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2001 Comprehensive Plan Amended February 26, 2002 Vo LAND USE A. Existing Land Use 1. General Land Use The City of Ramsey is surrounded on three sides by other municipalities and townships including the Cities of Elk River, Anoka and Oak Grove and by Bums Township. All of these communities are growing communities except for Anoka, which is near fully developed. Ramsey is rapidly growing and has developed for the most part as a bedroom community with most developed land as low-density single family residential. The City has roughly 29 square miles of land, including roadways and open water. The following table represents the existing land use inventory for the City as a whole~. Appendix B includes a more detailed breakdown of existing land use according to the Metropolitan Council's local planning handbook "Worksheet A". Table V-1 Existing Land Use~1997 Land Use Category Acres % of Total Rural Estate Residential 1,234 6.6% Single-Family Residential 5,419 29. 0% Multi-Family Residential 23 0.1% Commercial 273 1.5% Industrial 365 2.0% Park, Recreation and Open Space 1,085 5.8% P ublic-Semi Public 266 1.4% Agricultural 2,213 11.8% Landfill 152 0.8% V ac ant 2,234 12. 0% Railroad ROW 90 0.5% Road ROW 1,735 9.3% Water Bodies 639 3.4% Wetlands 2,960 15.8% Grand Total 18,686 100.0% See Appendix B for a further breakdown of existing land use. a) Residential The City of Ramsey is predominantly a residential community. Over 6,675 acres have been developed as residential housing, the majority of which is in single family housing units. Other housing types include two ~ Land Use Categories were developed based upon the universal land use classification of the Metropolitan Council. These definitions can be found in the Appendix of the Metropolitan Council Local Planning Handbook and within this document as Appendix A. Ramsey Comprehensive Plan Amended February 26, 2002 Page F-1