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Amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code pertaining to the District 9 Gateway Zoning Study. (Public hearing held on May 9, 2012)
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WHEREAS, the District 9 Area Plan Summary was adopted by the Saint Paul City Council on July 7, 2010, and contains strategies in the areas of housing, jobs and economic development, community development, land use, historic preservation and aesthetics; and
WHEREAS, on June 22, 2011, the City Council passed a resolution (CF #11-1213) requesting that the Planning Commission undertake a zoning study to assess whether the zoning classification of several "gateway" parcels near the W. 7th/Grand/Ramsey intersection furthers the Jobs & Economic Development and Housing strategies identified in the District 9 Area Plan Summary; and
WHEREAS, the study area boundaries were generally identified as Grand/Ramsey on the north and east, Smith Avenue on the south and east, Forbes Avenue on the south and west, and 35E on the north and west; and
WHEREAS, at the same time, the City Council placed a one-year moratorium on the issuance of zoning and building permits or approvals in the study area (CF #11-74); and
WHEREAS, all but two of the parcels (those currently zoned B3) within the study area were rezoned in October 2011 as part of the District 9 Residential Zoning Study and the District 9 Commercial Zoning Study
WHEREAS, staff met with community residents and business owners to provide background on the zoning study, present planning precedents, discuss the neighborhood's vision for the gateway and get feedback on potential new zoning options; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission released the study recommendations on January 27, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the study recommended rezoning the two B3 parcels to T3 and retaining the R4 and T1 zoning for the remainder of the parcels in the study area; and
WHEREAS, the study together with public input leads to the conclusion that T1 concluded that T3 zoning: 1) is consisten...
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