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XVI. 2001 Comprehensive Plan Amended February 26, 2002 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY The Comprehensive Plan establishes what the City wants to strive to become over the course of the next 20 years. The implementation strategy identifies and describes the programs and procedures the City will need to initiate and carry out to successfully achieve its vision for the future City of Ramsey. Without an implementation strategy the plan becomes only a guide to measure public and private development proposals. Implementation does not occur over night. Some projects may take priority over others. Some may need to occur immediately, while others would be expected to occur 10 or 15 years from now. Others might be triggered by the economy or political actions taken at a regional, state or federal level; however, the main objective of the implementation strategy is to identify a course of action that allows Ramsey to be at the forefront of change rather than simply reacting to change. The following elements are included as implementation strategies: · Zoning Ordinance (including environmental ordinances) · Subdivision Ordinance · Septic System Management Program · Capital Improvements Program · Corridor Studies · Housing Programs · Redevelopment Planning · Area Master Planning · Park and Trail Comprehensive Planning · Geographic Information System Development · Public Services and Facilities Ao Zoning Ordinance The zoning ordinance will require significant revisions and updating. The primary effort should be in bringing the ordinance into conformance with the new Comprehensive Plan. This will require revising some zoning districts, eliminating some districts and creating some new overall districts as well as some overlay districts. The following revisions should be considered at a minimum: Revise the R-IR district to create two new districts for permanent rural residential land use classifications that clearly differentiate between the rural preserve and rural developing areas. These districts would differ as to the allowed density of development. Consider modifying all urban residential districts to allow smaller lot sizes, smaller minimum floor areas, greater mix of life-cycle housing (per land use type), and density bonuses for affordable housing. 3. Eliminate the R-2U district. Review height restrictions in the MR district to allow multi-family developments of three and four story buildings. Also review parking restrictions to ensure adequate but not excessive off street parking requirements and that senior housing parking requirements be treated differently than regular parking requirements. However, 2001 Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Amended February 26, 2002 Page XVI-1