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<br />~~ <br /> <br />2001 Comprehensive Plan <br />Amended Februmy 26, 2002 <br /> <br />*Proposed deletions are marked with strikethrough, proposed additions are <br />underlined* <br /> <br />north of Trott Brook. The area consists of significant portions of <br />wetlands and tree canopy with limited agriculture, horticultural <br />and residential uses. Residential development within the rural <br />preserve area has been mostly large lot development. Current <br />development yields an overall gross density of roughly 1 unit per <br />20 acres in the Rural Preserve Area. <br /> <br />Future development within the Rural Preserve Area would be <br />limited to a gross density of no more than 1 unit per 10 acrei. <br />There are roughly 350 acres of agricultural land and 150 acres of <br />vacant land within the Rural Preserve Area. Much of this area is <br />restricted for development by floodplain, shoreland management <br />or wetland ordinances. Assuming that agricultural lands will <br />eventually become developed, this area could accommodate <br />approximately 50 additional housing units on private septic and <br />well systems. A development option within the rural area would <br />consist of small pockets of housing with lot sizes being dictated <br />by the physical constraints of the site and soils capacity to handle <br />on-site septic systems as required by state law. . Planned Unit <br />Development (PUD) techniques can provide opportunities for <br />protection of larger contiguous open spaces, preservation of <br />wetlands and tree canopy, preservation of agricultural lands and <br />preservation of rural lifestyles and character. <br /> <br />Rural Developing <br /> <br />The Rural Developing area is the largest land use within the City <br />of Ramsey. This area consists of roughly 8,200 acres (inclusive <br />of wetlands). The existing primary use of this area is very low- <br />density residential development with average densities of <br />roughly 1 unit per 2.5 acres, a development pattern that was <br />established in the early 1970s. This development pattern <br />accounts for roughly 4,500 acres of residential development <br />within the Rural Developing area. Because of this very low- <br />density pattern of development and the numerous wetlands, the <br />extension of urban services to the rural developing area is not <br />practical or financially feasible. Regional growth policy would <br />suggest imposing a gross density consistent with the Rural <br />Preserve area of 1 unit per 10 acres. Ho~~'<:'..cr, because of tha <br />historical ocyelopmBflt pattern that has already boen .,~'cll <br /> <br />4 A density of 1 unit per 10 acres was determined by the Metropolitan Council in its "Regional Blueprint", <br />December of 1996 as an appropriate density for maintaining a rural lifestyle and character and is consistent <br />with planned transportation system capacities and levels of service. <br /> <br />Ramsey Comprehensive Plan <br />Amended February 26, 2002 <br /> <br />Page V-15 <br /> <br />-271- <br />