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6:00 P.M.
MARCH 21, 2018
STUDY SESSION
1. Comprehensive Plan – Mobility and Land Use Discussion
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Planning Commission
Meeting Date: March 21, 2018
Study Session
1. Comprehensive Plan – Mobility and Land Use Discussion
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss the Mobility and Land Use sections for the St. Louis
Park 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
SUMMARY:
Mobility – The city’s Consultants SRF and Toole Design Group will be present to discuss the
Mobility chapter and their work on Forecasts and Pedestrian mobility.
Land Use - At the February 21st meeting, the Planning Commission discussed Land Use in the
Comprehensive Plan. Additional work has been done based on that discussion and at this meeting
we will have additional explanation and discussion. City Council members have been invited to
join in this discussion.
The following items will be discussed:
1. Review proposed Land Use map changes
2. Review Text changes:
o Land Use categories and descriptions, including new Transit-oriented
Development (TOD) category
o Residential density recommendations for 2040 Land Use Categories
o Land Use Future Directions
Materials for these discussion items are attached.
Background:
Staff and HKGi, our Planning Consultants, have been working to suggest some changes that better
meet current city needs and the future marketplace. Most of the changes widen the density ranges
in each categories, to allow more flexibility, more density in certain areas, and establish clear
maximum densities in each category. A new category called, “Transit Oriented Development” or
TOD is recommended to be added to support the scale and density expected where there are major
regional fixed-rail transit investments proposed. This category would be applied to the three Green
Line Light Rail Transit station areas.
Other changes recommended for the land use plan will be presented at the meeting via maps that
show the changes on various sites and properties in the city. We will discuss each with the maps
and proposed changes to land use categories.
Attachments: Existing/2040 Traffic Volumes
Pedestrian Mobility Demand Score
Bicycle Connectivity Score
Land Use Maps
Land Use Categories and Descriptions
Residential Density Recommendations for 2040 Land Use Categories
Land Use Future Directions
Prepared by: Meg McMonigal, Principal Planner
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IV. Why We Are A Livable Community
Where We Are Headed
This section of the Land Use chapter establishes the City’s official land use categories and the 2030 2040
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map, which is intended to guide current and future land use planning and
development through the year 20302040. The land use plan categories are fully defined below. The
2030 2040 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 13 land use categories that guide the City’s 2030 2040 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 for residential neighborhoods primarily consisting of
for single-family detached housinghomes. It allows single-family detached housing and limited semi-
detached housing, such as duplexes and accessory dwelling units. This category allows net residential
densities from three (3) to seven ten (710) units per acre.
II. RM - Medium Density Residential
The Medium Density Residential category is intended for residential areas adjacent to commercial
centers, corridors, and nodes. It allows net residential densities from six (6) to 30 units per acre. This
category allows for a variety of housing types that are compatible in scale to single-family homes,
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
developmentareas with convenient access to major transportation corridors, open spaces, and
commercial centers, including high-rise apartment buildings. This category allows for a net residential
density range of 20 30 to 50 75 units per acre. These Rresidential 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 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-rises will be acceptable in others. In addition to residential development, a small
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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 range of 20 to 50 units per acre
allowed. These Rresidential 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 buildingsareas,
typically with mixed-use buildings having 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 15 to 25 percent for
commercial or office uses. Taller buildings may be appropriate in some areas and net residential
densities between 20 and 50 75 units per acre are allowed. These Rresidential 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 mixed-use town center atmosphere in Park Commons
and a diversity of uses inas well as certain other key community and neighborhood commercial centers,
corridors, and nodesareas of the community.
VI. TOD –Transit Oriented Development
In the Transit Oriented Development land use category, a mix of uses are allowed and required to be
oriented around transitway stations along the proposed Green Line LRT. The goal of this category is to
create pedestrian-scale developments within a 10-minute walk of regional transit stations. The focus of
the designation is on building form rather than a specific mix of uses. It is expected that residential uses
will make up approximately 75 to 85 percent of uses; the remaining 15 to 25 percent will likely be
commercial, office, and other similar uses. The net residential density range allowed is 50 to 125 units
per acre. These residential densities may be achieved by addressing the City’s Livable Communities
Principles and other goals of the Comprehensive Plan, such as structured parking, affordable housing, or
incorporating sustainable site and building design elements.
