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File #: RES PH 24-226    Version: 1
Type: Resolution-Public Hearing Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Final action: 9/4/2024
Title: Approving the application of R. Mychael Wright for a sound level variance in order to present live amplified sound for a on September 14, 2024 on Selby Avenue from Chatsworth St N to Victoria St N.
Sponsors: Anika Bowie
Ward: Ward - 1
Attachments: 1. Application, 2. ENS, 3. Map, 4. Notice to Owners, 5. Owners List, 6. Letter to Applicant, 7. Adam Suomala public comment
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Approving the application of R. Mychael Wright for a sound level variance in order to present live amplified sound for a on September 14, 2024 on Selby Avenue from Chatsworth St N to Victoria St N.

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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, R. Mychael Wright, represented by R. Mychael Wright, Co-Executive, who has been designated as the responsible person on the application, has applied for a variance, at no requested sound level limit or specified distance from the sound source, to present amplified sound on Selby Avenue from Chatsworth St N to Victoria St N; and

WHEREAS, applicant has requested a variance for the hours from 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with a pre-event sound check at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2024 for the Selby Avenue Jazz Fest; and

WHEREAS, if applicant is not granted a variance applicant will not be able to present amplified sound on Selby Avenue from Chatsworth St N to Victoria St N; 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 hereby grants a variance to R. Mychael Wright, subject to the following conditions:

1)  The Variance shall be for the hours 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with a pre-event sound check at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2024.

2)  All electronically powered equipment used in conjunction with the event shall not exceed 90 dBA as measured at 50 feet from the sound source on Saturday, September 14, 2024.

3)  The applicant shal...

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