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Planning Commission - 2026-05-15 - Planning Commission Meeting

Approves Rezoning at 213 Bates Avenue from H2 to T1, passed

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What happened

The St. Paul Planning Commission approved two items: a change of non-conforming use permit at 62 Winifred Street West (auto repair to auto specialty for an auto window tinting business) and a recommendation to City Council to rezone 213 Bates Avenue from H2 residential to T1 trad…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Saint Paul, MN
Governing body
Final authority
Date
May 15, 2026
Decisions
3 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, passed

Meeting Summary

The St. Paul Planning Commission approved two items: a change of non-conforming use permit at 62 Winifred Street West (auto repair to auto specialty for an auto window tinting business) and a recommendation to City Council to rezone 213 Bates Avenue from H2 residential to T1 trad…

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Key Decisions (3)

Approved

Change of non-conforming use permit at 62 Winifred Street West

Vote: unanimous
Approved

Rezoning at 213 Bates Avenue from H2 to T1

Vote: passed
Other

T-District Implementation Study proactive rezoning presentation

Zoning Changes (1)

Development Activity (3)

Auto window tinting business at 62 Winifred Street West

Commercial

213 Bates Avenue adaptive reuse (Roots Salon)

Commercial

Mixed-use multifamily dwelling at 500 Broadway Street

Mixed-Use

Market Signals (4)

Commercial Demand

St. Paul is seeing repeated demand to adaptively reuse historically…

Infrastructure

The city is proactively rezoning six transit corridors to T-districts…

Sentiment

Commissioners voiced concern about the unpredictability of reactive project-specific rezonings…

Commercial Demand

The Eastside Commercial Real Estate Development Initiative (Eastside Neighborhood Development…

Who Spoke (14)

ChairCommissioner · 3Staff · 3ApplicantPublic

On the record: the chair, 3 commissioners, 3 staff members, the applicant, and a member of the public.

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