Minor Amendment-MUSA Expansion Requests

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SUPPORTING ANALYSIS Metropolitan Development and Investment Framework The city of Ramsey is a suburban community located partly in the Council's developing and rural service policy areas. The city is located in western Anoka County and is bordered by Sherburne County on the wes~" the townships of Bums and Oak Grove on the north, the city of Andover and Anoka on the east, and the city of Dayton across the Mississippi River in Hennepin County to the south. In 1989 the Council reviewed a plan amendment from the city of Ramsey requesting a 405-acre expansion of the MUSA (See Referral File 13834-3). The Council granted a 2oo-acre MUSA expansion and committed to the remaining 205 acres after the city of Ramsey accomplished the following tasks: * submit a comprehensive plan amendment to the Metropolitan Council and adopt a zoning ordinance requiring a rural residential development at a density of one unit per 10 acres calculated on the basis of 40-acre parcels; * submit a comprehensive plan amendment and a revised on-site septic system ordinance that conforms with Minnesota Rule 7080 and prohibits the use of package treatment plants and communal drainfields. in the MUSA; * submit a comprehensive plan amendmeIit and adopt an ordinance that defines "sewer availability," in accord with MWCC requirements, and requires existing and new development to connect with municipal sewers within two years after sewer is available; * submit as part of a. comprehensive plan amendment an evaluation of the potential impacts planned land uses will have on the metropolitan highway system. Land use strategies should be developed in conjunction with highway system management strategies to ensure that locally generated traffic does not exceed the metropolitan highway system capacity. As part of this plan amendment the city is proposing policies that limit development in the rural service area of the city and concentrate development and urban services within a defined urban service area. Tne city is aiso proposing policies that tightly regulate the installation and maintenance of on-site septic systems and relatdd sanitary sewer service availability. The city has included as an appendix to the plan amendment the relevant local ordinances to implement these policies. The city, however, has not addressed the metropolitan highway capacity issue as part of this comprehensive plan amendment. The city plans to submit a comprehensive plan amendment by late-1993 that addresses this and related issues. This issue is discussed further in the transportation section of this report. 5