Commission recommends council approve comp plan amendment and rezoning for 5516 Vernon Avenue, 6-2

The City of Edina Planning Commission on May 28 voted 6–2 to recommend that the City Council approve a comprehensive plan amendment, rezoning and site plan for 5516 Vernon Avenue that would allow two duplexes (four dwelling units) on a site currently guided and zoned for single-family use.

Staff said the approximately one-acre site would be re-guided from "low density residential" to "low density attached residential," rezoned from R-1 to PRD-2 and platted so each dwelling would be on a separate lot with shared common space managed by a homeowners association. Staff recommended approval and the commission forwarded that recommendation by roll-call vote.

Planner Carrie (City planning staff) told the commission the site is just under one acre, is adjacent to Yancey Park and Highland School, and contains mature trees along the west lot line proposed for preservation. She said the proposal would…