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Home My WebLink About15-025 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2015/02/17RESOLUTION NO. 15-025 RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364 Pertaining to Planned Unit Developments in the Land Use Plan and Plan Implementation Chapters WHEREAS, the 2030 Comprehensive Plan was adopted by the City Council on December 21, 2009 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 vanance 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 is to be penodically 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 amendments to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan on February 4, 2015, based on statutes, the Metropolitan Regional Blueprint, extensive research and analyses involving the interests of citizens and public agencies; WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the advice and recommendation of the Planning Commission (Case No. 14 -32 -CP); Resolution No. 15-025 -2- WHEREAS, the contents of Planning Case File 14 -32 -CP are hereby entered into and made part of the public heanng record and the record of decision for this case; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Park that th Co prehensive Plan, as previously adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council, iserebamended as indicated in the attached Exhibits A and B. Revie or Administration: City Attest: Adopted by the City Council February 17, 2015 Contingent upon approval of the Metropolitan Council ( � Mayor /'J f / Resolution No. 15-025 Exhibit A 411 Excerpt of Land Use Plan Chapter -3- *** Where We Are Headed This section of the Land Use chapter establishes the City's official land use categories and the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map, which is intended to guide current and future land use planning and development through the year 2030. The land use plan categories are fully defined below. The 2030 map is the official land use designation map for the City. The land use designations are intended to shape the character, type and density of future development according to sound planning principles. Any new development, redevelopment, change in land use, or change in zoning is required to be consistent with the land use guiding for each parcel Comprehensive Plan Land Use Categories There are 12 land use categories that guide the City's 2030 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map, which are described below. In general, the categories reflect a movement towards greater mixing of uses. I. RL - Low Density Residential The Low Density Residential category is intended primarily for single-family detached housing This category allows net residential densities from three (3) to seven (7) units per acre. II RM - Medium Density Residential The Medium Density Residential category allows net residential densities from six (6) to 30 units per acre. This category allows for a variety of housing types including single family detached, duplexes, townhomes, and small two- and three-story apartment buildings. III. RH - High Density Residential The High Density Residential land use category is intended for higher density, compact urban residential development, including high-rise apartment buildings. This category allows for a net residential density range of 20 to 7-5 50 units per acre;_ however higher fResidential densities greater than 50 units per acre may be achieved by utilizing the PUD process and addressing the City's Livable Communities Principles and other goals of the Comprehensive Plan, such as including structured parking, affordable housing, or incorporating sustainable site and building design elements. Under a PUD, 75 units por acro The appropriate building height will vary by development and depend upon the characteristics of the development and its surroundings. Pedestrian -scale, three- to four-story buildings will be appropriate in some areas, while six- to eight -story buildings and even taller high -uses will be acceptable in others. In addition to residential development, a small proportion of supportive retail and service is also appropriate. Retail, service and office beyond those supporting the residential development would only be permitted as part of a mixed-use PUD. IV C - Commercial The Commercial land use category is intended to accommodate a wide range and scale of commercial uses, such as retail, service, entertainment, and office. Commercial uses can range from small neighborhood convenience nodes, to community retail areas along major roadways, to large shopping centers, to auto -related commercial uses along freeways Residential uses are also appropriate as part of a mixed-use commercial development, with a net residential density Resolution No. 15-025 -4- range of 20 to 50 units per acre allowed. Residential densities greater than 50 units per acre may be achieved by utilizing the PUD process and addressing the City's Livable Communities Principles and other goals of the Comprehensive Plan, such as including structured parking, affordable housing, or incorporating sustainable site and building design elements. V MX—Mixed-Use In the Mixed Use land use category, a mixing of uses including commercial is required for every development parcel. The goal of this category is to create pedestrian -scale mixed-use buildings, typically with a portion of retail, service or other commercial uses on the ground floor and residential or office uses on upper floors. Mixed use buildings typically have approximately 75 to 85 percent of the building for residential use and 20 to 25 percent for commercial or office uses. Taller buildings may be appropriate in some areas and net residential densities between 20 and 7-5 50 units per acre are allowed. Residential densities greater than 50 units per acre may be achieved by utilizing the PUD process and addressing the City's Livable Communities Principles and other goals of the Comprehensive Plan, such as including structured parking, affordable housing, or incorporating sustainable site and building design elements. The MX designation is intended to facilitate an integrated town center atmosphere in Park Commons and a diversity of uses in certain other areas of the community. VI I - Industrial The Industnal land use category covers all industrial uses from manufactunng, assembly, processing, warehousing, storage, laboratory, distribution, and related offices Industnal areas consist of both lighter industrial uses, which tend to have higher appearance standards and fewer impacts on surrounding properties, and general industrial uses which are typically set off from other uses. Current industnal uses tend to be concentrated around the City's railroads, where industrial uses first developed in the community. Future industnal uses should primanly be located in close proximity to either a railroad line or regional roadway system with limited traffic circulation through residential and pedestrian oriented areas. VII. O -Ofce The Office land use category is primarily intended for employment centers of fairly intensive office and mixed use development with high floor area ratios (FARs) and building heights. Business, professional, administrative, scientific, technical, research, and development services are typical uses appropnate for the Office land use category. The Office category also allows other limited uses such as hotels, parking ramps, residential, day care, retail and restaurants when part of a larger development. VII. CIV -Civic The Civic land use category is intended for public buildings and uses as well as similar pnvate uses, such as schools, government buildings, places of assembly, community centers, libraries, and non-profit institutions. *** • Resolution No. 15-025 Exhibit B -5- Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Comprehensive planning is a living process, as the community is continually changing and adapting The Plan is continually used and updated to provide dear direction to city leaders Implementation of the Plan is achieved m many ways and often in an incremental way The Plan is intended as a guide for decisions to enable community growth and development over time Comprehensive Plans are developed so that opportunities are recognized when they are consistent with physical conditions, economic opportunities, and the financial capability of the city and the private sector Implementation of specific items will be undertaken as an outcome of the current planning process The Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances, the Capital Improvement Plan, and the Storm Water Management Plan are some of the methods to implement policies, plans, and programs contained in the Comprehensive Plan Changes to these documents are to be consistent with the provisions of the Comprehensive Plan Following is a list and explanation of identified changes the city will pursue as a result of this Plan Official Controls Zoning Code The Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 36 of City Code, establishes regulations including land use, yard area, height, parking, tree preservation and architectural design Associated with the Zoning Ordinance is the official zoning map This map shows the different districts and their boundaries St. Lowo Park hoc zlcvzn diffzr.;nt zonifig di riots. 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