Sunset Hills residents worry new zoning could add new cluster homes
Pictured above: A ‘No Cluster Homes’ sign along Robyn Road in Sunset Hills in March. The signs were put up by residents around the city who were opposed to a 12-home development on a five-acre tract by developer Fischer & Frichtel near Robyn Road, Lincoln Drive and Lindbergh Drive. Fischer & Frichtel eventually scrapped the
[ Read More ]‘Silicon Valley’ could head to Sunset Hills
Pictured above: The Sunset Hills location of Vatterott, as seen on Google Street View. Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen held a public hearing June 11 on a petition from a startup company looking to move into the former Vatterott College campus and bring “Silicon Valley to Sunset Hills.” Founded in
[ Read More ]Y Bark Alone dog daycare denied in bid to double its number of dogs
Pictured above: Y Bark Alone sits on Watson Road near the Watson-Lindbergh intersection. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com Dog daycare Y Bark Alone will not be able to board more than its current 50 dogs at a time after the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen struck down a proposal
[ Read More ]New zoning code in Sunset Hills set for hearings; it uses guidelines over standards
By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com The Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing on the city’s new zoning code in July and could vote on the changes in August. Board approval of the new zoning code will end a process that began in 2017 to have Chicago-based Houseal Lavigne, an urban
[ Read More ]Tattoo parlors allowed in Sunset Hills after a tie-breaker
Pictured above: Sunset Hills Mayor Pat Fribis. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com Tattoo parlors could soon set up shop in Sunset Hills after the Board of Aldermen voted April 23 to approve an ordinance that would add tattoo establishments as a use in the PD-LI Zoning District, with Mayor
[ Read More ]Sunset Hills cluster home proposal withdrawn by developer
Pictured above: A ‘No Cluster Homes’ sign along Robyn Road in Sunset Hills. The vote on the proposed Fischer & Frichtel cluster home development has been delayed for a third time until the April 23 meeting. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com Residents opposed to the proposal for a cluster home
[ Read More ]Cluster home vote delayed once again
Pictured above: A ‘No Cluster Homes’ sign along Robyn Road in Sunset Hills. The vote on the proposed Fischer & Frichtel cluster home development has been delayed for a third time until the April 23 meeting. Photo by Erin Achenbach. By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com The March 12 Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen meeting
[ Read More ]Neighbors still oppose Robyn cluster homes
By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com Nearby residents of a proposed cluster home development at Lindbergh Boulevard and Robyn Road once again appeared before the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen this month to protest the proposed 5-acre 12-villa development. Three residents spoke at the Feb. 12 meeting against a proposal submitted by Fischer & Frichtel
[ Read More ]Jubilee Church to expand to second story
Representatives from Jubilee Church once again appeared before the Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen last month, this time to request a second-story expansion to the church they are building in an office park. At the Jan. 8 meeting, Mike Vorwerk with Civil Engineering Design Consultants presented a plan to the board for changes to the
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