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land use category. A plat, Harmony Farms, was going through the subdivision process at that time with a 65-foot lot minimum that met the 3.0-4.0 u/ac range, but then needed to be changed to an 80-foot wide lot with the Council's direction on the R-1A district. This change dropped the subdivision below the 3.0 u/ac density to 2.5 u/ac. But with that Metropolitan Council guidance, staff was comfortable going forward with the 80-foot lots. This guidance, turns out, was not completely correctly understood. Each subdivision, on its own, must meet the density requirements in the Comprehensive Plan for the district that it is in. Harmony Farms' sanitary sewer permit was denied because the density was below 3.0 units per acre that LDR required. Staff worked with the applicant and the Metropolitan Council on ways to make this plat work. One option was to carve out the storm water management basin into a City -owned outlot. Staff does not want the expense to maintain these parcels, nor did it actually achieve the required density (it was still three units short). A Comprehensive Plan map amendment to the ULDR land use did not meet the qualifications of that land use category. Changing the zoning to allow a narrower lot did not meet Council's previous direction. The Local Assistance Planner for the Metropolitan Council reviewed Ramsey's plats that have been developed over the past several years and noted that our community's overall density was above the minimum that was needed. Much of this had to do with development in the COR. Communities are required to account for a certain allotment of housing units spread out over the various land use densities the cities create. Ramsey is doing well enough that we can offset LDR development with the Mixed Use development in the COR. We have the ability to redefine LDR from 3.0-4.0 units per acre to 2.25-4.0 units per acre and keep our overall numbers in line. This redefinition would allow the Harmony Farms plat to move forward with its sanitary sewer permit. It should prevent most similar problems in the future. Notification: Notification was provided in the July 12 Anoka Union Herald Newspaper. Funding Source: This work is being done as a part of staffs normal duties. Recommendation: The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the amendment at its meeting on August 25. Outcome/Action: Motion to adopt Resolution #24-186, a Comprehensive Plan text amendment pertaining to Low Density Residential land use. Resolution #24-186 Metropolitan Council Email Attachments Form Review Inbox Reviewed By Date Brian Hagen Brian Hagen 08/07/2024 09:20 AM Form Started By: Todd Larson Started On: 07/26/2024 08:37 AM Final Approval Date: 08/07/2024