st. cloud planning commission

A year ago the roof of the Campus Book and Supply building collapsed due to heavy snow, now there is a plan to redevelop that property.

City leaders have their eye on an additional 12 acres of land to add to the George Friedrich Park in southeast St. Cloud. During Tuesday night's Planning Commission meeting, the board gave their approval for city staff to go ahead and start negotiating with the landowner.

Electronic signs have become more affordable and have started to pop up around town. Because of that, St. Cloud officials want to take a look at amending the city's ordinance that regulates signs.

A redevelopment project that includes building a Tim Hortons restaurant to south St. Cloud has moved one step forward. The St. Cloud Planning Commission unanimously approved the project during their meeting on Tuesday night.

The first Kwik Trip convenience store in St. Cloud is one step closer to opening. The St. Cloud Planning Commission unanimously approved the request to rezone the property at the corner of Highway 23 and 14th Avenue Southeast. Kwik Trip plans to demolish the church that sites on that property now and build a new 7,150 square foot store, with fuel an diesel pumps. and two drive-thru car washes.

Supporters of allowing backyard chickens in more St. Cloud neighborhoods didn't find any allies in the Planning Commission. The Commission voted unanimously this (Tuesday) evening to recommend that the city council not make an ordinance change.

St. Cloud's Planning Commission has delayed a decision on the local Islamic Center's proposal to build a new mosque and related buildings amid opposition from some neighbors. The Islamic Center of St. Cloud wants to build in a mostly residential area.

The city of St. Cloud already has a policy of installing sidewalks, when they work on road projects. But now there's a move afoot to create a city ordinance to make it mandatory.

The St. Cloud Planning Commission is holding a public input session tomorrow night on the city's Capital Improvement Program. The Planning Commission will take the comments and incorporate them into their recommendations to the Mayor for the 2012 CIP.

The St. Cloud Planning Commission has approved a change to a Planned Unit Development that would allow CentraCare to build a new administrative services building next to the Health Plaza building.