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. . Minutes - Plan Commission Page 4 March 22, 1989 Plan, including proposed changes to Part I-Growth Management and other related issues. Chairman McCauley noted that the required notice of the scheduled hearing had been published fifteen (15) days in advance in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and notices had been sent to interested parties and neighborhood leaders in the areas surrounding Olive Boulevard. The Chairman then called for Mr. Goldman to present the proposed changes for the Commission and the audience. Mr. Goldman stated that when the city's Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 1986, its policies were not meant to remain static, nor was it adopted in order to never be amended. In fact, Chapter 89, Section 360 of the Missouri Revised Statutes which governs adoption of city plans in Missouri, specificaliy allows plan amendments. A Comprehensive Plan should be a useful document to guide planning strategies in the event that development conditions change and should be amended to reflect any changes or oversights. The need for Plan amendment as currently proposed is one of oversight, because the 1986 Plan does not mention nor does it suggest any resolution to the problem of the shallow lot depth along Olive Boulevard with which the city has necessarily been concerned for many years. Mr. Goldman stated that planning staff had suggested several text changes which could address the potential need for expansion of commercial zoning north and south of the Olive corridor in order to achieve redevelopment goals and viable modern development patterns which necessitate deeper lots than currently offered along Olive. Chairman McCauley opened the public hearing by calling for any questions by members of the audience or by Commission members. Ms. Annie Carey of 7536 Melrose Avenue asked if homeowners adjacent to Olive Boulevard properties would be notified of any rezoning proposals affecting their properties. Mr. Goldman replied that property owners would be notified of rezoning proposals as legally required if they owned property within a 185' radius of the proposed development. Public hearings for rezoning proposals would be held by the City Council after a Plan Commission recommendation on the application. The Plan Commission always held public hearings on any proposed Conditional Use within a zoning district and property owners would be notified similarly of these hearings. Ms. Carey asked if the properties in the 7500 block of Melrose were to be redeveloped. Mr. Goldman stated that these properties, among others, would add greater depth to potential development sites, but Chairman McCauley stressed that the only issue being currently considered was the appropriateness of modifying the goals of the city plan and not the immediate rezoning of any specific properties. Mr. Don Wylan of 7354 Melrose Avenue noted that much of the 7300 block of Olive between Midland and Mt. Vernon Avenues was currently occupied by various types of residential uses and asked if this area was subject to potential commercial redevelopment. Mr. Goldman stated that a combined concern for the commercial, especially retail, viability along Olive and the currently weak multifamily residential market would not rule out any redevelopment in that area of Olive. Mr. Wagner added that with the 7300 block of Olive being included in the city's Olive Boulevard Central Tax Increment Finance District, one of the goals for the area was commercial redevelopment. Mr. Albert Ashby of 7545 Melrose Avenue asked if the city would condemn a home near Olive and take it to make way for development. Chairman McCauley explained that developers must own any property or have under contract any property they wish to have rezoned, and, in this way, the city could not "take" a property merely to satisfy a developer, nor could the city rezone any property without the owner's previous knowledge. The Chairman stated that in most cases a developer would need more than one residential property in order to create a high-quality commercial center with appropriate parking,