Living to the north of Günthersburgpark
Legal Zoning Plan no. 858
Project description
Reason for planning
For the area known as “Friedrich garden center” a resolution was passed in 2002 to draw up “Legal Zoning Plan no. 858 – Living to the North of Günthersburgpark”. In 2011 a resolution adopted by the City Council made the project area specified in the legal zoning plan an integral part of a preliminary study relating to the implementation of an urban development measure.
On the one hand, as part of this preliminary study the urban development concept behind the legal zoning plan was revised and the overarching objectives of the master plan adapted. For formal reasons, in 2017 the City Council resolved to exclude the planned area from the preliminary stuidy and to pursue the development and realization of the project by reintroducing the development plan process in connection with an urban development contract.
In September 2019, an urban development contract was concluded with the owners of the land in question and the project developers that defines the objectives for realizing the project on the basis of Legal Zoning Plan no. 858.
The draft legal zoning plan went on public display between March and August 2020.
The legal zoning plan was approved on March 31, 2022 by the Frankfurt City Council and included in the statutes; it came into force with its official gazetting on May 10, 2022.
Development area
The development area is bordered in the northeast by Dortelweiler Strasse and in the southeast by a residential area on Comeniusstrasse. In the south and southwest the land adjoins Günthersburgpark. The development area measures around 1.15 hectares.
Planning objectives
The legal zoning plan puts in place the conditions necessary for developing the land as attractive housing once it is no longer used as a garden center. The new development will blend in with existing buildings by taking into account roof types and the height of buildings already standing on Dortelweiler Strasse.
The new buildings to be constructed on the site of the former garden center will be kept open in terms of pathways while the west and south perimeter of the residential area will constitute a high-grade transition to it.
The southern edge of the area covered by the plan will be maintained as public parkland attached to Günthersburgpark. A children’s playground will be built here.
The housing area will be supplemented to include a set of three childcare centers – their outdoor areas will be aligned to the new build’s inner courtyard.
The legal zoning plan has also laid the foundations for creating an attractive public pathway for cyclists and pedestrians running from Dortelweiler Strasse across the area to Günthersburgpark. The planned area will be linked to the pathways in Günthersburgpark as part of the park’s expansion northwards.
Planning progress
July 2007
City executive proposal M 136 from 2007, legal zoning plan no. 858 – Living to the north of Günthersburgpark
March 2008
Resolution 3682 March 8, 2008 to draw up legal zoning plan no. 858 – Living to the north of Günthersburgpark
February 2011
Resolution 9550 adopted by the City Council on February 24, 2011 to commence preliminary studies relating to the implementation of an urban development measure in the area linking Frankfurt’s Bornhein and Seckbach districts with the Ernst May district
April 2016
City executive proposal M 80 from 2016 with amended urban development planning for legal zoning plan no. 858 – Living to the north of Günthersburgpark
February 2017
Resolution 1053 adopted by the City Council on February 23, 2017 to continue the legal zoning planning procedure with a new concept
September 2019
Conclusion of the urban development contract between the City of Frankfurt and the landowner
October 2019
Resolution adopted by the city executive (city executive proposal M 171) to submit for approval the draft of legal zoning plan no. 858 – Living to the north of Günthersburgpark
March 2020
Legal zoning plan No. 858 – Living to the north of Günthersburgpark – will be presented in the public domain from March 11 April 14, 2020 in order to ensure the participation and inclusion of the general public and the authorities.
June 2020
The draft Legal Zoning Plan no. 858 - Living to the north of Günthersburgpark – will once again be displayed for public consideration in an unchanged form in the period June 24 – August 8, 2020.
March 2022
The City Council passed the resolution (§ 1500) approving Legal Zoning Plan no. 858 – Living to the north of Günthersburgpark.
May 2022
Public announcement of Legal Zoning Plan no. 858 which therefore comes into force.