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Minneapolis planning panel denies developer's bid to waive 30% first'floor window rule for proposed North Loop bathhouse
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 6'to— to deny alternative compliance from the city's 30% first'floor glazing standard for a proposed three'story bathhouse at 3rd Street North and 8th Avenue North, siding with neighbors who said a blank street'level wall would harm safety and future leasing prospects.
MINNEAPOLIS ' The Minneapolis Planning Commission voted 6'to— on [date recorded by the commission] to deny a developer's request for alternative compliance from the city's 30% first'floor glazing requirement for a proposed three'story bathhouse in the North Loop.
Planner Andrew Lisco presented the site plan for the project at 3rd Street North and 8th Avenue North, describing a roughly 34,000'square'foot, three'story bathhouse with pools, saunas, steam rooms and a rooftop deck. Lisco told commissioners staff supported two of three alternative compliance requests (blank wall and landscaping) but recommended denying the request for reduced first'floor windows and added a condition that any approval meet the 30% glazing standard.
The applicant's team argued the glazing requirement would undermine patron privacy and safety in amenity areas. Project representative Michael Margulies…
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