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Amending the Ford Site Zoning and Public Realm Master Plan for use with the Ford zoning districts for the Ford site redevelopment area.
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WHEREAS, on September 17, 2017 the Saint Paul City Council adopted the Ford Site Zoning and Public Realm Master Plan (“Master Plan”) together with associated zoning code text and map amendments; and
WHEREAS, in June 2018, Ford Land announced the Ryan Companies (“Ryan”) as the Master Developer of the Ford site; and
WHEREAS, Leg. Code § 66.951 provides that the Master Plan can be amended by City Council resolution after the review and recommendation of the Saint Paul Planning Commission (“Commission”) following a public hearing; and
WHEREAS, on October 10, 2018, Ryan, with the support of Ford Land, submitted an application proposing certain amendments to the Master Plan (the “Master Plan Amendments”); and
WHRERAS, upon review of the proposed Master Plan Amendments, it was determined that some of them would also require amendments to Leg. Code Section 66.900. et. seq. (the “Ford District Zoning”) to maintain consistency between the Master Plan Amendments and the Ford District Zoning; and
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2018, the Commission’s Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee (“Committee”) forwarded a recommendation to the Commission to initiate a zoning study for possible amendments to Ford District Zoning to correspond with the Master Plan Amendments; and
WHEREAS, on November 16, 2018, the Commission began a zoning study which considered the Ford District Zoning amendments as they related to the proposed Master Plan Amendments, the said zoning study being subsequently released for public review and set on for a public hearing before the Commission on January 25, 2019; and
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2019, the Commission duly conducted a public hearing on the Master Plan Amendments, together with the Ford District Zoning amendments, where all persons interested were afforded an opportunity to be heard and, u...
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