$7M zoning-only building permit application submitted for conversion of Fanning School into 62 dwelling units.
There's an appeal to the Board of Adjustment to split 4233 Humphrey into two lots. I presume to build a new home on the vacant half. You know it's a hot market when this is happening.
There are two other lot splittings on the same meeting agenda. Does anyone know why this violates zoning? There are plenty of lots on the same block with the same width.
There are two other lot splittings on the same meeting agenda. Does anyone know why this violates zoning? There are plenty of lots on the same block with the same width.
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Anyone know what the plans for this place is? Recently rehabbed.
The variance for the Fanning school conversion passed the Board of Adjustment.
Didn't see anything on here about this: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... 18e55f53e5
62 apartments (35 1br & 27 2br) by Screaming Eagle Development in closed Fanning Middle School building. $17M.
62 apartments (35 1br & 27 2br) by Screaming Eagle Development in closed Fanning Middle School building. $17M.
Great to see a steady hand moving forward with this project. Had to laugh at neighbors raising "density concerns". Do they think apartments will generate more traffic than an operational middle school?
$300k zoning-only building permit application for a four family at 3525 Giles
It's zoned B. Two Family, so needs a variance.
It's a 35' wide lot. The other 4-fams on the block are on 50' wide lots.
It's zoned B. Two Family, so needs a variance.
It's a 35' wide lot. The other 4-fams on the block are on 50' wide lots.
$150k building permit application submitted for INT/EXT ALTS (DECK/BASEMENT/STAIR ENTRY) PER PLANS for 3231-33 Morgan Ford, afour-family which had a fire last spring.
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^ nice to see for that Giles lot... a few years ago there was a two-fam on that parcel that was demolished after a fire so it's nice to see the desire for even more units as so many others have been lost in the area via conversions. I believe it's from the same people who are wrapping up a single-fam infill home in Shaw and who will be going before the Board of Adjustment this week for a four-fam on a 39' vacant lot in Tower Grove East zoned two-family, (The TGE one had to go before Cultural Resources/Preservation Board and was approved; I don't think the one in TGS has to do that.)
Do you think there will be opposition to this four family on Giles?
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^ Possibly; some folks have citied parking and density concerns in opposition to the larger Fanning proposal nearby. I suppose if they can accomodate 3 or 4 parking spots in back that will be helpful. (Board of Adjustment approved the variance request for a 6 fam conversion of a four-fam in Benton Park West this past week in part because they could accomodate 5 parking spots in back.)
Some updates on some of the TGS projects on this thread and a new proposal...
- The new construction portion of the mixed-use, part rehab/part new construction project at Morgan Ford & Wyoming is starting to take shape with steel framing now up. And both Morgan Ford buildings by Humphrey that had the pretty severe fire damage are continuing with their restorations. And I noticed a hearing for a tattoo shop for that building further up Morgan Ford (by the market) that's been under rehab (I believe the second floor now has residential tenant(s).
- Screaming Eagle also has put in its application for 4% LIHTC for its proposal for mixed-income Fanning School residential conversion.
- A developer is proposing 13 single-families for the 4100 block of Tholozan, which currently is the rear of an industrial parcel which would be subdivided. (With no alley, the homes would have front-facing garages and I assume trash pick-up would be roll out carts in front as well, rarities for the neighborhood.) I'm not positive, but I believe pricing would be in the $400ks and no incentives are being sought. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tholo ... 90.2579374
- The new construction portion of the mixed-use, part rehab/part new construction project at Morgan Ford & Wyoming is starting to take shape with steel framing now up. And both Morgan Ford buildings by Humphrey that had the pretty severe fire damage are continuing with their restorations. And I noticed a hearing for a tattoo shop for that building further up Morgan Ford (by the market) that's been under rehab (I believe the second floor now has residential tenant(s).
- Screaming Eagle also has put in its application for 4% LIHTC for its proposal for mixed-income Fanning School residential conversion.
