Roseville Twin Lakes Overlay District Ordinance Moves on to City Council

The Roseville Planning Commission is supporting a plan for the Twin Lakes Overlay District project.

The commission's recommendation in support of the draft ordinance came last week and now is being pased on to the City Council with minor changes. The Roseville City Council will discuss the ordinance today (Monday, Sept, 12).

The Twin Lakes district surrounds Langton Lake and includes land between Snelling and Cleveland avenues from County Road C to Brenner Avenue. The purpose of the proposed ordinance is to create a framework and a direct link with the redevelopment in the Twin Lakes area. 

The city has decided that redevelopment is necessary in the Twin Lakes area, however, it does not have the funds required to construct the traffic improvements or do the environmental cleanup needed to develop. The proposed ordinance covers the responsibilities of developers when purchasing plots in the district. 

The proposed ordinance clarifies that environmental improvements in the area are the responsibility of the developers. They must remediate any contamination found pursuant to state and federal law. They also must incorporate green space such as sidewalks and trails. 

Traffic improvements in the area would be contingent on the type of projects developers would create. If a project is to be built on a plot that would significantly increase traffic volume to and from the area, the developer would be responsible to financially contribute to road improvements. The amount they are to contribute would be determined by a traffic model that estimates how many car trips a site would generate and where those trips would be headed, on average.