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Adopting the Hillcrest Rezoning Study amendments to Chapter 60 of the Legislative Code pertaining to the Zoning Map.
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WHEREAS, the Land Use Chapter of the 2040 Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan (hereinafter, “2040 Plan”) identifies the former Hillcrest Golf Course site (hereinafter, “Hillcrest”) as an “opportunity site” which, under the 2040 Plan, are sites guided for redevelopment with “higher-density mixed-use development” or “employment centers with increased full-time living wage job intensity;” and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the 2040 Plan, the City Council subsequently adopted Ordinance 19-39 which authorized the Saint Paul Port Authority to issue bonds to purchase Hillcrest and, further, set certain expectations for the redevelopment of Hillcrest as an opportunity site which would include the establishment of substantial industrial uses as employment centers; and
WHEREAS, the City, for the purpose of guiding redevelopment at Hillcrest, commenced a master planning process to identify future land uses and site layouts within Hillcrest in order to create a draft Hillcrest Master Plan (hereinafter, “HMP”); and
WHEREAS, in conjunction with the draft HMP, the Saint Paul Planning Commission (hereinafter, “Commission”), in Commission Resolution No. 22-10, dated January 21, 2022, initiated the Hillcrest Rezoning Study to amend the City’s zoning map to correlate to the land uses proposed under the draft HMP including an “M” district which, pursuant to Leg. Code §§ 66.344(b) or 66.544 as the case may be, indicates a master plan guiding development in the district has been adopted; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2022, the Commission duly conducted a public hearing on a draft HMP and the following associated actions: an amendment to the 2040 Plan, certain zoning code amendments, and amendments to the City’s zoning map for rezoning purposes; and
WHEREAS, following the March 4, 2022, public hearing, the Commission reviewed the hearing comments and testimony and, fo...
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