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MEMORANDUM To: St. Anthony Village Planning Commission From: Stephen Grittman, City Planner Date: January 11, 2022 Meeting Date: January 18, 2022 NAC Project No. 323.02 – 22.01 This memorandum introduces the discussion of potential amendment of uses in the City’s Commercial and Industrial zoning districts. There are some references in the Comprehensive Plan related to this, and the current districts are vague and, in some cases, archaic in their language. Changes to consider would be to usage and goals for each of the two districts. The purpose of the Zoning Ordinance is to implement the goals of the Comprehensive Plan, but often, it is the Zoning Ordinance that does the “heavy lifting” of purpose and general nature of these districts. As a first step, we will have a discussion of the uses purpose statements in each of the two districts, and whether the City’s desired purpose is adequately defined and/or in need of expansion and clarification. From there we should discuss the various uses in each district as to the role they might play in reaching the purpose, and whether any refinement to the performance standards or conditions are required. At this point, we are not expecting to address the boundaries of these districts. The Comprehensive Plan’s recommendations are to retain the existing zoning pattern, with the primary change being a consideration of integrating more residential development into the commercial zones. In the material below, we have provided the relevant Comprehensive Pan language, and the two zoning districts for review. The Comprehensive Plan identifies existing commercial and industrial development in the community as consisting of four general areas. Those are described in Chapter 4 (Land Use) as follows: Commercial and Industrial Infill and Redevelopment St. Anthony has four significant commercial and industrial nodes: • The Southwest Area (between Kenzie Terrace and Lowry Avenue); • Silver Lake Village (north of 37th Avenue and west of Silver Lake Road; • The industrial park on the southeast side of the city (south of New Brighton Boulevard); and • The industrial area in the northeast corner of the city north of 37th Avenue.