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Staff recommends no immediate changes to Old Village zoning; larger review to wait for 2026 comp plan
Summary
Planning staff presented Old Village zoning review findings and recommended deferring substantive future-land-use changes until the 2026 comprehensive-plan update, citing shoreland constraints, survey results favoring traditional neighborhood character, and the need for broader community engagement.
LAKE ELMO, Minn. — City planning staff briefed the Lake Elmo Planning Commission on the Old Village study and recommended postponing major changes to zoning and the future-land-use map until the city’s 2026 comprehensive-plan update.
Planning staff said the Old Village review drew on a 2024 study and a visual-preference survey of residents. Staff described three subareas examined for potential changes and said the recommendation is to “not do anything between that time” and the next comprehensive-plan process because a change now would require extensive community engagement and cost. “Our ultimate recommendation is to not do…
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