The Minneapolis Plan for Sustainable Growth

City Council Approved Version

This version will be available soon.

Draft to Planning Commission and Z&P Committee

This version of the plan was approved, with conditions, by the Planning Commission at the June 2, 2008 public hearing and was considered by the City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee at its meeting on June 26, 2008. Yellow highlighting indicates portions of the plan that have been revised in response to comments since the conclusion of the plan’s official public comment period in February. Green highlighting indicates potential hyperlinks to be added to the web version of the plan. A summary of the comments received during the public comment period – and the responses to them – can be found here.

Chapters

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Citizen Participation
Community Data Profile - maps
Land Use - maps
Transportation - maps
Housing - maps
Economic Development - maps
Public Services and Facilities - maps
Environment - maps
Open Space and Parks - maps
Heritage Preservation - maps
Arts and Culture - maps
Urban Design - maps
Implementation

Appendices

A Glossary
B Land Use and Planning
C Transportation
D Housing
E Water Resources
F Parks and Open Space
G Heritage Preservation
H Implementation

Public Comment Period Draft

The draft of the plan available during the public comment period (December 2007 to February 2008) is available below.

Full document - no appendices Caution: large file size, 34 MB

Chapter	Description	Links
Executive summary	Overview for entire plan, including background and major themes	View this chapter View summary of comments
Community data profile	Statistical overview of the city, in the context of the region and state	View this chapter View summary of comments
Land use	Policy for location and intensity of types of land uses, including residential, commercial, industrial	View this chapter View summary of comments
Transportation	Policy for all forms of transportation in the city, including auto, transit, bike, pedestrian, and aviation	View this chapter View summary of comments
Housing	Policy for housing location, supply, affordability, and quality	View this chapter View summary of comments
Economic development	Policy for city community and economic development strategies	View this chapter View summary of comments
Public services and facilities	Policy for basic city services and operations, including public safety, education, and libraries	View this chapter View summary of comments
Environment	Policy for environmental issues, including air, water, land, and development	View this chapter View summary of comments
Open space and parks	Policy for parks, recreation, and other public open spaces	View this chapter View summary of comments
Urban design	Policy for design and appearance of development in the city	View this chapter View summary of comments
Heritage preservation	Policy for preservation of historic and cultural resources	View this chapter View summary of comments
Arts and culture	Policy for promoting and supporting arts and culture	View this chapter View summary of comments
Implementation	Tools used to implement policies in the comprehensive plan	View this chapter View summary of comments
Maps	Maps illustrating key concepts in chapters, like future land use	View this section View summary of comments
Appendices	Additional information and analysis supporting policy direction	View this section View summary of comments