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, �� Co il Resolution
Presented By
Referre To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, a municipality may pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 462.353 carry on
comprehensive municipal planning activities for guiding the future development
and improvement of the municipality; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Saint Paul may pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes 462.355 adopt or amend a comprehensive plan or portion thereof after
a recorr�nendation by the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council upon the recomnendation of the Planning Commission
has heretofore adopted as portions of the comprehensive plan the plan for
District 3; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has found the Smith Avenue Task Force Report
consistent with the policies and objectives of the Saint Paul Comprehensive
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Comnission has recomnended adoption of the Smith Avenue
Task Force Report as an amendment to the District 3 Plan, and that a surr�nary
of the Smith Avenue Plan be added to the text of the District 3 Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul
does hereby adopt the Smith Avenue Task Force Report as a Plan for Smith
Avenue to be incorporated into the City's comprehensive plan as part of the
District 3 Plan subject to such review by the Metropolitan Council as may be
required by law; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a summary of the Smith Avenue Plan attached
hereto be added to the text of the District 3 Plan.
COUNCILMEIV Requested by Department of:
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FEB 2 5 1985 Form Approved y ity Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date
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SMITH AVENUE PLAN
SUMMARY
The Smith Avenue Task Force 4. A STRIKING GATEWAY TO SMITH
Report, in its entirety, is an AVENUE and the Cherokee
amendment to the District 3 Plan. Heights neighborhood should be
The following is a summary of its created through the develop-
main points. ment of a pair of well
designed apartment buildings
1. A 40 ACRE STUDY of Smith on the southeast and southwest
Avenue from Cherokee Avenue to corners of Smith and Cherokee.
Annapolis Street should be To encourage the development
initiated to rezone property of such apartment buildings,
in accordance with the recom- as well as to discourage the
mendations of the District 3 use of the property for high
and Land Use elements of the traffic volume businesses that
St. Paul Comprehensive Plan would increase traffic safety
and the more specific problems at the corner, the B-
recomnendations of the Smith 3 zoned property at the south-
Avenue Task Force Report. east and southwest corners of
Smith and Cherokee should be
2. OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMERCIAL rezoned to RM-2.
GROWTH should be in the exist-
ing comnercial cluster areas 5. THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES on
at Smith/King (Stevens to Smith should be moved to the
Baker), Smith/Annapolis, and alley line and decorative
Smith/Dodd. The 6-3 zoned street lights should be
property at the southwest installed.
corner of Smith and George
and from Stevens to just past 6. THE SMITH AVENUE ROADWAY
Baker (except for 612-616 between Stevens and Dodd
Smith and 376 W. King) should should be reconstructed at a
be rezoned to 6-2 to width of 43 feet (a width of
encourage the types of 44 feet is needed for the
businesses that support the bridge approach between
neighborhood oriented Stevens and Cherokee), with
businesses in the area. The six inch curbs, and with con-
B-1 zoned vacant property at crete bus pads to mark bus
the northwest corner of Smith stops. Sidewalks should be
and Annapolis should be re- reconstructed as needed at a
zoned to P-1 to allow a park- width of 5 feet, leaving a
ing lot that would serve boulevard width of 3 feet.
businesses at the corner.
7. COLUMNAR NORWAY MAPLES should
3. PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL uniformly line Smith Avenue
AREAS should remain so. The from Cherokee to Dodd. MnDOT
B-2 zoned residential property should move existing trees to
between Baker and Morton, at the center of the boulevard,
404 W. Curtice, and at 781 S. or replace them with 3 inch
Smith should be rezoned to RM- balled and burlapped columnar
2 to make the existing use Norway Maples, when the widen-
conforming and to discourage ing of the Mn149 roadway re-
commercial expansion outside moves or harms existing trees.
of the comnercial areas.
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8. NEW CURBS should be construc-
ted where needed along cross
streets in the commercial
cluster areas.
9. SHARED USE OF PARKING LOTS
should be encouraged by the
Smith-Dodd Business Associa-
tion for new and underutilized
existing parking lots. A
shared use parking lot should
be constructed at the north-
west corner of Smith and Ann-
apolis.
10. THE LOCATION OF PARKING LOTS
should be at the side or rear
of commercial structures and
have a minimum number of curb
cuts. Access to parking lots
on corners should be from the
side street. Existing curb
cuts within 30 feet of an
intersection should be closed.
11. A COORDINATED DESIGN PLAN
should be developed by an
architect for each of the
comnercial cluster areas. A
memorable unified visual image
should be developed for each
area through the use of repe-
titious elements: building
materials, colors, awnings,
the proportion of window open-
ings, and sign locations.
12. SIGNS on Smith Avenue should
provide clear identification
for the businesses on the
Avenue, reinforce a positive
image of the Avenue, and re-
flect the pride businesses
take in the area.
13. A SPECIAL DISTRICT SIGN PLAN,
with provisions to prohibit
advertising signs (billboards)
and business signs which
advertise a product in addi-
tion to the business on the
premises, should be adopted
for Smith Avenue.