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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6068 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1978/07/17RESOLUTION NO. 6068 RESOLUTION AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE MUNICIPAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK IN ACCORDANCE WITH MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.355 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park has prepared and adopted amendments to the Comprehensive City Plan for the City of St. Louis Park in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 462.351 et seq., and pursuant to due notice as required thereunder has held a public hearing to consider said Plan, and WHEREAS, said Plan contains guides to private persons and public agencies to plan their activities in harmony with the plans of the City of St. Lquis Park, and therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that the Comprehensive Municipal Plan as adopted by the Planning Commission on May 15, 1968, and as amended thereafter, and by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park on January 12, 1970, and as amended thereafter, be further amended by amending the Comprehensive Municipal Plan text by including the following statement under the section relating to Park Hill II: PARK HILL II OVERVIEW Park Hill is characterized by its diversity in land use and building conditions, with significant oppor- tunity to preserve and enhance sound development, while providing a frame- work for new residential development of moderate and high density. Pro- motion of planned industrial devel- opment on the south side of Highway 7 and elimination of deteriorated housing was proposed early in the plan. Much of this activity is completed. Preservation of the housing on Raleigh, Salem, and Toledo is rea- listic as well as essentially preserving housing and condi- tions on Lynn and Monterey. The area in and around Ottawa and 31st Street represents an opportunity for changing the land use and enhancement of the area by converting vacant and ynder- utilized land to multi -family development. Linking this area to Carpenter Park and to an improved "shopping area" at Minnetonka Blvd. is proposed. SYNTHESIS - FINDINGS - OPPORTUNITIES The problems, potential, and opporr tunities identified in the area are an outgrowth of a synthesis of the inventory and findings made in the Park Hill Study, Part II, November, 1977. Some of the major factors and findings included the following; 1. The area contains several major elements which served as dominant focal points in the study area --City Hall, B'Nai Emet Synogogue, Park Towers, and Park Hill Apart- ments. 2. Economic factors relating to the housing and industrial development including a potential for more planned industrial development on the south side of Highway 7. 3. A definite need for street improvements and perhaps reduction and elimination of some streets in the area. 4. Housing conditions and values were found to be significant. While the average single housing values are generally low, the cost per square foot of land in the area did not make it readily apparent that redevelopment would be economically feasible. 5. Some pedestrian circulation problems not only providing insufficient access to trans- portation and other facilities but also, in some cases, access to the park was neither encour- aged nor provided for. Some of the areas identified are - 1. The desirable location with respect to the metropolitan area. 2. The excellent transportation facilities (including public transit and the metropolitan roadway system). 2 3. Diversity of uses and community facilities. 4. Evidence of pride and confi- dence in the area as demon- strated by plans for new commercial, industrial, and residential development. 5. Interest in changing the development pattern in a portion of the study area. 6. Positive influences in the study area which could serve as a basis for a new plan: Carpenter Park with a signi- ficant recreational facility for active and passive recrea- tion; City Hall; commercial shopping (which had a rather scattered appearance but could be improved in terms of its image); B'Nai Emet Synogogue which is recently expanded; rela- tively new apartment development in the area (including the Brittany Apartments, Park Towers, Park Hill, a new duplex development on Monterey, a planned industrial development which is the City's first using the Zoning Ordinance provision at Northland Aluminum); and the planned expansion of General Office Products which would eliminate some land use conflicts and improve development patterns in the area. The area was also noted as having a concentration and separation of rather stable single family -type development from those areas which are mixed with industrial and/or deteriorating con- ditions. This would, therefore, facilitate efficient redevelopment in some areas while enhancement of preservation in other areas. Another significant factor is that the State, Hennepin County, and the City are committed to improvements in the transportation system. The area problems associated with extremely narrow rights of way, certain undesirable mixed land uses in some sections, high accident rates, poor aesthetics in some locations, lack of continuity in the pedestrian system, small lot sizes, and some deteriorating structures can be overcome through implementation of an appropriate plan. PLAN ELEMENTS 1. Preserve and enhance the single family and two family develop- ment on Monterey, apartment development on Raleigh, and single family development on Salem and single family/multi- family on Toledo, and the now owner -occupied single family houses on Ottawa and the west side of Natchez. 2. Preserve and promote the planned development and expan- sion of industrial and business facilities on the south side of Highway 7 and the elimination of the incompatible single family development. 3. Promote proper redevelopment of the elevators consistent with multi -family development on W. 31st Street south of Highway 7. (This may be a longer -range objec- tive). 4. Promote the redevelopment of the essentially vacant area south of the Park Hill apartments. 5. Promote the extension of vistas and accessways from Carpenter Park to the proposed redevelopment area in and around Ottawa and 31st Street. 6. Promote the establishment of a pedestrian system with continuity and with a grade separation across Highway 7 to link the area and the region, and to extend such pedes- trian facilities across the rail- road track to link this area to Bass Lake recreational facilities and commercial, residential and other development on the south side of the City. 7. Promote the modification of the roadway circulation system to provide for an appropriate sig- nalized intersection with turning lanes at Ottawa Avenue and Highway 7. 8. Elimination of the braided system at Minnetonka Boulevard and Highway 7. and by amending the Comprehensive Municipal Plan map in the following location: The area bounded by Minnetonka Boulevard, Highway 100, the Chicago Northwestern Railroad and France Avenue and designated as Park Hill II in accordance with Illustrative Plan, Alternative III. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said Comprehensive Municipal Plan of the City of St. Louis Park hereby amended is adopted as the Comprehensive -3 Municipal Plan of the City of St. Louis Park. Adopted by the City Council July 17, 1978 ATTEST: ity Clerk bq541.1"41..1.-- Reviewed, for admini1s-6at'on• Reviewed as to form and legality: 1 l� Manage liU- ///'"City torney -4