Title
An interim ordinance preserving the status quo of land uses in the District 9 Planning Area for the purpose of augmenting the zoning study undertaken pursuant to Council File Ord 11-5.
Body
An interim ordinance pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 462.355, Subd. 4, to augment the zoning study undertaken pursuant to Council File No. 11-5 and to preserve the status quo within a specified area of the District 9 Planning District pending the completion and report of a zoning study and possible action on that study, including amending the City's official controls regarding zoning classifications for certain parcels of land, in order to facilitate the job and economic development strategies contained in the District 9 Plan addendum to the Comprehensive Plan.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
Section 1
Statement of Legislative Intent and Findings of the City Council: The Council of the City of Saint Paul, in Council File No. 11-5, adopted an interim ordinance in response to an unanticipated vacation of a long standing land use on a parcel of land in District 9 which is a significant “gateway parcel” to District 9 as the said parcel abutted lands to the North, which were zoned B5 Central Business Service and T2 Traditional Neighborhood, while the vacated parcel was zoned B3 General Business.
This Council further noted in Ordinance 11-5 that the zoning classification of the subject gateway parcel might not further the objectives contained in the District 9 Area Plan’s Job and Economic Development Strategies or the Area Plan’s Housing Objectives given the B5 and T2 zoning classifications of the parcels abutting the gateway parcel because it was not anticipated at the time of the adoption of the Area Plan’s Land Use Mix in July 2010 that the use of the gateway parcel would be vacated.
As the zoning study commenced pursuant to Ordinance 11-5 has progressed, it appeared it appeared to the Council that the land use classification for those parcels o...
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