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ZONINGBUILDING AND SITE CONDITIONS Five zoning designations govern how the In June and July 2006, Community land and buildings in the study area may be Development Department staff conducted used. They are SR Single-Family an Exterior Conditions Survey. The Residential, MR Medium Family Residential, information collected provides an overall PA Public Activity, IC Industrial Commercial look at building and site conditions in the and GC General Commercial. Zoning neighborhood. Exterior conditions visible corresponds closely to actual land use. from sidewalks were evaluated. Maps 5 Map 1 depicts zoning. and 6 depict exterior conditions in the study area. A majority of the study area is zoned SR – Single Family Residential (low density Exterior conditions were rated in two residential). Six parcels are zoned MR – categories: building and site (yard). Each Medium Family Residential. category contained a breakdown of possible housing and exterior maintenance Fifteen parcels are zoned PA-Public concerns. Building concerns included: Activity, which includes uses with a distinct leaning walls, cracked walls, roof in public character such as public recreation disrepair, porch/deck in disrepair, board up, use. driveway/walk in disrepair, exterior needs painting, broken windows, and other. Site The dominant zoning district along Olive concerns included landscaping, fence in Boulevard is GC- General Commercial. In disrepair, outdoor storage and other. the northwestern portion of the study area, there is a small cluster of IC- Industrial The survey revealed that of the parcels Commercial uses. viewed, approximately 5% had building concerns and approximately 4% had HOUSING exterior yard concerns. Arterial: A street that is There are 2,002 housing units in the study a major thoroughfare, ACCESS AND area according to the 2000 Census. Of that primarily for through number, 1,837 or 92% are single-family. CIRCULATION traffic, that is North-south access is characterized by high A majority of the residents are owners provided by Woodson volumes. (77%), while 23% are renters. See Map 2. nd Road, 82 Boulevard, and North and South Collector: A street that According to the St. Louis County Road. Olive Boulevard moves trips from one Assessor’s records, the average appraised is a major east-west arterial to another and value of study area buildings is $52,732. arterial in the study area. provide access and See Map 3. The average median contract Canton area is a local circulation within rent is $499. east-west route. Several . neighborhoods other east-west and A majority of the housing construction in the north-south routes move vehicle traffic to area occurred between 1940-1960, with and from the arterials and collectors. 1953 being the average median year that a structure was built. See Map 4. Short blocks and cul-de-sacs characterize many streets in the neighborhood, and Building styles in the neighborhood range in contribute the area’s walkability. style from one-story bungalows and ranches to new construction. A number of building materials were used and include brick, wood frame, and stucco.