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• CASE # ( CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE R -1 RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT: RURAL DEVELOPING AREA (CLUSTER ORDINANCE); CASE OF CITY OF RAMSEY By: Amy Geisler, AICP, Associate Planner Background: At the April 11, 2006 meeting the City Council adopted a 9- month moratorium on all subdivision and platting in the R -1 Rural Developing District. The moratorium was recently extended an additional 3 months. The purpose of the. moratorium s added to provide he Rural Developing m revisions to the cluster subdivision standards which re early 2005. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Rural Developing Area map exhibit b) Draft City Council meeting minutes dated January 23, 2007 c) Proposed R -1 Residential District Ordinance (2.5 -acre lot requirements) Funding Source: • No funding required. Notification: The Planning Commission held a public hearing at their January 4, 2007 meeting. Observations: • The Planning Commission held a public hearing on January 4, 2007 and recommended the City Council adopt an ordinance to revert to 2.5 -acre lot requirements in the R -1 Residential: Rural Developing Area. The Commission also recommended that the City Council consider additional performance standards for Resubdivision Plans for new developments in the Rural Developing Area. Staff has included some additional criteria for Resubdivision Plans under Subd. 6 in the ordinance. These criteria are based on what is currently in code under the cluster requirements and the Interim Policy for Comprehensive Plan Amendments that the Council adopted in 2005. At the January 23, 2007 meeting, the City Council rejected a 10 -acre minim lot standard requirement (Zoning Ordinance Amendment and Comprehensive Plan Amendment) and introduced an ordinance to revert to 2.5 -acre lot requirements, which were in place prior to the adoption of the cluster ordinance. This ordinance is now eligible for adoption. —169 —