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Memorializing a City Council decision to deny the appeal of Mark Schwartz from a decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals denying two variance requests to establish a 22-resident supportive housing facility on the property at 438 Daly Street.
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WHEREAS, on March 18, 2025, Mark Schwartz (“Applicant”), under Zoning File No. 25-020339, for the purpose of establishing a 22-resident supportive housing facility on property commonly known as 438 Daly Street, [PIN No. 112823140131] and legally described as STINSON'S SUB OF B25 STINSON B LOTS 1O AND LOT 11 BLK 25 which is located in a B2 zoning district, applied to the Board of Zoning Appeals (“Board”) for the following two variances from the strict application of the provisions of Section 65.162 of the City of Saint Paul Legislative Code pertaining to the required distance between congregate living facilities and the maximum amount of facility adult residents:
(1) The zoning code states that supportive housing facilities shall be a minimum distance of 1,320 feet from specific congregate living facilities with more than six (6) adult residents; this facility is 1,044 feet from another congregate living facility with more than six (6) adult residents, for a zoning variance of 276 feet,
(2) In B2 zoning districts, the facility must serve sixteen (16) or fewer facility residents; 22 are proposed, for a variance of 6 residents in the B2 zoning district at 438 Daly Street; AND
WHEREAS, the said application was duly noticed for a public hearing before the Board on April 3, 2025; AND
WHEREAS, on April 14, 2025, the Board conducted a public hearing where all persons interested in the said application were afforded the opportunity to present testimony either in-person at the hearing or by the prior submission of written testimony for the record; AND
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute § 462.357, subd. 6 provides that a city may grant a variance when the applicant for said variance establishes that there are practical d...
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