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VII. O - Office
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, medical, research and development services are typical uses
appropriate 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.
Residential uses fitting the form and scale of an office employment center are appropriate, so net
residential densities from 50 to 125 units per acre are allowed.
VIII. BP - Business Park
The Business Park land use category is intended to encourage the creation of significant employment
centers that accommodate a diverse mix of office and light industrial uses and jobs. The Business Park
designation should be applied to larger sites that can be redeveloped to provide a greater diversity of
jobs, higher development densities and jobs per acre, higher quality site and building architectural
design, and increased tax revenues for the community. Office, office-showroom-warehousing, research
and development services, light and high-tech electronic manufacturing and assembly, and medical
laboratories are typical uses appropriate for this land use category. Some retail and service uses may be
allowed as supporting uses for the primary office and light industrial uses of the employment center.
IX. I - Industrial
The Industrial land use category covers all industrial uses from manufacturing, assembly, processing,
warehousing, storage, laboratory, distribution, and related offices. Industrial 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
industrial uses tend to be concentrated around the City’s railroads, where industrial uses first developed
in the community. Future industrial uses to be protected should primarily be located in close proximity
to either a railroad line or regional roadway system with limited traffic circulation through residential
and pedestrian-oriented areas. However, some industrial areas may transition over time to some non-
industrial uses that are appropriate to their changing context, such as the future Southwest LRT station
areas or increasing incompatibility with surrounding development. Transitional industrial areas may
consist of a broader range of industrial and non-industrial uses and need to ensure compatibility with
surrounding non-industrial land uses.
X. CIV- Civic
The Civic land use category is intended for public buildings and uses as well as similar private uses, such
as schools, government buildings, places of assembly, community centers, libraries and non-profit
institutions.
XI. P - Parks and Open Space
The Parks & Open Space land use category includes all public parks and open space land, as well as
public recreational facilities, such as the Recreational Center. It also encompasses lakes and waterways,
such as Bass Lake and Minnehaha Creek. This category is intended for areas which are reserved for
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active and passive recreational uses, natural amenities, protected natural areas, and the City’s major
stormwater retention and drainage areas.
XII. ROW – Public Right-of-Way
The Public Right-of-Way land use category includes right-of- way for both streets, sidewalks, trails and
drainageways.
XIII. RRR - Railroad
The Railroad land use category includes right-of-way used for railway and trail purposes. Some of the
land is owned by rail companies; some of the land is owned by the Hennepin County Regional Rail
Authority and a portion of it is used as a multi-purpose regional trail operated by Three Rivers Park
District.
Inconsistencies in Zoning and Comprehensive Plan Designation: There may be areas in the City where the
current zoning does not correspond to the Comprehensive Plan land use designation. The intent of the
inconsistency is to allow an existing use to continue as a conforming use, while planning for a different
use in the long term. Therefore, the zoning is maintained consistent with the existing use and the
property’s Comprehensive Land Use designation indicates the future use.
