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<br />City of Ramsey <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />Land Use Element <br /> <br />2.4 DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLAN <br /> <br />Coordination Policies <br /> <br />POLICY - The Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Chapter, and other official controls will be <br />reviewed for compatibility and, if any conflicts exist, the official controls will be amended <br />to conform with the Comprehensive Plan. These reviews will include further study of <br />prominent issues as conditions change with time <br /> <br />POLICY - The City does not exist in isolation. Cooperative discussion and planning will <br />occur with neighboring communities regarding TH 10 (Elk River, Anoka, Anoka County) <br />and a new Mississippi River bridge crossing (Dayton, Anoka County). <br /> <br />General DeveloDment Policies <br /> <br />The following general policies and the specific policies relating to each policy area and the <br />other elements of the comprehensive plan shall be used to guide the development and use <br />ofland in the City of Ramsey. Decisions concerning development will be made within the <br />framework of the adopted policies and plans. Proper planning procedures and <br />development standards will assure the best possible results within the realm of economic <br />and legal feasibility. <br /> <br />1. POLICY - Essential Services & Public Service (public and quasi-public uses such as <br />utilities, transportation, communication, water management, waste treatment or <br />disposal that serve a public need, or are deemed beneficial or essential to the public <br />health and safety). These land uses, being necessary for the public health, safety, and <br />welfare, and serving a public good, may be located in any area where necessary to <br />perform their function provided an appropriate siting process is utilized in locating a <br />site. <br /> <br />Factors to be considered in the siting process: <br /> <br />. Site requirements for the facility <br />. Use of environmentally sensitive land shall be avoided <br />. Traffic generation, road access <br />. Adverse effects on the environment, especially those that cannot be migrated <br />and! or reversed <br />. Potential for the pollution of air, groundwater, surface water <br />. Effects on existing and planned land uses in the area <br /> <br />page 2-16 <br />