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Planning commission votes 3–1 to recommend reclassifying Geneva Meadows to 2 units per acre
Summary
After hearing staff explain a Metropolitan Council density calculation dispute, the commission voted to amend the comp plan designation for Geneva Meadows from a 3–5 units-per-acre band to allow a 2 units-per-acre minimum for this site so previously approved lot counts do not change.
The Saint Paul Park Planning Commission on Oct. 13 voted 3–1 to recommend a comprehensive plan amendment that would reclassify the Geneva Meadows subdivision area from the 3–5 units-per-acre low-density category to a 2–5 units-per-acre band for this specific property.
City planning staff told the commission the change is being pursued because the Metropolitan Council, reviewing the subdivision’s sewer permit, used a different method for calculating gross developable acreage by including certain rights-of-way and easements (railroad right-of-way, pipeline easement and an unplatted Cottage Grove right-of-way) that city staff had not counted in earlier local calculations. Under the Met Council method, the subdivision no longer meets the 3 units-per-acre minimum tied…
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