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Amending the Appendix to Chapter 409 of the Legislative Code Pursuant to Section 17.07.1 of the Charter and Section 409.20 of the Legislative Code to expand the Commercial Development District at 2078 Ford Parkway to include 2170 and 2128 Ford Parkway and 966 Mississippi River Boulevard South (parcels 172823110111 and 172823110114).
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SECTION 1
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections, in response to business interest, requested the expansion of the Commercial Development District at 2078 Ford Parkway to include parcels 2170 and 2128 Ford Parkway and 966 Mississippi River Boulevard South (parcels 172823110111 and 172823110114); and
WHEREAS, on July 27, 2022, the Saint Paul City Council passed RES 22-1148, herein incorporated as exhibit 1, waiving the petition requirements for the expansion of the district and directing that a public hearing be held; and
WHEREAS, after conducting a hearing and considering the request and a report from city planning herein incorporated as exhibit 2, the Planning Commission supported the expansion of the 2078 Ford Parkway district through resolution 22-32, herein incorporated as exhibit 3; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance creating the 2078 Ford Parkway Commercial Development District, herein incorporated as exhibit 4, was passed by Council on January 5, 2000 by Ordinance Number 99-1179; and
WHEREAS, §17.07.1 of the Saint Paul City Charter requires that “Reasonable public notice of the proposed commercial development district shall be given by the license inspector to residents and organization in the ward or wards in which said district is to be located”; and
WHEREAS, such notice was given by the City Clerk and is herein incorporated as exhibit 6; and
WHEREAS, §409.20 (d) of the Saint Paul Legislative Code states that “mailed notice thereof shall be given by the department of safety and inspections to all owners of land within the new or area of the expanded district. Published notice shall be made at lease twenty (20) days in advance of the hearing; and
WHEREAS, all owners of land within the area of the expanded district were provided with notice of the new expanded district, provided signed waivers of the twenty (20) day notice provision, and indicated their approval in writing, herein attached as exhibit 7; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing before City Council was conducted on September 14, 2022, at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard, the Council having considered all the facts and recommendations concerning the application; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby ordain:
SECTION 2
The Council finds that the notice provisions under Saint Paul Legislative Code §409.20 (d) have been satisfied by the written waivers and approvals signed by the owners of land within the area of the expanded district.
SECTION 3
That the 2078 Ford Parkway Commercial Development District is expanded to include parcels 2170 and 2128 Ford Parkway and 966 Mississippi River Boulevard South (parcels 172823110111 and 172823110114), as shown in exhibit 5, which is attached to and incorporated by reference in this ordinance pursuant to §17.07.1 of the Saint Paul City Charter and § 409.20 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code. The legal description of the expanded portion of the 2078 Ford Parkway Commercial Development District is attached herein as exhibit 8. This district and its legal description shall appear in the Appendix to Chapter 409 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code.
SECTION 4
That the expanded 2078 Ford Parkway Commercial Development District shall be limited to no more than two (2) total full on-sale liquor licenses, less intensive use on-sale liquor licenses allowed under § 409 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code are excluded from this prohibition.
SECTION 5
This ordinance shall be in force and take effect thirty (30) days following its passage, approval, and publication.