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January 19, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-6
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN 1980 TO THE YEAR 2000 FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364
Northwest Corner of France Avenue/Excelsior Boulevard
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 was adopted by the City Council
on March 5, 1984; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 provides the following:
1. An official statement serving as the basic guide in making land use,
transportation and community facilities and service decisions affecting the
City.
2. A framework for policies and actions leading to the improvement of the
physical, financial, and social environment of the City, thereby providing a
good place to live and work and a setting conducive for new development.
3. A promotion of the public interest in establishing a more functional, healthful,
interesting, and efficient community by serving the interests of the
community at large rather than the interests of individual or special groups
within the community if their interests are at variance with the public
interest.
4. An effective framework for direction and coordination of activities affecting
the development and preservation of the community.
5. Treatment of the entire community as one eco -system and to inject long-
range considerations into determinations affecting short-range action, and
WHEREAS, the use of such Comprehensive Plan will insure a safer, more pleasant,
and more economical environment for residential, commercial, industrial, and public
activities and will promote the public health, safety, and general welfare; and
WHEREAS, said Plan will prepare the community for anticipated desirable change,
thereby bringing about significant savings in both private and public expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan has taken due cognizance of the planning
activities of adjacent units of government; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 is to be periodically reviewed by
the Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park and amendments made, if
justified according to procedures, rules, and laws, and provided such amendments
would provide a positive result and are consistent with other provisions in the
Comprehensive Plan; and
k WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park adopted an
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 on January 6, 1988, based on
statutes, the Metropolitan System Statement, extensive research, and analyses
involving the interests of citizens and public agencies;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St.
Louis Park that Page 17-20 of the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 as previously
adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council is hereby amended by adding
the following paragraph at the end of the section titled Northwest Corner of France
and Excelsior Boulvard:
An alternative land use is limited commercial - with land use controls
prohibiting heavy commercial uses and uses which could adversely effect
the adjacent residential development. The use controls coupled with design
and development standards are necessary to insure compatibility while
prohibiting and minimizing adverse impacts. Uses prohibited are: automotive
service stations and auto repair, billboards, boat sales, bowling, outdoor
storage, health clubs, theater, kennels, car washes, on -sale liquor and
restaurants. Design standards include total screening from residential area
by decorative walls, berming and landscaping provisions for the pedestrian
way, significant amounts of quality landscaping on the site and adjacent
streets (including a gateway), underground utilities, low light standards and
signs, totally enclosed buildings, utilities and trash, no vehicular access to
Glenhurst, height limited to 30 feet, total orientation to Excelsior Boulevard,
use of the highest quality materials on all portions of the building, and
noise attenuation.
Adopted by the City Council January 19, 1988
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ATTEST:
Reviewed by administration:
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Approved as to form and execution:
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