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38 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 4. POLICY - Service level - The City will support growth that can be accommodated within existing or planned service capacities. Growth beyond the service capability of the City has potential for adverse impact on not only the City but on surrounding areas. The service levels should be maintained at a level that adequately serves the residents. Urban Reserve Area Development Policies 5. POLICY - The City's comprehensive plans reflect the projected use, staging of urbanization and public facilities programming for the land surrounding Ramsey. The areas under the City plan which are scheduled for urbanization beyond 2000 will be shown as Urban Reserve Area. 6. POLICY - Service level - The service levels in the Urban Reserve Area should remain the same as that of the Rural Transition Area until such time as the land is added to the MUSA. 7. POLICY - The Urban Reserve Area shall be managed to accommodate urbanization in accordance with the comprehensive plan of the City. With the exception of limited development provided for in this policy, the land in the Urban Reserve Area shall have a residential density not to exceed 4 dwellings per 40 acres with a minimum lot size of 10 acres. Rural Transition Area Development Policies 8. POLICY - Activities that require levels of service higher than existing or proposed for the area should not be located in this area. Sewer service shall be provided by private, on-site systems. In the event that it becomes necessary to establish a central sewer and/or water system due to problems caused by existing development, a special assessment district shall be established to pay for the installation and maintenance of such systems. 9. POLICY - The principal long-term land use in this policy area will continue to be residential development on 2.5 acre lots. The density shall be four dwelling units per 40 acres on a pro rata basis with a minimum lot size of 2.5 acres. 1 O. POLICY - Certain non-residential land uses may be appropriate in this area. Such uses would include those permissible in the rural service area and businesses that provide a service off the site whose primary use of the land will be storage and maintenance of equipment used off the site. The typical use of this type would be the contractor yard - road building, construction, landscaping, well drilling. This provision would accommodate those operations that would be too large or inappropriate under the home occupation provisions. 11 . POLICY - All proposed development within the rural transition area shall be served by bituminous roads. 1 2. POLICY - Development shall occur on an environmentally sound basis as further enumerated in Policy 17.