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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />control this rapid sprawl. Development has slowed during the last half of 1997 due to the <br />passing of various amendments to the City Charter and the placement of a moratorium on <br />residential housing developments in the City. As the remaining platted lots begin to <br />dwindle and land development is becoming more difficult, growth is dramatically <br />slowing once again. <br /> <br />Historical Structures <br />Only a few of the first houses and structures built in Ramsey remain today. The most <br />notable structure of historic significance is identified on the National Register of Historic <br />Places, the Ramsey Town Hall, which is located on the west side of Highway 47 just <br />north of its intersection with County Road 116. This structure was built during the 19th <br />century and originally used as a schoolhouse. <br /> <br />Figure 2 Ramsey Town Hall <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Source: James, Jean 1976 "The History of Ramsey" <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF FORCES THAT HAVE SHAPED RAMSEY <br /> <br />Today Ramsey is a community that has been shaped by many forces; some forces are a <br />result of nature and some forces are a result of urbanization. Natural forces include the <br />landscape, the Mississippi River, the Rum River, the Anoka Sand Plain, and the <br />watersheds and the ditches that drain them. The forces resulting from urbanization that <br />have given Ramsey its physical shape include the MUSA line, zoning ordinances and <br />subdivision regulations, Trunk Highways 10 and 47,and the Burlington Northern Santa <br />Fe Railroad. <br /> <br />All of the forces as described in the previous few pages and summarized above have <br />made Ramsey the community that it is today. These forces will continue to shape the <br />City of Ramsey well into the future. <br /> <br />City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />Page 5 <br />