These are the zoning overlays are found in City Code Chapter 67, as well as the Height Districts found in Chapter 63. Other major zoning overlays are not found here but are organized as stand-alone layers, including the Floodplain Management Overlay Districts Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area Overlay Districts (both current and future versions), and Special Sign Overlay Districts.This data allows mapping of ten overlay districts:EG East Grand Avenue Overlay DistrictH1 Height District Area IH2 Height District Area IIH3 Height District Area IIIHV Hillcrest Village Overlay DistrictSF-P State Fair Parking Overlay DistrictSF-V State Fair Vending Overlay DistrictSH Student Housing Neighborhood Overlay DistrictTP Tree Preservation Overlay DistrictWB White Bear Avenue Overlay DistrictAttributes (Fields) Defined:Zoning: The shorthand for the zoning district, generally a combination of two or three letters and numbers.Zoning Name: The name of the zoning district.Zoning Description: A description of the zoning district, written in HTML, intended for use in the popup in ArcGIS Online.Notes: Notes on the zoning designation.

These are districts that are defined and referred to in the City's Zoning Code, as outlined in Chapter 64.600 Special Sign Districts. These districts were created to regulate signage in a more specific way than what is provided in the existing zoning code. In many cases, these districts were created specifically to prohibit off-premises advertising signs (billboards); since many of these districts were created, the establishment of new off premises advertising signs has been prohibited citywide. Of note, several of the districts (Merriam Park, Snelling-Hamline and North End/South Como) follow old planning district boundaries that are no longer current. These sign district boundaries follow the old district lines, but their respective planning districts and district councils follow new boundaries, which are shared elsewhere through City GIS.Overlay districts:There are currently 17 special sign districts, or 20 if you include count the four subareas of the Greater East Side separately. These districts include sometimes overlapping geographies:Dayton's Bluff; Downtown; Grand Avenue; Greater East Side (including Arcade Street, Payne Avenue, Phalen Corridor/Phalen Village, and White Bear Avenue subareas); Hamline Midway; Highland Village; Macalester-Groveland; Merriam Park; North End/South Como; Shepard Davern; Smith Avenue; Snelling Hamline; Saint Anthony Park; Sunray-Battle Creek-Highwood; Tomas/Dale District 7; West Side; and White Bear Avenue.Attributes (Fields) Defined:Zoning: The shorthand for the zoning district, generally a combination of two or three letters and numbers.Zoning Name: The name of the zoning district.Zoning Description: A description of the zoning district, written in HTML, intended for use in the popup in ArcGIS Online.Notes: Notes on the zoning designation.

The Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) districts shown in this layer will NOT apply to Saint Paul until Saint Paul updates its zoning code to conform to the new state rules, a process tentatively expected to be completed in the coming year. This text will be updated at the time the rules are put into effect. In the meantime, a companion layer of the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area Overlay Districts can be found wherever this layer is found, and the districts in that layer are the ones which are currently applicable within the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area.This data delineates the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) districts as provided in Minnesota Rules, part 6106.0100, subp. 9. The MRCCA is a land corridor along the Mississippi River in the seven-county metro area in which special land use regulations guide development activity. The corridor extends 72 miles along the Mississippi River from the cities of Ramsey and Dayton in the north to the City of Hastings and Ravenna Township in the south. It includes 54,000 acres of land along both sides of the river. The State of Minnesota created the corridor and land use regulations in 1976. Local governments administer the regulations through their local plans and zoning ordinances.The MRCCA is home to a full range of residential neighborhoods and parks, as well as river-related commerce, industry, and transportation. Though the MRCCA has been extensively developed, many intact and remnant natural areas remain, including bluffs, islands, foodplains, wetlands, riparian zones, and native aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna.New rules regulating the MRCCA were published on December 27, 2016 and became effective January 4, 2017. The new rules establish six districts, each with dimensional standards for river and bluff setbacks, and building height. The purpose of this map is to delineate the physical boundaries for each of these six districts.According to the accompanying documentation on Minnesota Geospatal Commons, where this feature class was downloaded, this map serves as the authoritative source for the MRCCA districts in rule.This data allows mapping of seven districts:CA-ROS Rural and Open Space DistrictCA-RN River Neighborhood DistrictCA-RTC River Towns and Crossings DistrictCA-SR Separated from River DistrictCA-UM Urban Mixed DistrictCA-UC Urban Core DistrictAttributes (Fields) Defined:Zoning: The shorthand for the zoning district, generally a combination of two or three letters and numbers.Zoning Name: The name of the zoning district.Zoning Description: A description of the zoning district, written in HTML, intended for use in the popup in ArcGIS Online.Notes: Notes on the zoning designation.

This data delineates the districts set forth in Chapter 68 of Saint Paul City Code, focused on the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA). Chapter 68 also currently contains floodplain standards which are technically still binding, but have been functionally replaced by the standards set forth in Chapter 72, Floodplain Management Overlay Districts. The River Corridor Overlay District and its subclassifications, RC1, RC2, RC3, RC4, are map overlay districts, designed to provide comprehensive floodplain and river bluff management for the city in accordance with the policies of Minnesota Statutes (Chapters 103 and 116G), Minnesota Regulations (MEQC 54) and Governor's Executive Order No. 79-19.The MRCCA is a land corridor along the Mississippi River in the seven-county metro area in which special land use regulations guide development activity. The corridor extends 72 miles along the Mississippi River from the cities of Ramsey and Dayton in the north to the City of Hastings and Ravenna Township in the south. It includes 54,000 acres of land along both sides of the river. The State of Minnesota created the corridor and land use regulations in 1976. Local governments administer the regulations through their local plans and zoning ordinances.The MRCCA is home to a full range of residential neighborhoods and parks, as well as river-related commerce, industry, and transportation. Though the MRCCA has been extensively developed, many intact and remnant natural areas remain, including bluffs, islands, foodplains, wetlands, riparian zones, and native aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna.New rules regulating the MRCCA were published on December 27, 2016 and became effective January 4, 2017. Those new rules and these districts will not apply to Saint Paul until Saint Paul updates its zoning code to conform to the new state rules, which has not been initiated as of April 2018, a process which will take many months to complete. This text should be updated at the time the rules are put into effect. A separate layer shows these future overlay districts. But the districts shown in this layer you are currently looking at are the ones which are currently applicable within the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area in the City of Saint Paul.This data allows mapping of seven districts:RC1 River Corridor Floodway Overlay DistrictRC2 River Corridor Flood Fringe Overlay DistrictRC3 River Corridor Urban Open Overlay DistrictRC4 River Corridor Urban Diversified Overlay DistrictAttributes (Fields) Defined:Zoning: The shorthand for the zoning district, generally a combination of two or three letters and numbers.Zoning Name: The name of the zoning district.Zoning Description: A description of the zoning district, written in HTML, intended for use in the popup in ArcGIS Online.Notes: Notes on the zoning designation.