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File #: RES PH 18-288    Version: 1
Type: Resolution-Public Hearing Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Final action: 9/19/2018
Title: Approving the application of the Asian Economic Development Association for a sound level variance for amplified music and performances in the parking lot at 422 University Avenue West on Saturday, October 6 and Sunday, October 7, 2018 for the Night Market Pop Up Event.
Sponsors: Dai Thao
Ward: Ward - 1
Attachments: 1. Application, 2. ENS #1, 3. Map, 4. Notice to Owners, 5. List of Owners, 6. Letter to Applicant
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Approving the application of the Asian Economic Development Association for a sound level variance for amplified music and performances in the parking lot at 422 University Avenue West on Saturday, October 6 and Sunday, October 7, 2018 for the Night Market Pop Up Event.

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WHEREAS, Chapter 293 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code was enacted to regulate the subject of noise in the City of Saint Paul; and

WHEREAS, §293.09 provides for the granting of variances from the sound level limitations contained in §293.07, upon a finding by the City Council that full compliance with Chapter 293 would constitute an unreasonable hardship on the applicant, other persons or on the community; and

WHEREAS, the Asian Economic Development Association, represented by Evie Mouacheupao, Event Manager, has applied for a sound level variance, at a requested sound level limit of 90 decibels (dBA) at 50 feet, in order to present various activities such as amplified music, performances, and announcements in the parking lot at 422 University Avenue West for the Night Market Pop Up Event; and

WHEREAS, applicant is seeking a variance, at a requested sound level limit of 90 (dBA) at a distance of 50 feet from the sound source, for the hours of 5:00 p.m. until 12:00 p.m. midnight on Saturday, October 6 and from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 7, 2018, with a pre-event sound check from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on October 6, 2018 and from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on October 7, 2018; and

WHEREAS, if the applicant is not granted a variance, applicant will not be able to present various activities such as amplified music, performances and announcements located in the parking lot at 422 University Avenue West for the Night Market Pop Up Event; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections has reviewed the application and has made recommendations regarding conditions for the variance. Now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul h...

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