Council approves Chipotle at Knollwood; conditional use permits and comprehensive plan amendment cleared

The St. Louis Park City Council on Oct. 6 approved a development to add a Chipotle restaurant with a mobile‑order pickup lane on a vacant parcel adjacent to Knollwood Mall at 8528 Highway 7, combined with related changes to the neighboring 8530 Highway 7 property. The council approved a comprehensive plan amendment changing a portion of 8528’s future land use from right‑of‑way to commercial, granted conditional use permits to allow in‑vehicle service/parking and shared parking arrangements, and rescinded an older special permit for the northern parcel.

City planning staff presented the project, describing the two‑parcel proposal: the southern, vacant parcel would house Chipotle with a pickup lane (no staffed order board) and shared parking would be established with the existing commercial lot to the north, which includes a…