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Sunset Hills sets a 500-foot buffer between dispensaries and schools, daycares

Sunset Hills sets a 500-foot buffer between dispensaries and schools, daycares

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter February 5, 2020

Sunset Hills has a 500-foot buffer for medical marijuana facilities after the Board of Aldermen voted 5-3 Dec. 10 to establish an ordinance regulating medical marijuana facilities in the city. Ward 1...

Zoning is a hot topic for ‘Sunset Hills Neighbors’

Zoning is a hot topic for ‘Sunset Hills Neighbors’

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter January 7, 2020

By Erin Achenbach Staff Reporter eachenbach@callnewspapers.com The widely debated issue of the Sunset Hills zoning code rewrite was at the forefront of most attendees’ minds at the first town hall...

A No Cluster Homes sign along Robyn Road in Sunset Hills last year.

Sunset Hills residents worry new zoning could add new cluster homes

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter August 13, 2019

Concerns about making it easier for cluster home developments to come to Sunset Hills have dominated public comments about the city’s new proposed zoning code. The Planning and Zoning Commission, which...

The Sunset Hills location of Vatterott, as seen on Google Street View.

‘Silicon Valley’ could head to Sunset Hills

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 19, 2019

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...

Y Bark Alone sits on Watson Road near the Watson-Lindbergh intersection. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Y Bark Alone dog daycare denied in bid to double its number of dogs

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 12, 2019

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 from owner Patches Ellis to amend her conditional-use...

New zoning code in Sunset Hills set for hearings; it uses guidelines over standards

New zoning code in Sunset Hills set for hearings; it uses guidelines over standards

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter June 6, 2019

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...

Sunset Hills Mayor Pat Fribis. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Tattoo parlors allowed in Sunset Hills after a tie-breaker

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 1, 2019

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...

A No Cluster Homes sign along Robyn Road in Sunset Hills last year.

Sunset Hills cluster home proposal withdrawn by developer

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter April 18, 2019

Residents opposed to the proposal for a cluster home development at the Krueger family house property on Robyn Road in Sunset Hills will get their way after all, but not by a vote through the Board Aldermen. Developer...

A No Cluster Homes sign along Robyn Road in Sunset Hills last year.

Cluster home vote delayed once again

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 20, 2019

The March 12 Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen meeting was tense as residents confronted the board after the scheduled vote on the Fischer & Frichtel cluster home development was delayed once again as...

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