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RESOLUTION NO 98 ..,14 3
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN 1990 TO THE YEAR 2010 FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364
MODIFICATIONS TO CHAPTER 16, PLAN BY NEIGHBORHOOD (OAK HILL)
AND
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP
TO
RECLASSIFY LANDS WITHIN OAK PARK VILLAGE
AT THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF HIGHWAY 7 AND LOUISIANA AVENUE
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 was adopted by the City Council on March
5, 1984 and amended on April 1, 1991 as Comprehensive Plan 1990-2010, 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
considerations into determinations affecting short-range action, and
WHEREAS, the use of such Comprehensive Plan will insure a safer, more
economical environment for residential, commercial, industrial, and public
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
inject long range
pleasant, and more
activities and will
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WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan has taken due cognizance of the planning activities of
adjacent units of government, and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 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, in 1997 the City Council appointed a citizen task force to study land use in the
Highway 7/Louisiana Avenue area in response to development interest for uses inconsistent with
the Redevelopment Plan for Oak Park Village and the Comprehensive Plan, and
WHEREAS, interim land use for two vacant parcels in Oak Park Village guided for
residential densities of 30 units per acre has been for recreational purposes, and
WHEREAS, citizen input of St Louis Park participating in the study including those from
surrounding neighborhoods indicated a strong need to continue the recreational uses at Oak Park
Village, and
WHEREAS, the task force concluded that some lands within Oak Park Village should be
reguided for park purposes, but that there remained a need for additional housing, and
WHEREAS, the task force concluded that some of the area south and east of the park land
should be guided for residential purposes, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St Louis Park recommended adoption
of an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 on October 7, 1998, based on statutes,
the Metropolitan Regional Blueprint, extensive research and analyses involving the interests of
citizens and public agencies,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St Louis Park that Chapter
16 - "Plan By Neighborhood" of the Comprehensive Plan and the Comprehensive Plan map, as
previously adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council, is hereby amended as follows
1 Changing the land use in Oak Park Village Block 2, Block 5, and Block 8 from "R30" to
"Park" (property northwest of Walker Street and Louisiana Avenue)
2 Changing land use on the northwest corner of Highway 7 and Louisiana from "COM -
Commercial" to "R50 - Residential up to 50 units per acre"
3 Changing text for the Oak Hill neighborhood in Chapter 16 - "Plan By Neighborhood" to
reflect goals recommended by the task force
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Adopted by the City Council November 2, 1998
Contingent upon approval of the Metropolitan Council
Attest
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Ci Clerk 6�`
Reviewed for Administration.
98-36/n/res/ord
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