Residential Density Recommendations for 2040 Land Use Categories
Land Use
Categories with
Residential
Density Range Allowed
by Land Use Category in
2030 Plan (dwelling units
per acre)
Description from Land Use
Category
Proposed Density
Range - 2040
(dwelling units per
acre)
Purpose for Changing Density
Range Allowed
Low Density
Residential (RL)
3 to 7 du/acre Intended primarily for single-
family detached housing
3 to 10 du/acre Would add flexibility to explore
allowing smaller lot sizes, duplexes
and accessory dwelling units
Medium Density
Residential (RM)
6 to 30 du/acre Allows a variety of housing
types including single-family
detached, duplexes,
townhomes, and small two-
and three-story apartment
buildings
6 to 30 du/acre Add bonuses for affordable housing
High Density
Residential (RH)
20 to 50 du/acre,
PUD allows 50+
(no maximum)
Intended for higher density,
compact urban residential
development, including high-
rise apartment buildings
30 to 75 du/acre Minimum density of 30 du/acre
would limit development of
townhouses in RH; maximum
density of 75 du/acre allows mid-
rise apartment buildings (4-8-story
range)*
Commercial (C) 20 to 50 du/acre,
PUD allows 50+
(no maximum)
Residential are also
appropriate as part of a mixed
use commercial development
20 to 50 du/acre 50 du/acre maximum will help limit
amount of residential in commercial
areas.*
Mixed Use (MX) 20 to 50 du/acre,
PUD allows 50+
(no maximum)
A mixing of uses including
commercial is required for
every development parcel;
mixed use buildings typically
have approximately 75 to 85
percent of the building for
residential use
20 to 75 du/acre Maximum density of 75 du/acre
allows mid-rise apartment buildings
(4-8-story range)*
Office (O) Not identified
(no minimum or
maximum)
Residential allowed as a limited
use when part of a larger
development
50 to 125 du/acre This residential density range
complements the intended scale of
office employment areas
Transit Oriented
Development
(TOD)
Proposed new land use
category for 2040 Plan
N/A 50 to 125 du/acre This residential density range
supports the intended scale of
transit station areas
* Land use categories should be general and not reference zoning districts (PUD) specifically
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2040 Land Use Plan Chapter
Where We Are Headed
Future Directions
2030 Plan 2040 Plan Changes Proposed Strategies Locations
Neighborhood
Commercial
Corridors and Nodes
Neighborhood Commercial
Nodes
• Rezoning of targeted nodes, such as
commercial to MX and C2 to C1
• Texas & Minnetonka (TexaTonka)
• Louisiana & Minnetonka
• Dakota & Minnetonka
• Lake & Minnetonka
• Louisiana & Cedar Lake Road
• Louisiana & 27th St
Commercial Corridors • Rezoning of targeted corridors, such as
commercial to office and C2 to C1
• Potential small area plan for the north
side of Excelsior Blvd, west of Monterey
Blvd
• Excelsior Boulevard East (east of
Monterey)
• Excelsior Boulevard West (west of
Highway 100)
• Minnetonka Boulevard East (France
Ave to Highway 100)
Community Commercial
Centers
• Address opportunities for community
travel routes within centers, overall
multi-modal circulation, and surface
parking lot infill/aesthetic improvements
• Knollwood
• Miracle Mile
• Park Place Plaza
Office / Medical Centers • Address opportunities for community
travel routes within centers, overall
multi-modal circulation, and surface
parking lot infill/aesthetic improvements
• Shelard Park
• Park Place / The West End
• Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Campus (Excelsior Blvd & Louisiana
Ave)
• Park Nicollet Health Services
(Excelsior Blvd east of Highway 100)
• Wayzata Boulevard (Louisiana Ave to
Park Place Blvd)
LRT Station Areas LRT Station Areas Corridor • Implement station area framework plans
• Rezoning to TOD/FBC
• Beltline
• Wooddale
• Louisiana
Industrial and
Business Park Areas
Industrial and Business Park
Areas
• Develop a Transitional Industrial zoning
district
• Rezone potential industrial
redevelopment properties to transitional
industrial
• Oxford / Louisiana
• Walker-Lake
• Belt Line / Nordic Ware
• Westside (Utica & 23rd, west side of
Hwy 100)
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• Consider small area plans for both
reinvestment industrial areas and
transitional industrial areas
• Edgewood (Edgewood Ave south of
Cedar Lake Road)
• Smith (27th St west of Louisiana)
Town Center / Park
Commons
Districts • Update Park Commons West plan
• Address Park Commons opportunities
for community travel routes within
centers, overall multi-modal circulation,
and surface parking lot infill/aesthetic
improvements
• Small area plan for Walker-Lake
• Town Center / Park Commons
• Walker-Lake
• The West End
Neighborhoods Neighborhoods / Housing • Update zoning ordinances to allow an
increased mix of housing types near
transit corridors, parks, and commercial
nodes/corridors