NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING
Zoning code text amendments:
Amending Title 20 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances related to the Zoning Code as follows:
Chapter 520, General Provisions
Chapter 525, Administration and Procedures
Chapter 530, Zoning Districts
Chapter 535, Built Form Overlay Districts
Chapter 540, Built Form Overlay Districts
Chapter 545, Use Regulations
Chapter 550, Development Standards
Chapter 555, Off-Street Parking, Loading, and Mobility
Chapter 560, Signs
Chapter 565, Definitions
Chapter 598, Land Subdivision Regulations
The purpose of the amendment is to establish authorized and regulated “safe outdoor spaces” for people experiencing homelessness. The amendment would allow safe outdoor parking to provide a legal, regulated option for people to shelter in their vehicles overnight in designated, managed parking lots. Project details are available at:
Safe Outdoor Parking Amendment – City of Minneapolis
The City Planning Commission will meet on Monday, April 6, 2026, at 4:30 p.m., in Room 350 Public Service Center (PSC), 250 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN. Interested parties are invited to attend and be heard. Planning Department staff will issue a recommendation to the Planning Commission. After hearing from the public, the Planning Commission will make a determination based on required legal findings of fact. Please visit https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/IndependentBodies/IndependentBodiesMeetings/CPC for the agenda with staff reports (web page is updated a few days prior to the meeting date).
If you would like to submit comments, you may make them verbally at the meeting or submit them in writing to:
Madel Mouta, Senior City Planner – 505 S 4th Ave #320, Minneapolis, MN 55415 -
Phone (612) 673-2098 E-mail:Madel.Mouta@minneapolismn.gov
For reasonable accommodations or alternative formats please contact 612-673-2216. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can use a relay service to call 311 at 612-673-3000. TTY users call 612-263-6850.
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