Approved City Plans

The following land-use and development plans have been approved by the Minneapolis City Council. This list of approved plans is organized by geographic sector, beginning with citywide and multi-sector projects, followed by the five planning sectors indicated on the map at right.

Citywide & Multi-Sector Plans
Downtown Sector Plans
North Sector Plans
East Sector Plans
South Sector Plans
Southwest Sector Plans
Rezoning Studies

Citywide & Multi-Sector Plans

Project Name	Neighborhood	Year Completed
Above the Falls Master Plan Update	Multi-Sector	2013
Above the Falls—A Master Plan for the Upper River in Minneapolis	Multi-Sector	2000
ACCESS MINNEAPOLIS Ten Year Transportation Action Plan	Multi-Sector	2005-2009
Bassett Creek Valley Master Plan	Multi-Sector	2007
Bicycle Master Plan	Citywide
Critical Area Plan	Multi-Sector	2006
Franklin-Cedar/Riverside Transit Oriented Development Master Plan	Multi-Sector	2001
Industrial Land Use and Employment Policy Plan	Citywide	2006
Lowry Avenue Corridor Plan	Cleveland, Folwell, McKinley, Jordan, Hawthorne, Marshall Terrace, Bottineau, Holland, Audubon Park, and Windom Park	2002
Midtown Greenway Land Use and Development Plan	Multi-Sector	2007
Midtown Minneapolis Land Use and Development Plan	Multi-Sector	2005
The Minneapolis Plan for Sustainable Growth	Citywide	2009
Pedestrian Master Plan	Citywide	2009
Streetcar Studies	Citywide	2006-2010
Urban Agriculture Policy Plan	Citywide	2011

Downtown Sector Plans

Project Name	Neighborhood	Year Completed
Downtown 2010	North Loop, Downtown East, Downtown West, Elliott Park, Loring Park	1995
Downtown East/North Loop Master Plan	North Loop, Downtown East	2003
Elliot Park Neighborhood Master Plan	Elliot Park	2003
Historic Mills District Master Plan and Update	Downtown East	2001
Loring Park Neighborhood Master Plan	Loring Park	2013
North Loop Plan Update	North Loop
North Nicollet Mall Development Objectives	Downtown West	2000
Northside Jobs Park Design Guidelines	North Loop	1997

North Sector Plans

Project Name	Neighborhood	Year Completed
Lowry Avenue Strategic Plan	Cleveland, Folwell, McKinley, Jordan, Hawthorne	2010
Minneapolis Near Northside Master Plan	Sumner Glenwood, Harrison, Near North	2000
Van White Memorial Boulevard Station Area Plan	Bryn-Mawr, Harrison, Near North, Sumner Glenwood	2017
West Broadway Alive! Plan	Near North, Willard Hay, Jordan, Hawthorne	2008

East Sector Plans

Project Name	Neighborhood	Year Completed
15th Avenue SE Urban Design Plan	Marcy-Holmes	2009
Audubon Park Neighborhood Master Plan	Audubon Park	2008
Cedar Riverside Small Area Plan	Cedar Riverside	2008
Central Avenue Small Area Plan	Columbia Park, Waite Park, Audubon Park, Holland, Windom Park, Logan Park, Northeast Park, St. Anthony East, Beltrami, Marcy-Holmes and Nicollet Avenue/East Bank	2008
Como Blueprint	Como	2016
Grain Belt Development Objectives	Sheridan	1996
Holland Neighborhood Small Area Plan	Holland	2015
Lowry Avenue NE Corridor Plan and Implementation Framework	Audubon Park, Bottineau, Holland, Marshall Terrace, Windom Park	2015
Marcy-Holmes Master Plan Supplement	Marcy-Holmes	2007
Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Master Plan	Marcy-Holmes	2003
Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Master Plan (2014)	Marcy-Holmes	2014
Nicollet Island-East Bank Neighborhood Small Area Plan	Nicollet Island-East Bank	2014
Sheridan Neighborhood Small Area Plan	Sheridan	2014
Southeast Minneapolis Industrial (SEMI)/Bridal Veil Refined master Plan	Como, Marcy-Holmes, Prospect Park, East River Road, University of Minnesota	2001
Stadium Village University Avenue Station Area Plan	Prospect Park	2012
St. Anthony East Neighborhood Small Area Plan	St. Anthony East	2014
University Avenue SE & 29th Ave SE Development Objectives and Design Guidelines	Prospect Park	2007

South Sector Plans

Project Name	Neighborhood	Year Completed
38th Street and Chicago Avenue Small Area/Corridor Framework Plan	Central, Bryant, Powderhorn Park, and Bancroft	2008
38th Street Station Area Master Plan	Corcoran, Hiawatha, Howe, Longfellow, Standish	2006
46th & Hiawatha Station Area Master Plan	Hiawatha, Ericsson, Howe, Standish	2001
Chicago Avenue Corridor Plan	Ventura Village, Phillips West, Midtown Phillips	2012
Corcoran Midtown Revival Plan	Corcoran	2002
Hiawatha/Lake Station Area Master Plan	East Phillips, Corcoran, Longfellow, Seward	2001
Hi-Lake Shopping Center Development Guidelines and Objectives	Mid-Town Phillips, Phillips East, Corcoran, Longfellow	2001
Nokomis East Station Area Plan	Minnehaha	2007
Phillips West Master Land Use Plan	Phillips West	2009
Seward Longfellow Greenway Area Plan	Longfellow, Seward	2007

Southwest Sector Plans

Project Name	Neighborhood	Year Completed
Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Land Use Plan	Bryn Mawr	2005
Linden Hills Small Area Plan	Linden Hills	2014
Lyn-Lake Small Area Plan	Lowry Hill East, Whittier, C.A.R.A.G., Lyndale	2009
Lyndale Avenue: A Vision (pdf)	Lowry Hill East, Whittier, C.A.R.A.G., Lyndale, East Harriet, Kingfield, Lynnhurst, Tangletown, Kenny, Windom	1997
Nicollet Avenue: The Revitalization of Minneapolis’ Main Street	Stevens Square, Whittier, Lyndale, Kingfield, Tangletown, Windom	2000
South Lyndale Corridor Plan	Kenny, Lynnhurst, Tangletown, Windom	2006
Uptown Small Area Plan	East Calhoun (ECCO), C.A.R.A.G., Lowry Hill East and East Isles	2008

Online information from the City of Minneapolis at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cped

Last updated Oct 30, 2018

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