Community = Planning &=20 Economic Development
C= urrent=20 Projects
= Hiawatha=20 LRT Neighborhood Station Area Rezoning Study
Phasing=20 & Timeline
Communication=20 with Property Owners
Open=20 Houses & Public Hearings
Communicating=20 with the General Public
City=20 Approval Process
Franklin=20 LRT Station Area Changes to Primary District = Zoning
3= 8th=20 Street LRT Station Area Changes to Primary and Overlay District=20 Zoning
Zoning Information
= Minneapolis=20 Zoning Overview
S= tation=20 Area Zoning Maps
Transit=20 Oriented Development and Zoning

Hiawatha LRT Neighborhood
Station Area = Rezoning=20 Study

September 13, 2007

NEW: 38th = Street=20 LRT Station Area Rezoning Study

Introduction and Overview

Realizing the long-range vision for the Hiawatha Corridor = involves=20 significant challenges and opportunities. Ensuring that City = regulations=20 reflect this vision is an important task. The Zoning Code (Title = 20 of the=20 Minneapolis Code of Ordinances) is the principal means by which = the City=20 regulates future development and land use. This tool will = complement=20 activities such as redevelopment, private investment, and changes = to=20 public and private infrastructure.

State statute requires municipalities to develop consistency = between=20 zoning and its comprehensive plan. The City has amended its = comprehensive=20 plan, the Minneapolis=20 Plan, to designate the areas around each of the six = neighborhood=20 stations as Transit Station Areas. Further, extensive = public=20 involvement has resulted in detailed plans for four neighborhood = station=20 areas. On April 2nd, 2004, the City Council adopted a formal = resolution=20 directing the Planning Division to undertake a rezoning study.

Zoning amendments in the Hiawatha Corridor outside of downtown = will=20 occur in two phases. The first phase established a pedestrian = oriented=20 "overlay=94 zoning district within the neighborhood LRT station = areas. This=20 created additional regulations and incentives for development in = these=20 areas (e.g., such as the prohibition of expanding or establishing = new=20 automobile service uses). The second phase will result in = recommendations=20 for changes to "primary" zoning districts. Any changes to downtown = zoning=20 will occur separately from this process.

The City will be strategic about changing zoning, balancing the = goals=20 of consistency with plans, limiting the creation of non-conforming = uses,=20 and preventing the expansion of uses that hinder implementation of = plans.=20 Recommended land uses, urban design objectives and densities in = adopted=20 station area plans will provide the primary guidance. This = strategy can be=20 summarized as follows:

The City may propose immediate zoning changes when=20 redevelopment is anticipated in the near future as a result of = private=20 and/or public activities.=20
The City may propose changes that grant greater = development=20 rights where higher density or other types of uses may be = desired.=20
The City may identify zoning changes for future=20 implementation, if changes in land use are neither critical = to meet=20 the general goals of the plan or are not expected for some time. =
The City may propose changes to zoning to prevent the = expansion or=20 intensification of uses that are not consistent with = long-range=20 plans. ("Non-conforming" uses could continue to operate and = maintain=20 their facilities.)

The City will work with neighborhood and business groups, as = well as=20 specific property owners, before zoning changes are adopted. = Comments,=20 suggestions and concerns will be shared with the Planning = Commission and=20 City Council.

City of=20 Minneapolis

Hiawatha LRT Neighborhood Station Area = Rezoning=20 Study

Introduction and Overview

Hiawatha LRT Neighborhood
Station Area = Rezoning=20 Study