Community of Spanish Lake

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The Board of Directors of the Spanish Lake Community Association (SLCA) voted unanimously to oppose the rezoning request of North County Development, LLC from M-3 & FPM-3 to C-8 for PC 22-09 for the Riverview Casino Complex on approximately 375+ acres of farmland on the east side of Riverview Boulevard in Spanish Lake on the Mississippi River floodplain. The SLCA has joined with many other organizations also opposing the development for various reasons forming the Common Sense Coalition. List of Organizations Joining With the Common Sense Coalition.

The SLCA took this position because this proposed development of the land as a gambling complex (casino, hotel, convention center, parking for 8,000 cars, restaurants, shops, bars, etc.) is inconsistent with the comprehensive and coordinated plan in the Spanish Lake Community Area Study, developed by the County’s Planning Department over a 2 year period with input from Spanish Lake residents. In April of 1999, the St. Louis County Council not only approved the Study but also amended the St. Louis County General Plan "by incorporating therein the Spanish Lake Community Area Study.”

This Study specifically states that:
• The St. Louis County Planning Commission is hereby directed to avoid higher density rezoning in those portions of Spanish Lake which currently are low density or adjacent to agricultural or park lands (north and east).
• The country-like atmosphere, open space, beautiful trees, and peace and quiet were identified as important assets of the Spanish Lake community.
• Recreational opportunities were major assets.
• Natural and unique aesthetic qualities of the area should be preserved in public or common ground open space whenever possible.
• Commercial development should primarily be the use and reuse of existing commercial buildings rather than the construction of new buildings.