[Mpls] Tall Buildings in Minneapolis

[David Brauer]

Gary Farland writes:

>  Nowhere in the editorial did it reference
> the central issue: whether to uphold the Shoreland Overlay District
ordinances.  These
> ordinances say that buildings are limited to 35 feet tall within 1000 feet
of our waterways,
> and were passed after the awful Lake Point building was built that
destroys the view from
> the east side of Lake Calhoun, the most used part of our chain of lakes.

Without commenting on the worth of tall buildings, isn't it fairer to say
the Shoreland Overlay District requires *additional city review* to exceed
35 feet tall within 1000 feet of waterways. I've been told it's not
technically a prohibition, but requires a heightened level of scrutiny.

Not taking sides here, just want a better sense of what the ordinance does
and doesn't say.

David Brauer
Kingfield