Pause the City-Wide Rezoning Changes Proposed for St. Louis Park
The Issue
We cherish St. Louis Park and the community here, similar to many families in town and have a long history as both a renter and home-owner. We understand and believe in affordable housing and the important role it plays in society and our economy.
We feel that while the proposed rezoning changes address affordable housing, they do so at the great detriment of our community's quality of life. We believe there is a better way to make St. Louis Park more affordable without devastating our town and destroying what makes it so special.
The proposed changes to the city code will allow every single-family home to be replaced by a duplex or triplex, which gives developers the opportunity to change St. Louis Park as we know it today. It can lead to an increase in tear downs, more corporate-owned housing, increased vehicle traffic and on-street parking and possibly, a reduction in enrollment in SLP public schools as single-family homes get demolished.
Of the roughly 50,000 residents, the City Council is likely moving forward with their decision to enact the revised City code based off the feedback of only 317 comments, which reflected both support and opposition to the proposed changes.
We're sharing this petition with hopes that it will illustrate to the City Council that many, many voices were not heard in the initial community engagement process, and that our city can come up with a better rezoning proposal that still encourages affordable housing, but lessens the negative impact the current proposal will have on our beloved St. Louis Park community and schools.
We need to ACT FAST! The City Council could vote on this as soon as its Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 meeting.
Please sign this petition to let the St. Louis Park City Council know your concerns about the rezoning proposal and that you support revisiting the project to come up with a solution that better meets the desires of our entire community.
Please share this with your family, neighbors, friends, co-workers, children's friend's parents, etc.; anyone who lives in St. Louis Park!
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The Issue
We cherish St. Louis Park and the community here, similar to many families in town and have a long history as both a renter and home-owner. We understand and believe in affordable housing and the important role it plays in society and our economy.
We feel that while the proposed rezoning changes address affordable housing, they do so at the great detriment of our community's quality of life. We believe there is a better way to make St. Louis Park more affordable without devastating our town and destroying what makes it so special.
The proposed changes to the city code will allow every single-family home to be replaced by a duplex or triplex, which gives developers the opportunity to change St. Louis Park as we know it today. It can lead to an increase in tear downs, more corporate-owned housing, increased vehicle traffic and on-street parking and possibly, a reduction in enrollment in SLP public schools as single-family homes get demolished.
Of the roughly 50,000 residents, the City Council is likely moving forward with their decision to enact the revised City code based off the feedback of only 317 comments, which reflected both support and opposition to the proposed changes.
We're sharing this petition with hopes that it will illustrate to the City Council that many, many voices were not heard in the initial community engagement process, and that our city can come up with a better rezoning proposal that still encourages affordable housing, but lessens the negative impact the current proposal will have on our beloved St. Louis Park community and schools.
We need to ACT FAST! The City Council could vote on this as soon as its Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 meeting.
Please sign this petition to let the St. Louis Park City Council know your concerns about the rezoning proposal and that you support revisiting the project to come up with a solution that better meets the desires of our entire community.
Please share this with your family, neighbors, friends, co-workers, children's friend's parents, etc.; anyone who lives in St. Louis Park!
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Petition created on January 28, 2025