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<br />Northfork is a residential
<br />proposal consisting of approx-
<br />imately 136 acres located in
<br />the City of Ramsey, on the Elk
<br />River/Ramsey City line. The
<br />site was formerly owned by
<br />General Mills Corporation and
<br />is now under the ownership of
<br />North Fork, Inc.
<br />The development concept is
<br />to create 2V2 acre average
<br />lots with private well and sep-
<br />tic systems for single family
<br />homes. The plan attempts to
<br />maximize the number of lots
<br />with woodland cover. This is
<br />accomplished by aligning the
<br />public access road, White Tail
<br />Trail, through the unwooded
<br />areas and extending lots into
<br />the woodland area and also by
<br />extending cul-de-sacs from'
<br />open areas into and penetrat-
<br />ing the woodland for more
<br />desirable home sites. The net
<br />result is that of the 42 lots only
<br />3 are without natural wood-
<br />land, while all others are par-
<br />tially or completely within
<br />nature woodland areas.
<br />Open space platted as Out-
<br />lots A and B is provided as
<br />common area for the use of
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<br />the home owners. These out-
<br />lots will remain open for inper-
<br />petuity and will include a pic-
<br />nic area and a double tennis
<br />court in Outlot A. These
<br />amenities will be provided as
<br />individual homes are occupied
<br />and the need exists. Mainten-
<br />ance of Outlots A and Band
<br />the amenities contained there-
<br />in will be the responsibility of
<br />the HOfT!eowner's Associa-
<br />tion. Outlots C and 0 will be
<br />owned and maintained by
<br />North Fork, Inc. Covnenants
<br />concerning prohibited and per-
<br />mitted uses off and on the lots
<br />are also set forth to ensure a
<br />quality development .and aid in
<br />maintaining real estate values
<br />for the area.
<br />It is expected that these 42
<br />lots will be developed and
<br />marketed during the 1985 to
<br />1986 Seasons. The present
<br />market is favorable for new
<br />home construction and these
<br />42 lots should market quickly
<br />due to their ideal setting.
<br />It is anticipated that this
<br />plat will constitute a positive
<br />addition to the housing inven-
<br />tory in the City of Ramsey.
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<br />A Word From Your Police Chief
<br />There Was a Party Gain' On.
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<br />It is large party time again
<br />now that summer has arrived
<br />and the calls come pouring in
<br />on weekends (weekdays aren't
<br />immune either). My caustic
<br />pen has leaped into my hand
<br />begging for exercise so I will
<br />make a few comments which
<br />might serve as a guide to party
<br />holders and disturbed citi-
<br />zenry as well. _
<br />- If there is one word, one
<br />term, one philosophy which
<br />will do the most to prevent
<br />problems with these types of
<br />gatherings, it is REASON-
<br />ABLENESS, on the part of all
<br />concerned! It is a warm, sum-'
<br />mer Friday night and you se-
<br />lected it as the night for your
<br />neighborhood/close friends
<br />party. A live band is there
<br />and you have invited maybe 50
<br />or 60 people all told. Sounds
<br />like fun doesn't it? And, most
<br />likely it will be and there.won't .
<br />be any problems even though
<br />the band plays until 11 p.m. or
<br />so because it is a Friday.night
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<br />and the band tones it down
<br />about 10 p.m. or so. People
<br />start to head inside to escape
<br />the mosquitos and some head
<br />for home. Lunch is served, talk
<br />starts to wind down and the
<br />host starts to nudge the die-
<br />hards towards the door some-
<br />where around 2 a.m. A good
<br />time was had by all and no one
<br />was offended.
<br />Then there is the other situ-
<br />ation. Invitations to the party
<br />go out by mail, circular, phone,
<br />Pony Express, TV, Goodyear
<br />Blimp, etc. and by 9 p.m.. there
<br />are 150 to 300 persons there
<br />with hundreds of cars lining
<br />both sides of the streets or
<br />parked in driveways and yards
<br />of neighbors. At 11 p.m. the
<br />band rotates the volume con-
<br />trol knob on the 12 speakers
<br />past the warp drive position
<br />and the seismographic station
<br />people working on Mt. St.
<br />Helen head for the shelters. At
<br />least one, and more likely a
<br />half dozen persons, begin to
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<br />limber up their booze befuddl- will blatantly allow kids 16
<br />ed tongues by chanting and years and up (sometimes
<br />shrieking obscenities or younger) to buy their little
<br />lumberjack yells. Quite a Jew' plastic cup and tap the keg'as
<br />of them suffer from a syn- freely as they choose to. It
<br />drome which afflicts the tells me three things: 1) The
<br />grasping power of the hand person doesn't mind at all the
<br />and causes the dropping or possibility of having his (or
<br />spasmodic throwing of a li- her) socks sued off if the
<br />quor container as soon as it is juvenile is later injured in an
<br />empty. That container is usual- accident; 2) The complete lack
<br />Iy deposited in a neighbor's of morality involved in the act
<br />yard, on the road edge or on of feeding booze to' - kids
<br />the street. Frequently this makes the supplier, in the
<br />goes on until well past 1 a.m. words of Sgt. Belker of Hill St.
<br />and, of course, even reason- Blues, a 'dirtbag'; 3) I'm not at
<br />able fun-loving neighbors or all sure of the emotional!
<br />street users become upset. social maturity of people in
<br />Why? Because the gathering their early 20's, and some-
<br />is no longer REASONABLE (if times older, who need to asso-
<br />it ever was) and unduly dis- ciate with 'younguns' in a li-
<br />turbs people. quor/beer imbibing setting!
<br />Another problem frequently What can we do to break up
<br />encountered at these gather- these large, noisy gatherings
<br />ings is the presence of that become UNREASON-
<br />juveniles and other persons ABLE? Our policy is that we
<br />too young to legally drink. I will require two separate com-
<br />never cease to be amazed that plaints, not from the same
<br />so many home owners/renters household, who will be identi-
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<br />fied and are willing to testify,
<br />in court if necessary, that they
<br />were disturbed by the party
<br />and why they felt disturbed.
<br />We will then investigate the
<br />situation to check for REA-
<br />SONABLENESS of the com-
<br />plaints since it isn't fair or just
<br />to get after people pursuing
<br />their private lives when the
<br />complaint is coming from
<br />someone who wasn't invited
<br />and is now miffed or who com-
<br />plains whenever the grass
<br />rustles. Basically the law re-
<br />quires that in order for some-
<br />thing to be apublic nuisance, it
<br />must disturb, annoy, etc. . .
<br />"any considerable number of
<br />members of the public." There
<br />are, of course, exceptions to
<br />this. Such as when the traffic/
<br />parking becomes a danger to
<br />the public travel or we observe
<br />under age persons present
<br />and we believe them to be
<br />drinking, in which case we
<br />can, and do, act independently
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