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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




Citywide & Multi-Sector Plans

Project Name

Neighborhood

Year Completed

Above the Falls—A Master Plan for the Upper River in Minneapolis

Multi-Sector

2000

Bassett Creek Valley Master Plan 2006

Multi-Sector

2007

Bassett Creek Valley Master Plan 2000

Multi-Sector

2000

Bassett Creek Valley Rezoning Study

Multi-Sector

2007

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

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

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

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 Corridor Plan

Cleveland, Folwell, McKinley, Jordan, Hawthorne, Marshall Terrace, Bottineau, Holland, Audubon Park, and Windom Park

2002

Minneapolis Near Northside Master Plan

Sumner Glenwood, Harrison, Near North

2000

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

Grain Belt Development Objectives

Sheridan

1996

Marcy-Holmes Master Plan Supplement

Marcy-Holmes

2007

Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Master Plan

Marcy-Holmes

2003

Southeast Minneapolis Industrial (SEMI)/Bridal Veil Refined master Plan

Como, Marcy-Holmes, Prospect Park East River Road, University of Minnesota

2001

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

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

Lyn-Lake Small Area Plan

Lowry Hill East, Whittier, C.A.R.A.G., Lyndale

2009

Lyndale Avenue: A Vision

Lowry Hill East, Whittier, C.A.R.A.G., Lyndale, East Harriet, Kingfield, Lynnhurst, Tangletown Kenny, Windom

2007

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

Updated May 11, 2010