- A developer is proposing 13 single-families for the 4100 block of Tholozan, which currently is the rear of an industrial parcel which would be subdivided. (With no alley, the homes would have front-facing garages and I assume trash pick-up would be roll out carts in front as well, rarities for the neighborhood.) I'm not positive, but I believe pricing would be in the $400ks and no incentives are being sought. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tholo ... 90.2579374
This is on the April 12 Board of Adjustment agendaquincunx wrote: ↑Sep 11, 2022$300k zoning-only building permit application for a four family at 3525 Giles
It's zoned B. Two Family, so needs a variance.
It's a 35' wide lot. The other 4-fams on the block are on 50' wide lots.
Interesting. Recently I was looking through the City's zoning code and was surprised to learn that for most of the areas zoned B - Two Family or C - Multi family, the apartments must have at least 1,000-1,500 square feet on the lot per dwelling unit.quincunx wrote: ↑Mar 27, 2023This is on the April 12 Board of Adjustment agendaquincunx wrote: ↑Sep 11, 2022$300k zoning-only building permit application for a four family at 3525 Giles
It's zoned B. Two Family, so needs a variance.
It's a 35' wide lot. The other 4-fams on the block are on 50' wide lots.
$150k building permit application submitted for a new garage and granny flat at 4021 Juniata.
Accessory dwelling unit!
Accessory dwelling unit!
Two neighbors sued the Board of Adjustment to block the variances for the Fanning school rehab into apartments. They won. Not sure what happens next.
https://www.courts.mo.gov/cnet/cases/ne ... urtId=CT22
https://www.courts.mo.gov/cnet/cases/ne ... urtId=CT22
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^^Missed that. What was the logic? Were they worried it'd generate more traffic or some other such sadness?
Nice summary of the case from the recent NextSTL OpEd...
Tower Grove South has seen two projects derailed because of this. The most important of these projects is the renovation of Fanning Middle School. SLPS closed the school in 2021, and reached an agreement with a local developer to sell the school to turn into 62 apartments, with 30% set aside for individuals earning 50% of the Area Median Income. The developer needed the zoning for this project to be changed to allow residential development, as well as a variance for having less than 2500 square feet of parcel per unit and 55 off-street parking spaces for a 62 unit building. The variances were obtained with the support of the alderwoman and the Tower Grove South Neighborhood Association, but a resident filed a lawsuit (Case 2222-CC08892) to have the variances overturned. He thought that this project had too many units and not enough parking, and wanted the developer to reduce the project by a third or not build housing. A judge ruled that the Board of Adjustment had not provided enough evidence to prove that the property was no longer viable for use as a school, and overturned the variances.
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As a resident of the neighborhood, I'm incredibly irritated by these decisions that are not allowing the neighborhood to add units and grow.
What small role could I play in the future to prevent this? It seems you can't build new or renovate old in the neighborhood right now without someone getting really upset.
Just the other day, I met a woman in the neighborhood that expressed disdain for the two new buildings on Morgan Ford, saying that she would fight anything similar in the future with everything she had. It was utterly depressing to meet someone like her.
What small role could I play in the future to prevent this? It seems you can't build new or renovate old in the neighborhood right now without someone getting really upset.
Just the other day, I met a woman in the neighborhood that expressed disdain for the two new buildings on Morgan Ford, saying that she would fight anything similar in the future with everything she had. It was utterly depressing to meet someone like her.
Show up to public meetings about development projects and encourage similarly minded people to do the same. The power of just a few positive voices in room full of negative speakers against a project can be big.
That said, I'm not really sure what you can do about about an "urbanist" who wrote this in a PD OpEd...
That said, I'm not really sure what you can do about about an "urbanist" who wrote this in a PD OpEd...
suing the city to stop the redevelopment of a vacant school building as mixed-income housing across the street from his house. It really is the definition of gatekeeping.the basic purpose of a city: meeting the needs of its citizens while creating attractive surroundings with abundant economic opportunity.
Just noticed the other plaintiff works for Beyond Housing and also lives across the street from the school. Literally Not In My Backyard, well... Frontyard for both the plaintiffs.