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Committee advances PUD for 78 townhomes at 5701 Wilson Avenue

St. Louis City Board of Aldermen Housing, Urban Development, and Zoning Committee · February 4, 2026
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Summary

The committee gave a due-pass recommendation for board bill 1‑29 to adopt a planned-unit development sketch plan that would allow 78 single-family attached townhomes at 5701 Wilson Avenue, replacing the former Hubert Wheeler State School and adding requirements for sidewalks, accessibility and screening.

A St. Louis Board of Aldermen housing committee on Jan. 27 gave a due-pass recommendation to board bill 1‑29, authorizing a planned-unit development (PUD) sketch plan for 78 single-family attached townhomes at 5701 Wilson Avenue. Alderman Devotee introduced the bill and asked the committee for favorable consideration.

James Pfister of the Planning and Urban Design Agency described the PUD as an overlay zoning tool that provides flexibility the city’s existing code lacks. “This particular planned unit development does is propose the building of 78 single family attached townhomes in groups of 3 and 4,” Pfister said, adding the parcel is the former Hubert Wheeler…

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