas identified for redevelopment in the station area within the City are consistent with the <br />minimum density required in the TPP. <br />Advisory Comments <br />The Rural Developing (0.1 -0.4 units/acre) and Low Density Residential (3-4 units/acre) density ranges <br />leave a gap for planned development densities of 0.4 to three units per acre. While the Plan <br />acknowledges a transitional development approach where the two land uses are adjacent to one <br />another, it is unclear whether the density of this transitional development would be within the two <br />categories' allowed density ranges. <br />As the COR continues to develop, the Council encourages the City to submit a revised Future Land <br />Use Map that specifically identifies the various Mixed Use subcategories within the COR area. In the <br />absence of a map specifically identifying these subcategories, the Council will calculate overall <br />community density based on the full range (5-75dua) of the Mixed Use land use category. <br />Housing <br />Reviewer: Hilary Lovelace, CD— Housing (651-602-1555) <br />The Plan is consistent with the 2040 Housing Policy Plan. As of 2016, the City has more than 9,000 <br />homes including more than 850 multifamily units and 8,200 single-family homes. Roughly 1,000 homes <br />are rented. More than 6,300 housing units are currently affordable to households earning under 80% of <br />Area Median Income (AMI); however, more than 1,300 households earning 80% of AM or below are <br />paying more than 30% of their income toward housing costs. Notably, there are 122 units affordable to <br />households with income at orbelow30%AMI and more than 270 cost burdened households with <br />incomes at or below 30%AMI I. <br />Page -10 I METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />