HomeMy WebLinkAbout96-23 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1996/02/20RESOLUTION NO. 96-23
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
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN R75 LAND USE CATEGORY
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 was adopted by the City Council on
March 5, 1984 and amended on April 1, 1991, and 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 ecosystem 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
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park recommended
adoption of an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 on January 17, 1996 based on
statutes, the Metropolitan System Statement, extensive research and analyses involving the
interests of citizens and public agencies;
WHEREAS, an application for a Minor Comprehensive Plan Amendment was prepared on
February 12,1996 and submitted to the Metropolican Council;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Park that the
Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000, as previously adopted by the Planning Commission and City
Council, is hereby amended as follows:
The map legend on Page 16-11 of the Comprehensive Plan would be amended by adding
an R75, Residential 75 units per acre, category of land use.
This resolution shall take effect upon approval of the Minor Comprehensive Plan Amendment by
the Metropolitan Council.
ATTEST:
Reviewed by administration:
96-3-CP:RES9
Adopted by,' h City Council February 20, 1996
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Approved as to form and execution:
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