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Planning Files - Planning File #
3434
Planning Files - Type
Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Project Name
2002/3 Comprehensive Plan
Applicant
City of Roseville
Status
Approved
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2002/3 Comprehensive Plan
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<br />Rose Township's Second Boom <br /> <br />All the conditions that caused the boom in speculation in the 1840s and '50s were present at an <br />increased level in the 1940s and '50s. In anticipation of a post-war boom, the Board of Ramsey <br />County Commissioners and the Rosetown Board both passed a zoning code that consisted of <br />two classes. One section was called Farm Residence District and the second was Residence <br />District "A". As the names indicate, this was an effort to legalize and divide the urban from the <br />more rural areas on the fringes of the city. The little communities of Falcon Heights and <br />Lauderdale were filling up and their residents talked frequently about incorporating. <br /> <br />Commercial interest in Rosetown increased after the Second World War, and the Town form of <br />government was seen as too inefficient to deal with urban issues. New suburbanites wanted <br />utilities and the Town Board could not provide them. In response to their view of an urban <br />future the Town Board ordered a referendum on incorporation. In 1948 the election was held <br />and the result was a 7 to 1 landslide for incorporation (1,225 yes and 160 no). <br /> <br />Residential growth was soon spilling over from the Lake Como and North End districts of St. <br />Paul. Between 1920 and 1950, 1,665 dwellings were built in the township. That three-decade <br />total was nearly matched by the 1582 building permits granted between 1950 and 1954. Most of <br />the new residents were families escaping crowded conditions in the center city neighborhoods <br />of Frogtown, Rice Street and Summit-University. <br /> <br />Commercial space had to respond to the dramatic growth. Because most farmers shopped for <br />expensive and durable goods in St. Paul or Minneapolis, there was little demand for a large <br />retail district in the county. In fact the commercial functions were generally found at scattered <br />intersections across the county. Most of these places began as farmers' produce stands and <br />evolved toward stores, nightclubs or filling stations in a rather random process. <br /> <br />Expanded car ownership was changing the rural fringe of large sites. A shopping center was <br />built at Lexington and Larpenteur in 1950, and Rose Vista Courts was built at Larpenteur and <br />Fernwood. A huge change began on the western edge. The old center of trucking in St. Paul <br />had been on University Avenue between the western city limits and Prior Avenue. The <br />expansion of that industry prompted Glendenning and Bruce Transfer to move to a 400-acre <br />parcel they bought from Roseville's mayor. In the same year, the Rose Drive-In with its <br />gigantic neon rose was built with parking for 650 cars. Clearly, change was coming and land <br />prices began their long-awaited boom. In 1952, building codes and zoning laws were passed <br />that restricted mobile homes to specially designated parks and outlawed basement homes. A <br />year later, natural gas lines were extended from St. Paul. New development continually <br />expanded the miles of roads in the village all through the decade. Roseville law required <br />speculators in new developments to install all public services and utilities. The village paid a <br />50 percent subsidy for paving roads. <br /> <br />In 1957 a pro-development businessman, Emil Cedarholm, was elected mayor. The owner of C <br />& H Chemical Company, he was extremely popular and served several terms during the <br />crucial years of Roseville's growth. In 1959, the Slawicks sought and received permission to <br /> <br />Roseville Comprehensive Plan - 2002 Update <br /> <br />The Land and its People - Page 11 of 30 <br />
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