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<br />,. <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN1 1980 <br /> <br />The City's 1980 Comprehensive Plan was prepared in response to <br />the Minnesota Legislature passing the Metropolitan Land Planning <br />Act (MLPA) in 1976. The MLPA required all local governments in <br />the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area to prepare a comprehensive plan <br />and that the elements of this comprehensive plan needed to be <br />consistent with the regional plans prepared by the Metropolitan <br />Council. <br /> <br />The 1980 Comprehensive Plan was a massive undertaking. It <br />encompassed over 100 pages of text, 20 tables of data and 14 <br />maps. The plan was divided into three basis sections: land use; <br />public facilities; and implementation. This summary of the 1980 <br />plan will only include the land use component. Figure 3 <br />identified the zoning and land use plans of the 1980 <br />comprehensive plan. <br /> <br />Identified Issues <br /> <br />1. Past planning efforts in Ramsey have not included a <br />traditional "timing element" nor a program for staging <br />advance of residential, commercial, or industrial <br />development. <br /> <br />2. Ramsey presently has no land use plan, and relies on the <br />zoning ordinance to prevent premature urban development. <br /> <br />3. The existing zoning ordinance does not provide for Planned <br />unit Developments (PUD's). The Urban Development Permit <br />allows clustering of housing units, and site plan services <br />for commercial or industrial development. It does not, <br />however, encourage innovate design or preservation of <br />natural amenities. <br /> <br />4. The City of Ramsey has only scattered pockets of prime <br />agricultural and farm land of statewide importance. <br /> <br />5. Most residential development is scattered throughout the <br />City. <br /> <br />6. Much of the commercial and industrial development along TH <br />10 occurred prior to any development controls. Most of <br /> <br />Working Paper #1 <br />City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Update <br />Land Use Element <br /> <br />11 <br />