For the first time in 25 years, the City of St. Cloud is updating its Future Land Use (FLU) map.
It has been a contentious process.
Over 200 residents packed a city Planning Commission meeting on Aug. 19, and many of them spoke out against changes proposed, including allowing high-density residential in the “state street” grid, and low-intensity “neighborhood commercial” on Florida Avenue. A section of Lakeshore Boulevard in the vicinity of the boat ramp and Crabby Bill’s restaurant would also be assigned a neighborhood commercial land use…