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Committee backs PUD for 78 townhomes on former Hubert Wheeler State School site
Summary
A St. Louis City committee recommended a due-pass for Board Bill 129, a planned-unit development to convert the former Hubert Wheeler State School at 5701 Wilson Avenue into 78 attached townhomes, with planning-commission conditions including a continuous sidewalk, accessibility measures and screening for adjacent residences.
St. Louis — The Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee on Jan. 27 recommended Board Bill 129 for passage, endorsing a planned-unit development that would allow McBride Homes to build 78 single-family attached townhomes on the former Hubert Wheeler State School campus at 5701 Wilson Avenue.
Alderman DeVote introduced the bill and turned the presentation over to James Pfister of the Planning and Urban Design Agency, who told committee members the parcel (City Block 4022) is vacant and was cleared after the longstanding state-school buildings were demolished. Pfister said the site’s underlying K zoning currently prohibits residential use and that a PUD…
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