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Clayton aldermen discuss overlay options for Concordia Seminary property, focus on tree protection and grading limits
Summary
City staff and legal advisers told the Board of Aldermen that creating an overlay to govern the Concordia Seminary property is possible but legally and technically complicated; members prioritized tree preservation and stormwater controls while cautioning against premature zoning changes.
City planning staff outlined options for an overlay or urban design district to guide redevelopment of the Concordia Seminary property, and aldermen spent more than an hour weighing tree-protection, grading limits, stormwater controls and the limits of the city’s authority.
Planner Anna (staff) told the Board of Aldermen on April 23 that the site is currently governed by the R-2 Residential Zoning District but that portions of the seminary campus already operate under a conditional use permit for institutional multifamily and dormitory uses. Anna said the city faces a choice between a broader “overlay” aimed at larger redevelopment and an “urban design district” tuned to small-scale infill, and that either approach could be used depending on the board’s goals.
“The question is: what are we trying to protect against?” Anna said. “If we want to prevent large-scale regrading or preserve tree canopy, we need to be explicit about that, because the legal effect differs if the property is…
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